THE BROKEN HEARTS LEAGUE How do you sell a romantic comedy about a bunch of gay guys (including Dean Cain and Timothy Olyphant) who play together on a weekend baseball team? Push the sports angle! Thus, Screen Gems has morphed The Broken Hearts Club, the debut feature from 27-year-old Dawson's Creek coexec producer Greg Berlanti, into the more ESPN-friendly Broken Hearts League. BOTTOM LINE It may be a tough sell, but the film's three standing ovations at Sundance are a good sign.
THINGS YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LOOKING AT HER Holly Hunter, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Glenn Close, Valeria Golino, Amy Brenneman, and Kathy Baker star in five intertwined stories about the lives of women. This Sundance sweetie was set to come out in April, but the release of Rodrigo Garcia's screenwriting and directorial debut continues to be shuffled by MGM. BOTTOM LINE Great cast, misguided release timing. But it'll play really well on Lifetime.
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Around the world with international cinema... From Britain: Oscar nominee Jude Law is a handsome seducer (now there's a stretch!) embroiled in a murder investigation in THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES. From Iran: Cannes Palme d'Or winner Abbas Kiarostami (1998's Taste of Cherry) returns with THE WIND WILL CARRY US, a tale of four Tehran travelers staying in Iranian Kurdistan. From China: During a visit to his hometown, a businessman is torn between the traditional life in which he was raised and the modern conveniences he's grown to enjoy in SHOWER. From France: WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS focuses on the chaos that ensues when a middle-aged hunk and a 19-year-old boy run into their former flames; and in ALICE AND MARTIN, which reteams Juliette Binoche with her Rendez-Vous director Andre Techine, a Parisian violinist falls for an aspiring male model. From Brazil: Oscar night stunner Penelope Cruz (All About My Mother) plays a sultry WOMAN ON TOP of all who taste her magical culinary creations. From Canada: THE FIVE SENSES all factor into Toronto film fest darling Jeremy Podeswa's tale of several neighbors who undergo simultaneous crises; and director Allan Moyle (Pump Up the Volume) tells of a rebellious teen trying to escape her dark coal-mining town in NEW WATERFORD GIRL. And from the good old USA: Natasha Lyonne (American Pie) is sent to "rehabilitation camp" when her parents suspect she's gay in the comic BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER; Gregory Hines plays a saxophonist with Tourette's syndrome who befriends a similarly afflicted music prodigy in THE TIC CODE; Benjamin Smoke tracks a cross-dressing underground musician in Atlanta; Felicity's Keri Russell stars as an Irish lass who becomes MAD ABOUT MAMBO when preparing for a dance contest; a man has 12 hours to live, so he makes the most of it with Mira Sorvino in TOO TIRED TO DIE; and BLOOD SIMPLE, Joel and Ethan Coen's 1985 noir classic, gets a much-welcomed rerelease.
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