Highlights of Hollywood's summer film lineup (release times may change, and some films play in limited release):
Late April
DRIVEN: Sylvester Stallone and Renny Harlin, star and director of "Cliffhanger," reteam for life in the fast lane with this race-car adventure.
THE FORSAKEN: A motorist is drawn into a horror nightmare when he picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a vampire hunter.
THE GOLDEN BOWL: Merchant-Ivory adaptation of Henry James' novel about hidden passions involving a billionaire and his daughter (Nick Nolte, Kate Beckinsale) and their spouses (Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam).
THE KING IS ALIVE: Jennifer Jason Leigh and Janet McTeer in a story of tourists stranded in the African desert who stage "King Lear" to pass the time.
ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S: This black comedy stars Liv Tyler as an opportunistic vixen preying on Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser and John Goodman.
RAT: A Dubliner comes home from the pub one night and causes havoc for his family when he turns into a white rodent. Pete Postlethwaite stars.
May
ABOUT ADAM: A mysterious stranger (Stuart Townsend) in Dublin tempts and titillates his new girlfriend's family. Kate Hudson co-stars.
ANGEL EYES: Jennifer Lopez is a cop who falls for a lost soul (Jim Caviezel) who has an unusual connection to her past.
BREAD AND ROSES: A Mexican woman helps lead a drive to unionize her fellow janitors in Los Angeles.
CALLE 54: Latin music is at the heart of this performance documentary. The players include Tito Puente, Eliane Elias and Gato Barbieri.
ED GEIN: Steve Railsback stars as the Wisconsin serial killer, supposedly an inspiration for such murder tales as "Psycho" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
EUREKA: A Japanese epic about the unusual relationship among three survivors of a bloody bus hijacking.
FAST FOOD FAST WOMEN: Anna Thomson and Louise Lasser in a romantic comedy about the patrons of a Manhattan coffee shop.
A KNIGHT'S TALE: Heath Ledger masquerades as a knight at jousting tourneys in a Middle Ages romance fueled by modern rock tunes.
THE LONG RUN: A young woman enters a grueling South African marathon under the tutelage of a demanding coach (Armin Mueller-Stahl).
THE MAN WHO CRIED: A Jewish singer (Christina Ricci) must choose between love or life as World War II breaks out. Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett and John Turturro co-star.
MOULIN ROUGE: Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor star in Baz Luhrmann's musical set in a garish Paris nightclub in 1900.
THE MUMMY RETURNS: Imhotep and the gang are back, doing battle with the evil Scorpion King. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz star.
OUR SONG: Inner-city teen drama centers on three friends in a school marching band who pass the time flirting, shoplifting and daydreaming.
PAVILION OF WOMEN: Luo Yan and Willem Dafoe star in a romantic drama of clashing cultures. Adapted from Pearl S. Buck's novel.
PEARL HARBOR: Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay deliver a mega-budgeted epic on the Japanese sneak attack. The cast includes Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale.
SHREK: A loner ogre's swamp is overrun by fairy-tale creatures in this animated comedy featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy.
STARTUP.COM: Timely documentary that chronicles the rise and fall of an Internet company and its two young founders.
TIME AND TIDE: Hong Kong action thriller about a bodyguard whose friendship with a mercenary ends when they wind up on opposite sides of a fight.
THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN: Animated musical based on E.B. White's tale features the voices of Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen and Reese Witherspoon.
June
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Steven Spielberg tells a tale of a boy robot who's out of place among humans and machines. Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law and Frances O'Connor star.
THE ANIMAL: An animal-organ transplant turns a file clerk (Rob Schneider) into a supercop _ but leaves him battling new basic instincts.
THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY: Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming write, direct and star in this ensemble drama about a Hollywood marriage on the skids. Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Kline co-star.
ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE: Disney's animated epic features a ragtag band of explorers burrowing for the lost city. Michael J. Fox heads the voice cast.
BABY BOY: John Singleton ("Boyz N the Hood") revisits inner-city Los Angeles with this street tale of a misguided young man (Tyrese Gibson).
BETTER THAN SEX: A one-night stand turns into two nights, then three, and thoughts of love for a photographer and dressmaker in Australia.
BIG EDEN: A bizarre homosexual love triangle forms when an artist returns to his Montana hometown. Arye Gross and Louise Fletcher co-star.
BRIDE OF THE WIND: Director Bruce Beresford spins the tale of a Vienna composer (Sarah Wynter) whose paramours include Gustav Mahler (Jonathan Pryce).
