40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance/ Drama
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo
DIRECTOR:  Michael Lehmann
WRITER:  Rob Perez

PLOT:  Matt Sullivan has never had a problem with getting women in to bed but after a harsh break-up he vows to forego sex for the 40 days of lent.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  A Knight's Tale, American Pie, 10 Things I Hate about You

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LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN

GENRE:  Crime/ Thriller
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu
DIRECTOR:  Paul McGuigan
WRITER:  Jason Smilovic

PLOT:  Goodkat, the infamous hired assassin is working for The Rabbi and The Boss, the two most infamous crime bosses in the city.  And Slevin is in the middle of a mess that his friend has seemed to put him in, with a case of mistaken identity Slevin must find a way to make it all right without getting killed.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Training Day, Snatch, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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THE BLACK DAHLIA

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson
DIRECTOR:  Brian De Palma
WRITER:  Josh Friedman, James Ellroy

PLOT:  Set in the 1940s, two police investigators set out to solve the Black Dahlia murder case.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Hollywoodland, Lucky Number Slevin

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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Kirsten Dunst
DIRECTOR:  Sofia Coppola
WRITER:  Jeffrey Eugenides, Sofia Coppola

PLOT:  Set in the suburbs of the 1970s a group of young girls, sisters, end their lives one by one because of the suicide of their youngest sister and the strict religious parents.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  American Beauty, Lost In Translation, Adaptation

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