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Volume 3, Issue 11
May 24 - June 6, 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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