Go 1999  R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Desmond Askew, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs, William Fichtner, J.E. Freeman, Timothy Olyphant, Nathan Bexton, Suzanne Krull, Robert Peters, Jodi Bianca Wise, Jimmy Shubert, Tony Denman
Three intertwined plots–all taking place during Christmas–begin with Ronna (Sarah Polley) filling in for her friend Simon (Desmond Askew) as a Los Angeles grocery clerk while he heads off on a trip to Las Vegas. When soap stars Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) approach Ronna for a drug deal, Ronna acts as a go-between for Simon and his drug dealer friend Todd (Timothy Olyphant) but is caught by DEA agent Burke (William Fichtner, and Adam and Zack are busted for possession. Meanwhile, Simon is having more than a few problems in Las Vegas. Now, back at the grocery store, it turns out that Adam and Zach are lovers and find themselves in a sting operation, and their relationship with Burke and his wife Irene (Jane Krakowski) takes a very strange turn. What makes the movie work is the telling of the story from three different points of view.
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Jackpot 2001  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Patrick Bauchau, Adam Baldwin, Rosie O'Grady, Peggy Lipton, Mac Davis, Rick Overton, Suzanne Krull
Sunny Holiday (John Gries) is a loser who dreams of becoming a famous singer, and his means to that end is competing in karaoke contests on a 43-city tour. He has left his wife, Bobbi (Daryl Hannah), behind with their daughter and sends her a weekly $1.00 lottery ticket in lieu of child support. Traveling with his manager, Les (Garrett Morris), in Bobbi's pink New Yorker, Sunny heads for Jackpot, Nevada, for the next contest and then, ultimately, on to L.A. for that big break.
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 The Next Best Thing 2000 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Illeana Douglas, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Vartan, Josef Sommer, Lynn Redgrave, Stacy Edwards, Neil Patrick Harris, Suzanne Krull
Gay Robert (Rupert Everett) and his good friend straight Abbie (Madonna) have a drunken rumble between the sheets and a baby results. They decide to live together but still continue their own lifestyles. Then a man comes along, and Abbie wants to take the baby and relocate. Now the humor ends and the seriousness begins.
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| 1. Go (1999)
2. Jackpot (2001)
3. The Next Best Thing (2000)
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