HEIST (2001) Starring Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Jim Frangione and Patti Lupone. Screenplay by David Mamet. Directed by David Mamet. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 109 minutes. Rated R. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if David Mamet made a Quentin Tarantino film? No, neither … Continue reading
SERENDIPITY (2001) Starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Piven, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Eugene Levy, Jessica Kelly, Kate Blumberg, Ann Talman, Stephen Bruce, David Sparrow, Ron Payne, Marcia Bennett and Buck Henry. Screenplay by Marc Klein. Directed by Peter Chelsom. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 91 minutes. Rated PG-13. Okay, first things first. I … Continue reading
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS (2001) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, David Morse, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, Alan Tudyk, Tom Bower and Celia Weston. Screenplay by William Goldman. Directed by Scott Hicks. Distributed by Castle Rock Entertainment. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are two kinds of Stephen King stories. There are the horror films full of supernatural … Continue reading
DON’T SAY A WORD (2001) Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito, Famke Janssen and Oliver Platt. Screenplay by Anthony Peckham and Patrick Smith Kelly. Directed by Gary Fleder. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 96 minutes. Rated R. There is almost a foolproof recipe for Michael Douglas films. He starts out … Continue reading
THE OTHERS (2001) Starring Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sykes, Alakina Mann, James Bentley and Renée Asherson. Screenplay by Alejandro Amenabar. Directed by Alejandro Amenabar. Distributed by Dimension Films. 104 minutes. Rated PG-13. Ghost stories seemed to be pretty much over (dead, you might say…) a couple of years ago, but … Continue reading
GHOST WORLD (2001) Starring Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr, Debra Azar, Brian George, Tom McGowan and David Cross. Screenplay by Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff. Directed by Terry Zwigoff. Distributed by United Artists Pictures. 111 minutes. Rated R. In recent years, a strange, bullying mentality seems … Continue reading
CATS AND DOGS (2001) Starring Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Miriam Margoyles, Doris Chilcott, and the voices of Tobey Maguire, Sean Hayes, Charlton Heston, Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Clarke Duncan and Jon Lovitz. Screenplay by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. Directed by Lawrence Guterman. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 87 minutes. … Continue reading
MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) Starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, Jacek Koman, Matthew Whittet, Kerry Walker, Caroline O’Connor, Christine Anu, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Lara Mulcahy and Kylie Minogue. Screenplay by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Pictures. 128 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
Rod Stewart Storyteller – The Complete Anthology 1964-1990 (Warner Brothers 9 25987-2) ©1990 Description: It may just seem like Rod Stewart has been around forever. This box set makes it even seem more to be so. It is a long… and somehow in four disks rather lean… show of a distinguished career. What’s Good About … Continue reading
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY (2001) Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Paul Brooke, Felicity Montagu, Shirley Henderson, Sally Phillips and James Callis. Screenplay by Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated R. Renée Zellweger is the biggest of many good … Continue reading
