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Volume 3, Issue 10
May 10 - May 23, 2001
PICKUP SHOTS
Quickie Movie Reviews
Along Came A Spider [R 1h 43m]
Kiss The Girls II. Starring: Morgan
Freeman, Monica Potter, Penelope
Ann Miller. Directed by: Lee
Tamahori.
*Amores Perros [R 2h 23m] Life's
a bitch when you live in Mexico
City. Starring: Gael García Bernal,
Marco Pérez, Vanessa Bauche.
Directed by: Alejandro González
Iñárritu.
Blow [R 2h 4m] Mmmm É
cocaine. Starring: Johnny Depp,
Penelope Cruz, Rachael Griffiths,
Ray Liotta, Paul Reubens. Directed
by: Ted Demme.
Bridget Jones's Diary [R 1h 32m]
Every 13 year old girl's dream
comes true when a diary makes men
like a woman. Starring: Renee
"Squints" Zellweger, Hugh Grant,
Honor Blackman. Directed by:
Sharon Maguire.
The Brothers [R 1h 43m] More
wealthy black men get married.
Starring: Bill Bellamy, Morris
Chestnut, D. L. Hughley. Directed
by: Gary Hardwick.
Center of the World [NR] Bring a
call girl to Vegas, lather, rinse,
repeat. Starring: Peter Sarsgaard,
Molly Parker. Directed by: Wayne
Wang.
Chocolat [PG-13 2h 1m] Sweet
candy drives the French people
wild. Starring: Johnny Depp,
Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina,
Judi Dench. Directed by: Lasse
Hallstrom.
The Claim [R 2h] Love in a mining
town. How romantic. Starring:
Sarah Polley, Wes Bentley. Directed
by: Michael Winterbottom.
*Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
[PG 1h 33m] The story of how it
took Paul Hogan 13 years to get
another movie made. Starring: Paul
Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Paul
Rodriguez. Directed by: Simon
Wincer.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
[PG-13 2h] The real star is choreographer
Yuen Wo Ping. Starring:
Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh,
Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen. Directed
by: Ang Lee.
Dish [PG-13 1h 40m] Australians
try to enter the space race, and hilarity
ensues (probably because
Crocodile Dundee is out of town).
Starring: Sam Neill, Kevin
Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick
Warburton. Directed by: Rob Sitch.
Driven [PG-13] Stallone's 50th
comeback movie in his career.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Kip
Pardue. Directed by: Renny Harlin.
Enemy at the Gates [R 2h 11m] A
good marksman is the hope of
Russia-- a country that needs a
whole lot of hope. Starring: Jude
Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes.
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Exit Wounds [R 1h 57m] The title
refers to the damage Steven Seagal's
done to his own career. Starring:
Steven Seagal, DMX. Directed by:
Andrzej Bartkowiak.
The Forsaken [R] Don't pick up
hitch hikers. Duh! Starring: Alexis
Thorpe, Phina Oruche. Directed by:
J. S. Cardone.
Freddie Got Fingered [R 1h 33m]
It's about Tom Green. Starring: Tom
Green. Directed by: Tom Green.
Heartbreakers [PG-13 2h 4m]
Same plot as every JLH movie É
she almost gets naked, but doesn't.
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Sigouney Weaver, Gene Hackman.
Directed by: David Mirkin.
Joe Dirt [PG-13 1h 26m]
Hollywood just figured out that
mullets are funny, so they made a
movie about it. Starring: David
Spade, Kid Rock, Dennis Miller.
Directed by: Dennie Gordon.
Josie and the Pussycats [PG-13 1h
38m] Thankfully this has nothing to
do with Archie. Starring: Rachael
Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario
Dawson. Directed by: Harry Elfont,
Deborah Kaplan.
Just Visiting [R 1h 28m] Another
French movie remade in English for
us dumb Americans. Starring: Jean
Reno, Christina Applegate,
Malcolm McDowell. Directed by:
Jean-Marie Poiré.
Kingdom Come [PG 1h 35m]
Grandpa's dead! Money! Starring:
Whoopi Goldberg, Toni Braxton,
LL Cool J, Vivica A. Fox. Directed
by: Doug McHenry.
Memento [R 1h 43m] This movie's
about ... um ... I forgot. Starring:
Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, Joe
Pantoliano. Directed by:
Christopher Nolan.
The Mexican [R 2h 3m] Julia
Roberts É Brad Pitt É which one's
Mexican again? Starring: Brad Pitt,
Julia Roberts. Directed by: Gore
Verbinski.
The Mummy Returns [PG-13]
Indiana Jones and the special effects
of doom. Starring: Brendan Fraser,
CGI beasties. Directed by: Stephen
Sommers.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? [PG-13
1h 45m] Homer's Odyssey gets
re-told in the depression-era south?
Starring: George Clooney, John
Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Holly
Hunter. Directed by: Joel Coen.
One Night At McCool's [R] Nyuk,
nyuk, nyuk É a babe at a bar causes
trouble. Starring: Matt Dillon,
Liv Tyler, Michael Douglas, Paul
Reiser. Directed by: Harald Zwart.
Pokemon 3 [G 1h 30m] Hopefully
the Academy won't snub Squirtle's
performance this time. Starring: All
those things you caught in 1997.
Directed by: Nintendo, Inc.
Pollock [R 1h 59m] Splatter punk
painting! Starring: Ed Harris,
Marcia Gay Harden. Directed by:
Ed Harris.
Someone Like You [PG-13 1h
33m] Ashley Judd can't get a date,
so she studies Animal Planet for
mating tips. Starring: Ashley Judd,
Greg Kinnear, Ellen Barkin, Hugh
Jackman, Marisa Tomei. Directed
by: Tony Goldwyn.
Spy Kids [PG 1h 33m] This should
save Teri Hatcher's career. Starring:
Alan Cumming, Antonio Banderas,
Teri Hatcher, Cheech. Directed by:
Robert Rodriguez!
Tailor of Panama [R 1h 49m] A
Pink Panther for the new millenium.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan,
Geoffrey Rush. Directed by: John
Boorman.
Tomcats [R 1h 32m] Single people
looking for a monetary excuse to
avoid marriage. Starring: Shannon
Elizabeth, Jerry O'Connell, Jake
Busey, Bill Maher. Directed by:
Gregory Poirer.
Town & Country [R] The First
Wives Club, this time with bigger
male stars. Starring: Warren Beatty,
Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Garry
Shandling. Directed by: Peter
Chelsom.
Traffic [R 2h 27m] The nature of
the drug deal, as explained by beautiful
people. Starring: Michael
Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Benicio Del Toro. Directed by:
Steven Soderbergh.
Widow of St. Pierre [R 1h 42m]
Before overnight delivery, guillotines
were hard to come by.
Starring: Juliet Binoche, Daniel
Auteuil. Directed by: Patrice
Leconte.
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