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� American Beauty - Nominated for

eight Academy Awards, this is a great film. American

Beauty has a sparkling script and knockout performances

from Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. Rated R.

� Drowning Mona - Danny Devito

and Bette Midler star in this film about the murder of

the meanest woman in town. This movie got slammed pretty

hard by a lot of critics, but it looked funny to me.

Rated PG-13.

� Erin Brockovich - Julia

Roberts brings a huge corporation to it's knees. The

movie is being hailed as the feel good movie of the year.

Rated R.

� Green Mile - Stephen King's

serial novel comes to the screen. This is not a horror

film, but more of a spiritual drama. It is about the

execution of an innocent man, with extraordinary healing

abilities. Rated R.

� Final Destination - A young

man sees a vision of his flight exploding and gets off

the plane. He cheated Death and now Death is stalking him

and his friends. It is an interesting premise. Rated R.

� Hanging Up - Lisa Kudrow, Meg

Ryan and Diane Keaton star in this movie about a family

with a wild elderly father played by Walter Matthau.

Rated PG-13.

� Mission to Mars - Gary Sinise,

Don Cheadle and Tim Robbins star in this movie where the

secrets of life on Earth are found on the Red Planet. My

mom liked it. Rated PG-13.

� My Dog Skip - Frankie Munz

(Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this nice family film

about a boy and his dog, based on stories by Willie

Morris. One of the few films released lately that scored

well with critics. Rated PG.

� Next Best Thing - A woman and

her gay friend have a baby and raise the child as their

own. This looks vaguely familiar. Rated PG.

� The Ninth Gate- Johnny Depp

stars in this film by Roman Polanski. If there's one

thing that Polanski is good at, it's movies about the

Devil. Rated R.

� Pitch Black - A crew of a

spaceship is terrorized by a species of aliens that

attack in the dark. Hooray, another "blow up the

aliens" movie! My sci-fi fan friends really liked

this. Rated R.

� Reindeer Games - Ben Affleck

stars in this new action film from John Frankenheimer.

The film focuses on an ex-con who gets dragged back into

a life of crime by his girlfriend's brother. This looks

pretty cool. Rated R.

� Scream 3 - This is not just a

cash cow film. The producers and directors intended on

making this a trilogy from the beginning. I loved the

first two installments. In fact, I am an extra in Scream

2. I look forward to this movie and hope that they end

the series on a good note, meaning that it is both funny

and scary. Rated R.

� The Sixth Sense - I have a

weird feeling that this might be the movie that just

sweeps through the Oscars. It is technically marvelous,

with great performances and an incredible script and

story. This is everything that movies should be and that

might be what puts it over the top. Rated PG-13.

� Snow Day - This movie doesn't

really have the same impact it does, in say, Michigan or

Maine. The question you really must ask yourself is why

on Earth did Chevy Chase make this movie? Rated PG.

� The Beach - Want a hit?

Sprinkle a bit of Leonardo DiCaprio among some other

beautiful people and just add water. This film is based

on the popular novel by Alex Garland and is very

reminiscent of "Lord of the Flies." This is not

lighthearted Leo fare. Rated R.

� The Cider House Rules - John

Irving penned the screenplay based on his novel and has

been nominated for an Oscar. The film deals with an

orphan named Homer and his life in St. Cloud, Maine. The

movie was very good and could be a surprise come Oscar

time. Bring some tissues. Rated R.

� The Tigger Movie - This is

obviously about Tigger, Winnie the Pooh's friend. If you

love Pooh, you'll love the movie. Rated G.

� What Planet Are You From - Mike

Nichols directed this film based on Garry Shandling's

screenplay. The film deals with the fact that men and

women are from different planets, literally. Rated R.

� Whole Nine Yards - This is

still the number one movie in America. Bruce Willis is

the hitman and Matthew Perry is the frightened, sarcastic

guy. There may be too many movies about hitmen these days

but Willis is always good for a laugh. Rated R.

� Wonder Boys - Mr. Catherine

Zeta Jones (Michael Douglas) stars as an author in this

quirky comedy drama. The film also stars Frances

McDormand, Tobey Maguire and Katie Holmes. The buzz

around this one is very good. Rated R.

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� Anna and the King - Jodie

Foster and Chow Yun Fat star in this movie based on

"The King and I." This is not a musical. The

sets look lavish, the actors look right and their big

push for Oscar might be worthwhile. Rated PG-13.

� Any Given Sunday - Al Pacino

barks, Jamie Foxx mugs, and Lawrence Taylor looks mean in

Oliver Stone's football epic. This was a good movie for

fans of Football and/or Stone. It should definitely be

viewed on the big screen. Rated R.

� The Bachelor - Chris O'Donnell

stars in this movie about a man who will only get his

inheritance if he is married. Nothing like tying love and

greed together for an entertaining time. I mean, look at

how successful "Who Wants to Marry a

Millionaire" was. Rated R.

� Blue Streak - Martin Lawrence

plays a jewel thief who passes as a detective. If Eddie

Murphy can do police comedy, Martin can do police comedy.

I rented this recently and thought it was pretty good.

Rated PG-13.

� The Bone Collector - This was

a great book, so be careful of the film. Denzel

Washington plays a paralyzed man who was formerly a

detective. He helps a rookie cop track down a serial

killer. It has been out for awhile, so it has to be

pretty good. Rated R.

� Double Jeopardy - This was the

movie with Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. She went to

jail for the murder of her husband, but he's not dead.

You can't be convicted twice for the same crime, so what

will happen? For a buck, this might be worth it. Rated R.

� Deuce Bigelowe: Male Gigolo -

This is a funny movie and you shouldn't expect much more

than a stupid comedy. Rob Schneider is better than Norm

McDonald was in Dirty Work and there are more hits than

misses. Rated R.

� The Messenger - Luc Besson's

stylish retelling of the story of Joan of Arc. The film

has a good cast and great visual effects, but the story

is a bit slow. Rated R.

� Pokemon's First Movie -

Pokemon's father is murdered by his uncle, who promptly

marries Pokemon's mother. Pokemon pretends that he is

crazy while he plots to avenge his father's death. Rated

G.

� Sleepy Hollow - Johnny Depp is

Ichabod Crane in Tim Burton's film based on The Legend of

the Headless Horseman. This was an all-around good movie,

but is also fairly graphic. Rated R.

� Stuart Little - Based on E.B.

White's children's story, Stuart is a small mouse that

lives with a normal sized human family. It looks like

lots of new stuff was added for the kids and the

traditional plot elements have fallen by the wayside. We

shall see though. Rated PG.

� Supernova - A scary movie set

in space. Who will survive? You should be able to tell

after the first 20 minutes. This will be on video soon.

Rated PG-13.

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