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Out of Time

Matt Lee Whitlock (Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington) is chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida. He's respected by his peers and loved by his community. But when Banyan Key is shocked by a double homicide, everything Matt Lee thought he knew starts to unravel, and he finds himself in a race against time to solve the murders before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth. Out of Time works hard to make the audience part of its con and not a victim of it.

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Bend It Like Beckham

Audiences and critics alike loved this terrific comedy about a young girl who is torn between adhering to family traditions and attaining stardom on the soccer field. When she's discovered and recruited to play on a local woman's team, she has to lie to her parents about her new activities. Soon she's the star of the team, and falls for the team's coach. Matters get worse when Jess' parents who by now think their daughter is a Lesbian because she wears pants and doesn't have a boyfriend find out about the soccer and forbid her from playing, forcing her to prepare for her sister's wedding on the same day as an all-important soccer final, setting up the film for its sweet and positive ending.

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Amazing Spider-Man #500

Fans of Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man will have plenty to celebrate this fall when Marvel marks Peter Parker's birthday in the landmark Amazing Spider-Man #500. With 40 years of history behind it, the 48-page issue should entertain longtime fans of Spidey and the many new fans resulting from the blockbuster Spider-Man film or MTV's hit Spider-Man animated series. Die-hard collectors should also take note: this issue will mark a return to the series' original numbering. In this big issue, the wall-crawler spends his birthday fighting an interdimensional threat to New York alongside guest stars the Fantastic Four, Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men's Cyclops, and Dr. Strange. The fight will culminate in a trip through time containing encounters with all of Spidey's greatest foes and one special, unexpected reunion.

The Buzz...

Billy Crudup is out of the high-profile adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV opening at Lincoln Center Theater in November and will be replaced by Michael Hayden. Crudup was to have played Prince Hal in the star-studded production, which features Richard Easton as Henry, Kevin Kline as Falstaff and Ethan Hawke as Hotspur.

The Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines is penning an open letter to the media, music industry, and fans on the band's Website saying they "don't feel part of the country scene any longer" and saying they now consider themselves "part of the big rock 'n' roll family."

Laeta Kalogridis (Birds of Prey) has been brought on board to rewrite Wonder Woman for Warner Bros. Wonder Woman has been a project under development hell at Warner Bros. for quit some time now. The project reportedly once had Sandra Bullock interested but Bullock has since declined.