Artificial Intelligence: AI 2001   PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt, Jack Angel, Ben Kingsley, Keith Campbell, April Grace, Ken Leung, Clark Gregg, Kevin Sussman
After Stanley Kubrick's death, Steven Spielberg inherited this story about a mid-21st century android, David (Haley Joel Osment), who has been programmed to love. Eleven-year-old David comes to the Swinton home as a replacement for the family's son, Martin (Jake Thomas), who is ill. But when Martin returns to his family, the Swinton's abandon David. He is set adrift in the world–dreaming of becoming a real boy and being loved by the Swintons. 1 User Review
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| | Ultimately, this film fails, but it is worth watching. | 1fatts 03/14/2007 | The story about the almost-collaboration of Spielberg and Kubrick is well known by now; and you can't help but see the seams throughout the film: the ethereal quality of Kubrick does not quite fit the moral fables of Spielberg. The movie is too long, too episodic, and, finally, too pat.
But there are ideas and images running through this film that should not be easily dismissed or discounted. Haley Joel Osment really is so good it hurts, but, more importantly, there is an attempt here at scope, at vision which is worth our attention even if it doesn't quite work. Spielberg tries to explain too much; Kubrick would have let it remain unresolved imaage. But you can forgive ambition a lot more easily than insufficiency.
I'm sorry it's not a better film. I'm glad someone serious tried. |
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Burn After Reading 2008  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, David Rasche, J.K. Simmons, Olek Krupa, Michael Countryman, Kevin Sussman, J.R. Home, Hamilton Clancy, Armand Schultz, Jeffrey DeMunn
Ex-CIA analyst Osborne Cox's (John Malkovich) wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) has turned over to her lawyer the CD on which Osborne had listed his finances and his memoirs of days as a government spook. Katie is in love with Harry (George Clooney) and wants the CD to be used as evidence when she divorces Osborne. But, the lawyer loses the CD, and it turns up in the hands of health club workers Chad Feldheimer and Linda Litzke (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) who decide to enter the game of blackmail and turn the CD into cash.
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Funny Money 2006  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Greif
Cast: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, Robert Loggia, Guy Torry, Rebecca Wisocky, Kevin Sussman, Alex Meneses, Marty Belafsky, Zoltan Butuc, Joanne Rubino, Marco Assante
Middle-aged executive Henry Perkins (Chevy Chase) accidentally trades briefcases with a Romanian mobster on the subway. After opening the briefcase at a bar and discovering $5 million inside, Henry heads home to tell his wife Carol (Penelope Ann Miller) and to make plans to head out of town with the money. But, Carol is throwing Henry a surprise party, and she isn't crazy about Henry's plan. Soon they are joined by their friends (Christopher McDonald and Alex Meneses) and other party guests. Also arriving on the scene are a suspicious detective (Armand Assante) and a homicide detective (Kevin Sussman). Last, but not least, to join the party is Mr. Big (Zoltan Butuc) who has come to retrieve his $5 million.
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Garmento 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michele Maher
Cast: Katie MacNichol, David Thornton, Saundra Santiago, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Jerry Grayson, Gretchen Cleevely, Geoffrey Cantor, Jason Butler Harner, Kevin Sussman, P.J. Minnick, Kevin Geer, Joey Kern
The world of fashion, it seems, is not all glamour. When naive Grindy Malone (Katie MacNichol) goes to work for once-popular designer Ronnie Grossman (David Thornton), she learns that in her new world, people will stop at nothing in the search for success and fame.
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Hitch 2005 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, Julie Ann Emery, Robinne Lee, Nathan Lee Graham, Adam Arkin, Michael Rapaport, Jeffrey Donovan, Kevin Sussman, Philip Bosco
"Date Doctor" Hitch (Will Smith) helps NYC's not-so-suave bachelors correct their dating mistakes so they can find true love. Although his advice to others works, Hitch meets his match when he is attracted to gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes) who resists his advances.
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 Little Black Book 2004 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Hurran
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston, Julianne Nicholson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kevin Sussman, Rashida Jones, Josie Maran, Jason Antoon, Sharon Lawrence, Gavin Rossdale
Stacy (Brittany Murphy) produces a TV daytime talk show, "Kippie Kan Do" (Kathy Bates plays Kippie). As part of her job, Stacy digs into the seamy sides of the show's guests. When she gets hold of her boyfriend Derek's (Ron Livingston) Palm Pilot, through which she sets up meetings with his ex-girlfriends, she oversteps her bounds and pays for it.
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Made of Honor 2008 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kadeem Hardison, Kathleen Quinlan, Chris Messina, Sydney Pollack, Richmond Arquette, Busy Phillips, Whitney Cummings, Emily Nelson, Selma Stern, James Sikking, Kevin Sussman, Beau Garrett
While in college, Tom (Patrick Dempsey) met Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), and, while romance is not in the picture, they became best friends. Now, ten years later, they are still enjoying their companionship and spending Sundays together. When Hannah travels to Scotland, Tom realizes how much she means to him and plans to tell her when she returns. But when Hannah comes home, she is engaged to Scotsman Colin (Kevin McKidd) and asks Tom to be her MOH ("Maid" of Honor). What will Tom do? His solution: agree to be Hannah's MOH and then use his insider status to sabotage the wedding plans.
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Pipe Dream 2002 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Walsh
Cast: Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise Parker, Rebecca Gayheart, Kevin Carroll, Peter Jacobson, Guinevere Turner, Jill Hennessy, Natalie B. Pyper, Anthony Arkin, Marla Sucharetza, Kevin Sussman
In a scheme to attract beautiful actresses, a NYC plumber, David (Martin Donovan), convinces his friend and casting agent (Kevin Carroll) to put out a call for a bogus audition. Then, he steals parts of his neighbor Toni's (Mary-Louise Parker) un-produced screenplay. The ploy works, and soon David is directing a movie. Toni now recognizes her chance for success, goes along with the sham, and even feeds David directing instructions.
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| 1. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
aka: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
2. Burn After Reading (2008)
3. Funny Money (2006)
4. Garmento (2002)
5. Hitch (2005)
6. Little Black Book (2004)
7. Made of Honor (2008)
8. Pipe Dream (2002)
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