Marilyn Vance

After a sexual harassment incident, Dennis Burke goes to work at a California college. He begins correspondence with an imprisoned murderer, Lydia Davis. When Lydia escapes from prison, Dennis finds himself caught in a web of intrigue.

In 1960s North Carolina, a precocious 10-year-old girl (Evan Rachel Wood) has fantasies of escaping her unhappy home, a motel run by her mother (Cathy Moriarty) and "sister" (Mary Stuart Masterson).

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-arrow over-achiever who has never really lived life… until he falls for his new neighbor, the beautiful and seemingly innocent Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers this perfect “girl next door” is a one-time porn star, his sheltered existence begins to spin out of control. Ultimately Danielle helps Matthew emerge from his shell, and discover that sometimes you have to risk everything for the person you love.

Fresh out of prison, Thomas Taylor (Christian Slater) assembles a team of outlaws to pull off his most brilliant heist yet. Alas, the stolen money is marked, enabling FBI agent Mark Cornell (Val Kilmer) to swiftly track down Taylor and Co. But the corrupt agent is not interested in making an arrest: Using his knowledge of Taylor's guilt as leverage, the wily agent coerces the crooks into engineering an even bigger robbery, this time targeting a high-profile riverboat casino.