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MOVIES COMING YOUR WAY...

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Upcoming movies

Drama/Romance: RAISE YOUR VOICE (October 21, 2004) � Hillary Duff plays Terri Fletcher, star of a small-town church choir and a girl with a special gift: she can transform herself into a tree at will. We�re joking, of course; really, she has an amazing voice, which you�d probably expect from a choir member. Anyway, a surprise acceptance to a summer study programme at the country�s most prestigious music school in Los Angeles is both an honour and a problem for Terri. Her strict father is absolutely against it, but Terri decides she has to go for it, and with the secret help of her mom and aunt, Terri heads for LA. Great reviews mean this is a term-break must for Duff fans and hopeless dreamers.

Romance/Comedy: A CINDERELLA STORY (October 21, 2004) � Sam Montgomery (Hilary Duff, again) lives at the beck and call of her stepmother Fiona (Jennifer Coolidge) and her wicked stepsisters. Sam finds her less-than-sparkling social life wonderfully complicated when she meets her prince charming online. But when her cyber soulmate turns out to be her high school�s popular quarterback Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray), Sam makes a mad dash back to reality, leaving her mobile phone behind just before the clock strikes midnight. Lame reviews mean that the Duff brand isn�t always a stamp of quality.

Horror: THE TOOLBOX MURDERS (September 23, 2004) � New to Los Angeles, Nell (Angela Bettis) and Steven Barrow (Brent Roam) rent an apartment. Built in the 1940s, this luxurious hotel was once a playground for the rich and famous in Hollywood�s heyday. Later it fell on bad times, but now the old building is being restored to its former glory. But renovating the building has brought out a supernatural horror, and he�s picking off the residents one by one. Then Nell starts hearing strange noises and noticing things she can�t explain. And who is the old man in the laundry room who seems to know pieces of the Lusman�s sordid past? Presumably a murderer with a toolbox.

Horror: ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (October 21, 2004) � Previewed in this issue.

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