7
JUNE
Freddie
Got Fingered (R): Selected. Fox. Comedy. Tom Green, Harland Williams, Rip
Torn, Connor Widdows, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kay Thomas. Top animal humping
action with Tom "Animal sex" Green directing and starring as a
complete f-wit. Received interesting reviews, with most agreeing its the
worst movie of all time.
Pearl
Harbour (M): National.
Buena Vista. War. Ben
Affleck, John Harnett, Cuba Gooding Jnr, Jon Voight, Alec Baldwin. Action and romance aplenty in this US$140
million action blockbuster thing, with plenty of explosions to be seen.
Historical accuracy, no.
State
And Main (M): Selected.
Palace. Comedy. Alec Baldwin, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Styles, Charles
Durning, William H Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker. A movie infiltrates a small town, but not
all goes well- a horny lead actor, a lead actress who won't do nudity and the
centrepiece of the movie -'The Old Mill' was destroyed years ago.
14
JUNE
The
Dancer (M): Selected: Perth. Fox. Romance. Mia
Faye, Garland Whitt, Rodney Eastman. A mute dancer is helped by a scientist, who
develops some shoes that help her talk (!?)
House
of Mirth (M): Selected. Columbia Tristar. Drama. Gillian Anderson,
Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Laura Linney, Anthony LaPagia. Tragic love story set in turn of the century New York. Its
more about stiff upper lips than anything else being stiff though.
Josie
And The Pussycats (PG): National. Fox. Comedy. Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara
Reid, Rosario Dawson, Parker Posey, Alan Cumming. Cartoon adaption (loosely),
its about a three member pop group that gets too caught up in advertising
everything under the sun, they forget their morals (or is that
percentage?).
Rififi
(PG): Selected. Potential Films. Jean Servias, Carl Mohner, Robert Manuel. Followed
by a sequel, Sififi. Damn these things just write themselves.
Russian
Doll (M): Selected. Beyond.
Comedy.
Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Rebecca Firth, Sacha Horler, Natalia Novikova. A man makes a
difficult decision to marry his best friends mistress to keep her in the
country. Its set in Sydney's Russian-Jewish community, so you know
its gonna be a blockbuster. Or at least available in one soon.
Sugar
And Spice (M): National. Comedy. Rachael Blanchard, James Marsden,
Melissa George. Top cheerleader gets preggers so she and her best friends
turn to crime to support her baby. As you do.
21
JUNE
Pokemon
3: The Movie (G): Qld. Vic June 28. Other states July 5. Roadshow. Voices:
Veronica Taylor, Eric Stewart. Ash has to rescue his mother from a crystal
tower. Followed by Pokemon 4: Straight To Video.
Recess:
The Movie (G): Qld. 28th June: Vic. 5th July: Rest of Aust. Buena Vista. Animation. Voices: Jason
Davis, Pamela Segal, Melissa Joan Hart, James Woods.
Shrek (PG):
National. UIP. Animation. Voices: Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, John
Lithgow. A nasty ruler has banished all the fairy tale characters from the land,
and its up to Shrek (Myers) to save them, as well as the cursed princess (Diaz).
A PG level cartoon with something to offer adults too.
Tomb Raider
(M): National. UIP. Anglina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Jon Voight, Noah Taylor, Chris
Barrie, Leslie
Phillips. A
sexy artefact collector (Jolie) with a lot of "ass"ets, puts her best
chest forward, with lots of action. Expect lots of action, shaking
of booty and booby, and more action, a few corny jokes and some more action
thrown in for good luck.
28
JUNE
Beau
Travail (PG): Selected. Potential Films.
The
Crimson Rivers (MA): Selected. Columbia. Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia
Fares, Dominique Sanda. Its a river. Its crimson. You can guess the rest
(actually you probably can't).
Guinevere
(M): Selected: Melb, Syd. Palace. Drama. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart, Gina
Gershon. Much delayed released this one had had. Its a typical love drama
between a young girl and a older photographer.
Mullet
(M): Selected. Dendy. Comedy. Ben
Mendolson, Susie Porter, Andrew S Gilbert, Belinda McClory. A small NSW fishing town is
disrupted when a former football hero comes back and finds he's not as popular
as he thought he was. Quirky Ozzie comedy (is there any other type?)
Swordfish
(M) National. Roadshow. Drama. John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle,
Vinnie Jones. A computer hacker is after $6 billion in unused Government
funds. Lets hope it doesn't follow the usual rule with technology-based
movies- they suck. Also, watch out for Berry's US$1 million
'bonus'.
When
Brandon Met Trudy (M): Selected. Romantic Comedy. Peter McDonald, Flora
Montgomery, Marie Mullen. English romantic comedy about a thief and a
teacher.
MOVIES
RELEASED JUNE 2001 AUSTRALIA