On June 18 director Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks release The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones and costarring Zoe Saldana and Diego Luna. The Terminal follows Viktor Navorski (Hanks) who, upon his arrival to New York from Eastern Europe, is left without a national origin when his home country is swallowed by a coup. Unable to enter the United States, Viktor is stuck at Kennedy Airport until his country ends its war. 

She Hate Me, the latest directorial offering from Spike Lee, follows biotech executive Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie) after he is fired for leaking information about his bosses’ shady business dealings. A now-unemployable whistleblower, Jack is so broke that he sees the opportunity to impregnate his ex-girlfriend’s (Kerry Washington) present lesbian partner (Dania Ramirez) as an easy way to earn some cash. 

But the word gets out, and Jack’s once simple business transaction grows into a full-fledged business of its own as lesbians overwhelm him with requests to father their children. The film, which also stars Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Sarita Choudhury, Woody Harrelson and John Turturro, has a scheduled release of July 30, 2004.

A Tale of the Dispossessed (Ecco, August 2004) takes place during wartime in author Laura Restrepo's native Colombia. The story outlines a unique love triangle between a man called Three Sevens, the woman who raised him as her son and who is now the object of his passion, and a woman who works at the shelter where Three Sevens seeks refuge from the war. Restrepo is also the author of "The Angel of Galilea" and "The Dark Bride." "A Tale of the Dispossessed" will be published as a bilingual English/Spanish trade paperback edition.