Set against the decadent glamour & danger of revolution-era cuba is the story of katey a young american woman & her discovery of love sensuality & independence with a sexy sultry cuban dancer javier. Katey persuades him to partner with her in a prestigious national dance competition in havanna. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/30/2005 Starring: Diego Luna Sela Ward Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Pg13

The sinuous world of 1950s Cuban dance halls provides the setting for Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, a "reimagining" that shares with the original movie a deep love of sexy young people pressed tightly together on the dance floor. Fresh from New England, bookish and lovely Katey (Romola Garai, adorable in the charming but little-seen I Capture the Castle) meets a fiery young busboy named Javier (Diego Luna, Y Tu Mama Tambien) at a snooty hotel. Before you can say Tito Puente, the two have found a common language in the sensual swaying of their limbs, despite the resistance of Katey's mother (Sela Ward). It's all ridiculous, of course--the dialogue is atrocious, the characters tortilla-thin, and the politics embarrassing--but that's hardly the point. Luna is dreamy, there's lots of sweaty dancing, and Patrick Swayze makes an appearance--what more can you ask from a movie called Dirty Dancing? --Bret Fetzer