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    ****
Halloween (2007)

Plot: After killing 3 members of his own family, a young Michael Myers is sentenced to the Holly Hills Sanitarium for psychiatric evaluation. After spending more than 15 years being analyzed by Dr. Loomis (McDowell), Myers (Mane), now a towering hulk of a man with a love for masks, escapes from the Sanitarium and goes back to Haddonfield: his home town and the current home of his sister, Laurie (Taylor-Compton).

    ***
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Plot: A group of teens are selected for a new reality show, Dangertainment. They are chosen to go, on Halloween, into the childhood home of Michael Myers, famed serial killer who has been missing for the past three years. Michael, however, doesn’t like people snooping around his home…

    *½
Happily N’Ever After (2007)

Plot: When her wicked stepmother Frieda (Weaver) takes over Fairy Tale Land and starts tipping the scales of good and evil in the bad guys’ favor, Cinderella (Gellar), along with her friend Rick (Prinze), must do whatever she can to find the Prince (Warburton) and set the scales back to normal - or she’ll never get her Happily Ever After. Animated.

    ***½
Happy Feet (2006)

Plot: Mumbles (Wood) is different from the other Emperor penguins in Antarctica. While they sing their heartsong to each other, he tap dances. When he is forced out of his home for being different, he sets out to find the reason behind why more and more fish are disappearing each year. Animated.

    ***
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)

Plot: While at home during the Hogwarts break with his Muggle relatives, Harry Potter (Radcliffe) meets Dobby, a house elf, that warns him of approaching danger and begs him not to go back to Hogwarts for his 2nd year. Someone, or something, is petrifying non-trueblooded students. Harry, with the help of friends Hermione (Watson) and Ron (Grint), must try and discover the source before Hogwarts has to close. Based on the book by J.K. Rowling.

    ****
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005)

Plot: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is in for a rough 4th year at Hogwarts when the Goblet of Fire chooses him to compete as the 4th wizard in the TriWizard Tournament - even though he didn’t submit his name. Now, with the help of his friends Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson) - and new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Mad-Eye Moody (Gleeson) - Harry must face the three dangerous challenges of the TriWizard Tournament, while rumors circulate of a possible return of evil wizard Voldemort (Fiennes).

    ****½
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)

Plot: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is danger in his 3rd year at Hogwarts - this time from convict Sirius Black (Oldman), who has escaped from the wizard’s prison of Azkaban. Harry also has to be on the lookout for the Dementors, the creepy Azkaban prison guards looking for Sirius. Plus, will the new Defense of the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts , Professor Lupin (Thewlis), be able to last longer than any of his predecessors? Based on the novel by J. K. Rowling.

    *½
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Plot: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is a normal boy. Or so he thinks, anyway, until Hagrid (Coltrane) shows up one day and tells Harry he’s a wizard, and a famous one at that - he was the only one evil Lord Voldemort attacked who survived. Hagrid takes Harry to Hogwarts, a school for young magicians, where he meets Ron Weasley (Grint) and Hermione Granger (Watson). But, with an evil plot building against Harry, it’s going to take everything he has to make it to his second year. Based on the book by J.K. Rowling.

    ***
Harsh Times (2006)

Plot: After returning to LA from the conflict in the Middle East, mentally unstable ex-soldier Jim (Bale) struggles to find meaning for his life. While he works on getting a job on the police force, he drifts into a life of crime, bringing with him his best friend Mike (Rodriguez), who is trying to turn over a new leaf for his wife (Longoria).

    *½
Heathers (1989)

Plot: Veronica (Ryder) has ditched her old friends to become on of the “Heathers” - the most popular clique in high school. Unfortunately, she’s discovered she can’t stand them. When mysterious new guy J. D. (Slater) suggests a way to get even, she’s all for it. At least, until the bodies start piling up.

    ***½
Hellboy (2004)

Plot: FBI agent John Myers (Evans) has just gotten a new assignment with the super-secret Section 51. He comes to find out that Section 51 is a paranormal team of unique individuals led by an elderly man named “Broom” (Hurt). Among this team of paranormal is Hellboy (Perlman): A red demon now fighting on the side of good. But, will even Hellboy be enough to stop an evil villain who is trying to unleash the Seven Gods of Chaos? Based on the Dark Horse Comic by the same name.

    ***
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

Plot: Maggie Peyton (Lohan) comes from a long line of racecar drivers. After a bad accident a few years back, however, she’s given up racing. That is, until she meets Herbie, a ‘63 VW Bug with a mind of it’s own. Now, thanks to Herbie, Maggie is about to get back into racing again…whether she or her father (Keaton) wants her to or not.

    ***½
High Tension (2005)

Plot: Trying to find a quiet place to study, Marie (De France) and her friend Alex (Wenn) take a trip to Alex’s parents house in the country. On their first night, there, however, an intruder breaks in, and starts killing everyone save for 2: Alex, who he chains up and throws in the back of his van, and Marie - who escapes. Now, Marie’s the only one who can save Alex - but how does she do that without getting them both killed?

