Alex and Brian Review the Movies:
A Teen Perspective

E-Mail: SilentCynic15@cs.com
Reviews to expect:The Shipping News, Men In Black II, The Deep End, Shallow Hal, I Am Sam, Requiem for a Dream, Malcolm X, and Seven

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Check out our 2000 and 2001 Top Ten Films
OUR Critical Mass--coming soon!

July 9, 2002
Alex develops "Insomnia," goes "Undercover...Brother," and takes a trip to South Park. Brian's living in a Ghost World" and meets "Lilo & Stitch."

July 8, 2002
Alex adds up "The Sum of All Fears." Brian finds out What Lies Beneath", becomes "Unbreakable," gets ugly..."Coyote Ugly, and goes to "The Beach." Brian also reviews: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Bring It On, Bounce, Memento, The Mexican, and the worst series of scenes ever committed to film, Freddy Got Fingered.

New Films-Theatrical Release- (newest review on top)
-Minority Report: Tom Cruise runs from some evil Pre-Crime cops and takes Samantha Morton with him in Steven Spielberg's new sci-fi action film. Also starring: Colin Ferrell, Max von Sydow, and Lois Smith
-Mr. Deeds: Adam Sandler gets rich off of a dead uncle he didn't know he had, falls in love with a former ingenue (Winona Ryder) and has a butler (John Turturro) with a foot fetish. Also starring: Peter Gallagher and Steve Buscemi--Review by Alex
-Unfaithful: Diane Lane has an overly long affair with some pseudo-intellectual French guy (Olivier Martinez) she met in New York City was she was blown over in a windstorm. Also starring: Richard Gere--Review by Brian
-Insomnia: Al Pacino is a tired detective chasing after a murder author (Robin Williams) in director Christopher Nolan's third film, a thriller set in Alaska. Also starring: Hilary Swank, Nicky Katt, and Maura Tierney--Reviewed by Brian
-Scooby-Doo: Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma walk around with a computer generated dog in this flimsy screen version of the popular classic cartoon. Starring: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, and Rowan Atkinson.--Reviewed by Alex
-Spider-Man: Tobey Maguire swings, fights Willem Dafoe, and falls in love with Kirsten Dunst, and goes through puberty...all at the same time! What's a boy to do?! Also starring: James Franco and Rosemary Harris--Reviewed by Alex

Recent Films: About A Boy
Also Just Reviewed: 2001's Blow (Brian), 2000's Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (Brian), 2000's Charlie's Angels (Brian), and 2001's Hannibal (Alex)

2001 Oscar Winners
A Beautiful Mind (d: Ron Howard)--Video Review by Brian
Moulin Rouge! (d: Baz Luhrmann)--Review by Brian

Classics
Forrest Gump-Review by Alex
Godfather Part III, The-Review by Alex
Rosemary's Baby-Review by Alex
Schindler's List-Review by Alex

Rewind To..
1980's chilling Stanley Kubrick thriller The Shining--Reviewed by Alex
1977's mediocre disco dancin' landmark Saturday Night Fever--Reviewed by Alex

New On Video:
Majestic, The --Reviewed by Brian
Others, The--Reviewed by Brian
Vanilla Sky--Reviewed by Brian
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