3
MAY
Man
Who Cried (M): Selected:
Syd, Melb. UIP. Others to follow (July). Drama. Christina Ricci,
Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton. 1927 set period movie about a Jewish girl who
becomes a singer.
Thirteen
Days (M): National. Roadshow. Drama. Kevin Costner,
Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp. Depicts the true (?) story of the October 1962
Cuban missile crisis.
Valentine
(MA) National. Roadshow. Horror. David Boreanaz, Denise Richards, Jessica Capshaw, Marley
Shelton, Jessica Cauffiel. Four friends get creepy Valentines day cards from
someone they pissed off years ago. Based on a novel.
The
Yards (M): National. Roadshow. Thriller. Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, James
Caan, Charlize Theron, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway. Wahlberg is an ex-con working the New York Subway Yards, and is
faced with sabotage, pay offs and murder.
10
MAY
All
The Pretty Horses (M): National. Columbia. Drama. Matt
Damon, Henry Thomas, Penelope Cruz, Lucas Black. Another of those epic westerns with lots
of endless longing stares, much shagging and sad happenings.
The
Hundred Steps (I Cento Passi) (M): Selected: Melb only. Place. Drama. Luigi Lo
Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo. *subtitled*. A polliticized view of the
Mafia, apparently.
The
Limey (MA):
Selected: Sydney,
May 17: Melbourne. Other state to follow. Fox. Drama. Terrance Stamp, Peter
Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Joe Dallesandro, Melissa George. Gritty crime
flick, of obsession and revenge from top director Steven Sodenberg.
Originally released in 1999, but is only being released now.
Monkeys
Mask (R): Selected: Bris, Melb, Syd.
Footprint Films. Mystery. Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Marton Csokas. A
erotic story about a female PI investigating a crime in the poetry
underworld. Its got some hot lesbian action, too, so order those
tickets today.
The Mummy
Returns (M): National. UIP. Adventure. Brandon Fraser, Rachael
Weisz, John Hannah. Sequel to the blockbuster action adventure, or a sensitive
parent-offspring drama? You decide.
Risk (MA) Selected.
Roadshow. Drama. Bryan Brown, Tom Long, Claudia Karvan. Aussie thriller movie
set in the world of insurance scam, with lots of car crashes thrown in for good
measure.
17
MAY
Fifteen
Minutes (MA): National. Roadshow. Thriller. Robert De Nero, Edward Burns, Vera
Farmiga, Kelsey Grammer. Two tough cops are up against a couple of media obsessed Russian
psychos. Hopefully the film goes for longer than 15 minutes.
The
Way of The Gun (MA): Selected.
Buena Vista. Thriller. Ryan
Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, James Caan, Juliette Lewis. Two stupid criminals
kidnap Lewis who is being paid $1 Million to be a surrogate mother. Of course,
it all goes wrong.
What's
Cooking (M): Syd, Brisb. New
Vision.
Drama.
Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl. Follows a day in the life
of four families from different ethicity- Africa, Latino, Jewish and
Vietnamese- Americans.
24
MAY
3000
Miles To Graceland (R): Selected.
Roadshow. Thriller. Kevin Costner, Kurt
Russel, Christian Slater, Courtney Cox. A group of morons (which include Slater, oddly enough)
plan to rob a Casino during Elvis week, dressed as Elvis. Of course,
it all goes wrong and they mostly die (including Slater, yay!). Costners the bad
guy, BTW.
Elvis:
That's The Way It Is (G): Selected: Bris, Syd. Melb: May 27. Adel/ Perth:
May 31. Potential Films. Music concert. Elvis Presley. Elvis
concert film, re-released and digitially removed 20 kg's off Elvis. Also,
they added some music that's worth listening to.
Joe Dirt
(M): National. Columbia. Comedy. David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller, Adam
Beach, Christopher Walken. Spade headlines this movie as a trailer-trash media hero, out to
find his parents for better or worse (worse of course, being a comedy, and the
lowest form of comedy too).
Moulin Rogue
(M): National.
Re-released about a dozen times, including March 2002. Fox. Musical. Ewan McGregor,
Nicole Kidman,
Christina Anu, John Leguizamo. Singing and choreographed dance scenes, complicated and elaborate
costumes- this is 1899 Paris, where Satine (Kidman) is given gifts from suitor
Christian (McGregor)- which are incredibly similar to modern songs.
Visually spectacular, too, as they all say.
Whipped
(MA): Selected. Roadshow. Comedy. Amanda
Peet, Brian Van Holt, Judah Domke. Dating comedy, about a group of horny guys (is there
any other type?) who fall for the same woman. Who will get the babe? Who
will sit though this extremely poorly reviewed movie?
31 MAY
A
Ma Sour! (Fat Girl) (R): Selected- Brisbane, Sydney, Melb. Potential. Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Liberdo De
Rienzo *subtitled* Its subtitled. Its about something, but no-one on the face of
the earth knows because its in some language only the cast speaks.
Head
Over Heels (M):
National. UIP. Comedy. Freddie
Prinze Jnr, Martia Potter, Shalom Harlow, China Chow, Sarah O'Hare. Five young models
live together in a NYC apartment and try to find the perfect man. Sounds
intellectual, gripping and hard-hitting.
Monkeybone
(M): National (Syd, Melb, Brisbane). Fox. Comedy.
Brandan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, John Turturro, Whoopi Goldberg A cartoonist
gets into a car crash, and his creation Monkeybone takes over his mind while
in a coma. Monkey!
Serenades
(M): Selected. Palace. Drama. Alice Haines, Aden Young.
Aussie pretentious drama about a girl who was born to an Aboriginal mother and
an Afgan father. Que lots of funny camera angles, "angst"
and lots of use of the colour blue.
Sensitive
New Age Killer (MA): Selected. Tidepool
Films. Action.
Paul Moder, Kevin Hopkins, Helen Hopkins. Aussie action film, but its also
a comedy. Stars a wannbe hitman, who gets into some pretty silly
situations. Contains lots of lovely violence (was rated R but a cut
version will be released)
Series
7 (R): Selected- Capitals.. Dendy. Comedy.
Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Michael Kaycheck, Richard
Venture. A big screen movie where its just another
one of those damn reality shows- except the objective is to kill all the other
contestants instead of sleeping with them.
MOVIES
RELEASED IN AUSTRALIA MAY 2001