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Empire Falls

MPAA rating: TV-PG.

Ed Harris, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Helen Hunt, Paul Newman, Robin Wright Penn, Aidan Quinn, Joanne Woodward, Dennis Farina, William Fichtner, Estelle Parsons.

A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.

Fever pitch

Rated PG-13.

Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, James B. Sikking, JoBeth Williams.

According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman, finding romance is about as likely as his beloved team winning the World Series. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend named Lindsey, suddenly anything is possible. That is, until baseball season begins, and Lindsey finds herself competing with an entire baseball team -- the Boston Red Sox -- for her boyfriend's heart and soul.

The longest yard

MPAA rating: PG-13; for crude and sexual humor, violence, language and drug references.

Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner, David Patrick Kelly, Tracy Morgan, Cloris Leachman, Burt Reynolds.

A former pro football quaterback suddenly lands in a maximum security prison. Using fellow inmates, he must put together a motley group of cons to play a no-holds-barred grudge game against the sadistic guards.