CINEMA PARADISO: The beloved Italian romance chronicling a man's lifelong passion for film is reissued in a new director's cut by Giuseppe Tornatore.
THE CLOSET: A bland accountant at a condom factory spices up his life with the rumor he's gay. Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu star.
DOCTOR DOLITTLE 2: Eddie Murphy can still talk to the animals as he teams with critters to protect a forest from developers.
EVERYBODY FAMOUS!: An Oscar nominee for foreign-language film, this Belgian comedy centers on a factory worker who kidnaps a pop star to realize his music dreams.
EVOLUTION: Ivan Reitman ("Ghostbusters") directs David Duchovny and Julianne Moore in a comic battle against rapidly evolving aliens.
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: A cop goes undercover to infiltrate street-racing teams and investigate truck hijackings. Paul Walker and Vin Diesel star.
FOR DA LUV OF MONEY: A comic look at a day in the life of a working stiff, whose backyard is used as a hiding place for stolen loot.
JUMP TOMORROW: A Nigerian man questions his arranged marriage when he meets a Spanish spitfire during an American road trip.
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN: Reissue of the indie hit that earned an Oscar for William Hurt as a homosexual in prison.
LUMUMBA: A dramatization of the life and violent death of 1960s African political leader Patrice Emery Lumumba.
SEXY BEAST: Violence and deception ensue when an ex-thief (Ray Winstone) is pressured to sign on for a heist. Ben Kingsley co-stars.
SONGCATCHER: Janet McTeer plays a music scholar who travels to Appalachia in 1907 to record ancient ballads.
SWORDFISH: A CIA agent (John Travolta) masterminds the theft of billions in government cash. Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman co-star.
TOMB RAIDER: Angelina Jolie is action hero Lara Croft on a global quest to stop power-mad conspirators. Jolie's father, Jon Voight, co-stars.
WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?: Martin Lawrence and Danny DeVito as a thief and a tycoon in a comic tug-of-war over a good-luck ring.
July
AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS: Julia Roberts is personal assistant to a superstar (Catherine Zeta-Jones) in a romantic comedy co-starring John Cusack and Billy Crystal.
BULLY: Larry Clark ("Kids") directs a dramatic recreation of a South Florida murder and its aftermath.
CATS & DOGS: A housecat leads a high-tech feline war against the world's canines in this live-action and animated comedy.
CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL: Kirsten Dunst is a congressman's daughter who defiantly becomes involved with a Hispanic honors student (Jay Hernandez).
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN: The video-game comes alive with semi-realistic human characters created by computer animation. Featuring the voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin and Ving Rhames.
GREENFINGERS: Clive Owen ("Croupier") stars in a story of British prison inmates who become world-class gardeners. Helen Mirren co-stars.
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: Adaptation of the off-Broadway musical about a German emigre transsexual who tells her life story through rollicking glam-rock tunes.
HIGHER ED: Fugees singer Pras stars in a comedy about an inner-city athlete's misadventures when he earns a college track scholarship.
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS: A romance about Copenhagen lonelyhearts, shot under minimalist Dogma '95 filmmaking precepts.
JURASSIC PARK 3: Soup's on again for T-Rex and other prehistoric reptiles when Sam Neill, William H. Macy and Tea Leoni get trapped on dinosuar island.
KISS OF THE DRAGON: Jet Li plays an agent framed for murder in this action thriller co-starring Bridget Fonda.
LEGALLY BLONDE: A natural blonde (Reese Witherspoon) battles Ivy League snobbery to win back her blueblood beau.
LOST AND DELIRIOUS: Three girls at a boarding school find love and loyalty. Piper Perabo stars.
MADE: Jon Favreau writes, directs and stars in a crime comedy about a boxing wannabe. Vince Vaughn, Famke Janssen and Peter Falk co-star.
O: Julia Stiles and Mekhi Phifer star in a violent retelling of "Othello" set at a private school.
PLANET OF THE APES: Humans are the lower primates in Tim Burton's new take on the sci-fi classic. Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and Helena Bonham Carter star.
SCARY MOVIE 2: You knew they were lying when the posters promised "no sequel." The Wayans brothers spoof the horror genre once more.
THE SCORE: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Marlon Brando conspire on an intricate theft job. Angela Bassett co-stars.
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK: Edward Burns ("The Brothers McMullen") tells his latest tale of Manhattan heartache. Heather Graham and Stanley Tucci co-star.
