Movies Released December 27, 2002

Friday, December 27

Chicago R

It's the long-awaited film version of the Broadway hit. Set in the roaring 20's, this is the story of Chicago chorus girl Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger), who shoots her unfaithful lover (Dominic West). Landing in jail, she meets Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), another chorus girl and murderess, currently enjoying media attention and legal manipulation, care of her attorney, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), king of the old "Razzle Dazzle." Soon enough, however, Flynn takes Roxie's case as well, and Velma finds herself old news as Roxie is now the most famous murderess in town, on her way to getting out of jail and becoming a star. The two go through a series of attempts at getting what they both want: freedom and fame.
Mya, Rob Marshall, John C. Reilly, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Christine Baranski, Dominic West
Drama Comedy Crime Musical

Sonny R

This is the story of a young man, Sonny (James Franco), living in New Orleans and trained to follow the family tradition as a paid male prostitute for wealthy women, and he hates it. He wants to free himself from this predetermined life and find something for himself outside the business, perhaps even in the Army, but his family won't hear of it.
Nicolas Cage, James Franco, Mena Suvari, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton, Brenda Vaccaro, Scott Caan, Seymour Cassel
Drama

The Pianist R

The film is adapted from the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who detailed his survival during World War II. A composer and a pianist, he played the last live music heard over Polish radio airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. During the brutal occupation, he eluded deportation and remained in the devastated Warsaw ghetto. There, he struggled to stay alive even when cast away from those he loved. He would eventually reclaim his artistic gifts and confront his fears, with aid from the unlikeliest of sources.
Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Roman Polanski, Maureen Lipman, Frank Finlay, Ed Stoppard, Emilia Fox, Julia Rayner
Drama

Friday, December 27