    ****
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Plot: On a road trip to San Diego, a family breaks down in the middle of the desert. With no one around, it looks like they’re going to be stuck there for awhile. As the father (Levine) hikes back to a gas station for help, the rest of the family begins to realize they aren’t alone…A remake of the 1977 Wes Craven classic of the same name.

    ****
Hitch (2005)

Alex Hitchins (Smith) is a “date doctor”. He helps guys like Albert (James) get the woman of their dreams. But when Hitch falls for a gossip columnist (Mendes), all of his perfect moves suddenly desert him. Will Hitch be able to pull things together, or is he destined to stay on the sidelines in the game of love?

    **½
The Hitcher (2007)

Plot: Jim (Knighton) and Grace (Bush) are on their way to spring break when they decide to give John Ryder (Bean) a ride a couple of miles down the road. Once he’s in the car, however, they find out he’s one of the reasons why it isn’t good to pick up strangers. Based on the film written by Eric Red.

    ***½
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (2005)

Plot: When the Earth is demolished by an alien species, plain Arthur Dent (Freeman) is whisked away by his friend Ford Prefect (Def), who isn’t exactly from where he says he is. On this trip, he’ll encounter the President of the Galaxy (Rockwell); a depressed android named Marvin (Davis/Rickman); the real intelligent life on Earth; The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything…and a girl he met at a costume party (Deschanel). Based on the novel by Douglas Adams.

    *½
Hitman (2007)

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Plot: Agent 47 (Olyphant) is a professional assassin. But, when this bar-coded killer becomes part of a political takeover, the hunter becomes the hunted. Chased across Eastern Europe by both Interpol and the Russian military, he tries to discover who set him up - and why. Based on the video game series by Eidos.

    ****
Holes (2003)

Plot: Stanley Yelnats IV (LaBeouf) is unlucky. It’s not his fault, though - it’s his great great grandfather, Stanley Yelnats I, who got the family cursed. Because of this curse, he’s wrongfully accused of stealing shoes from a charity auction and sentenced to six months at a camp in the desert. There, he is put in D-Tent, and made to dig holes in the desert all day. But, maybe his luck is starting to turn around, because the camp may be just what he needs to cure his cursed family. Based on the novel by Louis Sachar.

    **½
Home On The Range (2004)

Plot: When her owner’s bulls are bull-napped by notorious outlaw Alameda Slim (Quaid), Maggie the cow (Barr) is sent to stay at a little farm named Patch Of Heaven. There she meets two more cows: Mrs. Calloway (Dench) and Grace (Tilly). When Maggie finds out her new owner is going to lose Patch of Heaven, she convinces Mrs. Calloway and Grace to help her capture Slim and use the reward money to help keep their home.

    ***½
Hoodwinked (2006)

Plot: Inspector Nicky Flippers (Stiers) has a mission: catch the goody thief who’s been stealing recipes and putting people - including The Muffin Man - out of business. His 4 suspects: Red (Hathaway), a goody delivery girl; Big Bad Wolf (Warburton), a reporter with a nose for news; Granny (Close), a goody maker that’s hiding a secret life and The Woodsman (Belushi), an actor with very little going on up top. But will Nicky find out the truth, or is the goody thief destined to make a sweet getaway?

    ***½
Hostage (2005)

Plot: A year ago, Jeff Talley (Willis) was a hostage negotiator in LA, until a hostage situation went horribly wrong. Now, he’s a sherriff in a small California town - a town where 3 people break into wealthy accountant Walter Smith’s (Pollack) home. Smith’s shady employers have a vested interest in a certain DVD within the house - and they kidnap Talley’s wife and daughter to give him an extra incentive to get it back. Now, Jeff must try to become the hostage negotiator he once was. Based on the novel by Robert Crais.

    *
Hostel (2006)

Plot: Paxton (Hernandez) and Josh (Richardson) are two Americans backpacking through Europe with Oli (Gudjonsson), an Icelander they’ve met along the way. Looking for women, they take someone’s advice and check out a hostel in Slovakia. Unfortunately for them, in this hostel, they aren’t guests - they’re victims.

    ***
Hot Fuzz (2007)

    This film was released on April 20, 2007.

Plot: London cop Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is so good at his job, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, his superiors send him to a little out-of-the-way town named Sandford, where he is partnered with the oafish Danny Butterman (Frost). With barely any crime in Sandford, Angel chafes at his new assignment - until a series of grisly accidents convinces Angel that Sandford is not what it appears.

 

    ***
House Of Wax (2005)

Plot: After car trouble strands 6 friends in the middle of nowhere, Carly (Cuthbert) and Wade (Padalecki) hitch a ride into the town of Ambrose. Hoping to find a fan belt, they end up uncovering the truth about this town, and the amazingly lifelike collection of wax sculptures in it’s wax museum. Based on a story by Charles Belden.

    ***
The Hulk (2003)

Plot: Bruce (Bana) is a scientist. He’s got a girl he likes, Betty (Connelly). Life is going okay…until a gamma radiation accident at the lab changes all that. He should’ve been killed, but thanks to his father’s experimental testing when Bruce was a child, Bruce isn’t like everybody else - especially when he’s angry. Suddenly, his rage triggers his transformation into the unstoppable Hulk, a green-skinned monster who the military wants for itself. But can even they contain the power that is the Hulk?