STRICTLY SINATRA: A club crooner (Ian Hart) playing dives in Glasgow gets a career boost from a mobster. Kelly MacDonald co-stars.
THOMAS IN LOVE: The life of a computer shut-in takes dramatic turns when he's signed up for an online dating club.
August
ALL OVER THE GUY: Opposites attract in this romantic comedy about a twentysomething couple brought together by friends.
ALL THAT GLITTERS: Pop star Mariah Carey stars as a singer trying to overcome a tough childhood and the pressures of fame.
AMERICAN OUTLAWS: The James gang rides again in this Western that stars Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Timothy Dalton and Kathy Bates.
AMERICAN PIE 2: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Mena Suvari and Chris Klein offer up seconds on 1999's gross-out hit.
APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX: Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War adaptation of "Heart of Darkness" is enhanced with 53 minutes of previously unreleased footage.
CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN: Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz in the World War II romance of an Italian officer and a Greek belle. John Madden ("Shakespeare in Love") directs.
THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION: In his latest comedy, Woody Allen is a 1940s insurance investigator who falls victim to an artifact's hypnotic powers. Helen Hunt co-stars.
THE DEEP END: A mother (Tilda Swinton) goes to extremes to protect her son from the consequences of his relationship with a shady character.
GHOST WORLD: Two cool teens (Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson) re-examine their world and romantic lives as they depart high school.
HAPPY ACCIDENTS: A woman (Marisa Tomei) falls for a guy (Vincent D'Onofrio) who thinks he's a time traveler from the year 2470.
JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK: Writer-director Kevin Smith's alter-ego Silent Bob and pal Jay (Jason Mewes) from such films as "Clerks" and "Dogma" take center stage.
JEEPERS CREEPERS: A sister and brother returning home from college are pursued by a supernatural force.
JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS: Red planet colonists unearth ancient Martians who co-opt human bodies. Natasha Henstridge and Ice Cube star.
KNOCKAROUND GUYS: Mobsters try to find a bag of cash lost in Montana in this drama starring John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper and Barry Pepper.
MAYBE BABY: The process of creation is comedy fodder for this flick about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) trying to have a baby.
THE MONKEY'S MASK: Kelly McGillis and Susie Porter star in a lesbian detective thriller about a young poet's murder.
ON THE EDGE: A self-destructive teen finds reasons to live as he interacts with patients at a mental hospital. Stephen Rea stars.
ORIGINAL SIN: Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie in a racy thriller about a 19th century Cuban coffee dealer who takes a mail-order bride.
OSMOSIS JONES: Live action and animation tell the story of a man (Bill Murray) whose body is host to a duel between a white blood cell and a lethal virus. Features the voices of Chris Rock and Laurence Fishburne.
THE PRINCESS DIARIES: An American teen (Anne Hathaway) learns she's heir to a European throne and undergoes "princess lessons" from her strict granny (Julie Andrews).
PUNKS: Four homosexual black men share friendship, romantic commiseration _ and good tunes by Sister Sledge.
RAW DEAL: A QUESTION OF CONSENT: Documentary examines the lurid case of an exotic dancer who accused a fraternity member of rape.
ROLLERBALL: Chris Klein, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and LL Cool J have a go at the blood sport in John McTiernan's update of the sci-fi flick.
RUSH HOUR 2: Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker do the mismatched-cop thing again as they travel the globe on the trail of a gangster.
SERENDIPITY: A decade after they met, two potential soul mates are reunited in this romance starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale.
SOUL SURVIVORS: A student is tormented by apparitions after surviving a car wreck. Eliza Dushku, Wes Bentley and Casey Affleck star.
SUMMER CATCH: A young pitcher (Freddie Prinze Jr.) signs on for a wild summer in minor-league baseball.
TOGETHER: Love, jealousy and all-around chaos result as Swedish "hippies" share a home in 1975 Stockholm.
VULGAR: A downtrodden clown for children's events reinvents himself as a transvestite clown for bachelor parties.
Unscheduled summer releases
BUBBLE BOY: A youth (Jake Gyllenhall) who lacks disease immunity dons a "bubble suit" and heads to Niagara Falls to stop his would-be girlfriend's wedding.
RAT RACE: A mega-cast including Whoopi Goldberg, John Cleese and Cuba Gooding Jr. star in a zany dash for cash from director Jerry Zucker ("Airplane!").
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