Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Wednesday, June 16, 1999 |
| Movies Opening This Week • Tarzan — Disney releases the surprisingly under hyped film this week. Minnie Driver and Tony Goldwyn do voices and Phil Collins does the music. Can you think of a bad animated Disney movie ? Rated G. Already Playing • A Midsummer Night's Dream — A stellar cast stars in this film based on Shakespeare's romantic comedy. I hear it is decent. Rated PG-13. • Austin Powers 2: The Spy who Shagged Me — Mike Myers returns as Austin and Dr. Evil in this sendup of spy movies. It is hysterical but very bawdy, keep impressionable youth away. Rated PG-13. • Election — A very smart comedy about politics within a midwestern high school. Matthew broderick and rees Witherspoon star. rated R. • Entrapment — Sean Connery stars as the world's greatest burglar in this action film starring Catherine Zeta Jones (Mask of Zorro). The previews are exciting. Rated PG-13. • Instinct — Anthony Hopkins plays an insane scientist who has been living with Silverback gorillas in Africa. He plays a great crazy man.Cuba Gooding Jr. also stars. Rated R. • Life — Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy play two New Yorkers who get put into the Mississippi Correctional facility for a crime they didn't commit. Rated R. • The Matrix — Wow. This movie has everything. Great Action, strong cast erformances, a good story and amazing visual effects. See this film. Rated R. • The Mummy — Brendan Fraser stars in this thriller about a mummy and the curse he brings with him when he comes back to life. The Mummy looks like a young Carl Reiner when he's fully reformed.Rated PG-13. • Never Been Kissed — Drew Barrymore stars as a cub reporter going undercover in high school. David Arquette also stars. Rated PG-13. • Notting Hill — Julia Roberts plays a Hollywood starlet who stumbles into a quirky, stuttering Englishman's book store. They may not be stretches for the actors but, hey, it's a summer movie. Rated PG-13. • Shakespeare in Love — Will Shakespeare be able to complete his play, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's daughter ? Not if he can't find his muse.This film garnered 13 well deserved Oscar nominations. The acting, writing and direction are impeccable. Rated R • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace — See how the second greatest story ever told began. This is the movie event of the summer and I dare say you are unamerican if you miss it. Rated PG. • Ten Things I Hate About You — This is a movie based on The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare. Foodie and I checked it out and we enjoyed it. It is a nice, light film that makes you want to fall in love all over again. Rated PG-13. • The Thirteenth Floor — Reality is questioned when a killer emerges from a virtual world and stalks scientists. Rated R. • Trippin'— This is an urban comedy about a young man who has a very imaginative mind and spends most of his time daydreaming. Rated R. • Baby Geniuses — Any movie is worth a dollar. This one is about the secret language of babies and the people who wish to make money off of it. Rated PG. • Carrie 2 — Just like the original except with more gore, a less stellar cast and a heavy metal soundtrack. Rate d R. • Cruel Intentions — A remake of Dangerous Liasons with a twenty something cast. It's a hot little movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV's Buffy). Rated R. • The King and I — Someone had the not-so-bright idea to make a classic musical a cartoon with cute animals and dragons. Rated G. • Lost and Found — David Spade tries to be a leading man and ends up at the dollar theater faster than a Beverly Hills Ninja. If anyone desrved a snide comment, he did. Rate d PG-13. • The Mod Squad — This movie was so boring. It has an appealing cast and a groovy soundtrack, but this movie is 18 miles from hip. Rated R. • My Favorite Martian — A Disney remake of the show popular when my parents were kids. It got to the dollar theater pretty quick to show how much today's kids care. Rated PG. • Payback — Mel Gibson plays a bad guy who plans on getting even with even worse bad guys. Rated R. • Prince of Egypt — The story of Moses becomes an animated tale. It held my interest and stayed away from being overly preachy. Let your people go...see this. Rated G.
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