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From: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com (movies-digest) To: movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: movies-digest V2 #185 Reply-To: movies-digest Sender: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk movies-digest Sunday, May 9 1999 Volume 02 : Number 185 [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 [MV] The Movie Report#189, 5/6/99 RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 [MV] Movie News - 05/07/99 [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 05/07/99 [MV] REVIEW: eXistenZ [MV] The Mummy review Re: [MV] The Mummy review [MV] MovieJuice! - THE MUMMY - Fez Dispenser Re: [MV] The Mummy review Re: [MV] The Mummy review ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 13:00:18 -0700 From: ANDREA_BAUMAN <ANDREA_BAUMAN@prodigy.net> Subject: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 At the end of the movie "Never Been Kissed" there are pictures of all of the actors when they were kids. Does anyone know any other movies where they do the same thing with the subtitles in the end? I would be grateful if someonewould answer me yes or no. Thanks, Andrea Bauman [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 14:53:42 +0100 From: Wade Snider <wsnider@brazoselectric.com> Subject: RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 It's not just the cast, it's also the main production credits, such as the director, writers, etc...... at the end of that movie.. The only other one I remember was also at the end of "Nine Months." There may be more. Wade > At the end of the movie "Never Been Kissed" there are pictures of all of > the actors when they were kids. Does anyone know any other movies where > they do the same thing with the subtitles in the end? I would be grateful > if someonewould answer me yes or no. > Thanks, > Andrea Bauman > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 13:23:43 -0700 From: "Romero, Leticia" <lromero@saonet.ucla.edu> Subject: RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 they added pictures of the entire cast and crew at the end of Lethal Weapon 4 - which was pretty neat and a remarkable feat... > -----Original Message----- > From: ANDREA_BAUMAN [SMTP:ANDREA_BAUMAN@prodigy.net] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 1:00 PM > To: movies-digest@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 > > At the end of the movie "Never Been Kissed" there are pictures of all of > the actors when they were kids. Does anyone know any other movies where > they do the same thing with the subtitles in the end? I would be grateful > if someonewould answer me yes or no. > Thanks, > Andrea Bauman > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 12:00:09 +1300 From: Al <dunal599@student.otago.ac.nz> Subject: RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 What about the end of Schindlers List [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 18:49:02 -0700 From: Michael Dequina <michael_jordan@geocities.com> Subject: [MV] The Movie Report#189, 5/6/99 T H E M O V I E R E P O R T #189 MAY 6, 1999 Nine days until my 23rd... You can help support the MR and Mr. Brown's Movie Site by purchasing videos and DVDs from Reel.com. Please visit: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-reel.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dwelcome.htm= l Thank you very much. =3D>T H I S W E E K<=3D M O V I E S - -_The_Mummy_ - -_William_Shakespeare's_A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_ - -_The_Castle_ - -_Three_Seasons_ - -_A_Walk_on_the_Moon_ V I D E O - -_Babe:_Pig_in_the_City_ - -_You've_Got_Mail_ =3D>U P D A T E S<=3D @MR. BROWN'S MOVIE SITE - -Awards Weekend 1999 section, featuring scans of Oscar night paraphernalia: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/oscars - -Photos from the NAACP Image Awards and the _Forces_of_Nature_ premiere: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/celeb/40.html - -Over 30 photos from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, starting at: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/celeb/41.html For that, the best and worst of 1998, links to the official websites of all the current films, past reviews, exclusive Hollywood event photos, movie MIDI music, movie discussion board, a comprehensive link section, and more, visit: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown or http://welcome.to/mrbrown or http://mrbrown.webjump.com Please don't forget to sign the guestbook... If you are reading this on Usenet, you can subscribe to the MR at: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/moviereport.html Select reviews are available at CompuServe Hollywood Hotline: http://www.HollywoodHotline.com=20 ...and the Eyepiece Network at: http://www.eyepiece.com ...and Albany Online at: http://www.AlbanyOnline.com ...and Film Frenzy at: http://www.filmfrenzy.com I am always up for a good live chat. Feel free to message me on ICQ at #25289934 or on AOL Instant Messenger under the handle "MrBrown23." all movies graded out of four stars (****) ~~~ =3D>M O V I E S<=3D N E W R E L E A S E S _The_Mummy_ (PG-13) * 1/2 Well, it seemed like a good idea: a lavish, big-budget retelling of the 1932 horror classic _The_Mummy_. But after seeing the finished product as written and directed by Stephen Sommers (who last perpetrated the undersea howler _Deep_Rising_) one would be wise to heed one of its trailer's tag words: "Beware." To his credit, Sommers makes his _Mummy_ a different type of animal from its precursor. Instead of a traditional horror piece, this _Mummy_ is more of an adventure film, with our central trio--American adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser), British librarian Evelyn Carnarvon (Rachel Weisz), and her brother Jonathan (John Hannah)--trying to unlock the secrets of a legendary lost burial site in 1930s Egypt. Once there, they and a rival group of explorers--who are in the hunt for some buried treasure--end up uncovering something more than they bargained for: the awakened mummy of the ancient High-priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), who is determined to bring himself and his lost love back to full life. What Sommers is clearly after is the rollicking roller coaster vibe of the _Indiana_Jones_ films, but one little detail is lost on him. While the _Indy_ flicks were in the light, jaunty vein of old serial films, Steven Spielberg knew that the tongue could and should not always be kept in cheek. The scary parts were indeed scary; the suspenseful moments were taken seriously. The same cannot be said of _The_Mummy_, which wears a silly, jokey attitude throughout and suffers for it. How can one truly be frightened or intimidated by Imhotep and his murderous rage when each would-be shock is blunted by an idiotic wisecrack (which _every_ character seems have ready) or slapsticky situation? It would also help if the creature's appearance were scary or at least creepy; unless you lose sleep over the Cryptkeeper from _Tales_from_the_Crypt_, likely the sight of the mummified Imhotep won't invade even a daydream. In fact, with the exception of some impressive visuals involving the movement of sand, the effects work in _The_Mummy_ is strangely unconvincing. The walking undead and deadly Scarab beetles look like they never left the computer screen, and the opening shot--showing a giant sphinx and pyramids as workers and others scurry by--is no more lifelike than the nearly identical opening shot of _The_Prince_of_Egypt_. Not that the flesh-and-blood actors are themselves give the film much life, either. Fraser has proven to be a terrific actor in small films as diverse as the romantic fantasy _Still_Breathing_ to last fall's Oscar-winning _Gods_and_Monsters_, but when it comes to big time popcorn films, he always falls flat, to say the least. First it was his painfully broad turn in the unwatchable _George_of_the_Jungle_; now it's this half-hearted attempt to channel Harrison Ford's roguish charm. More successful at evoking _Indiana_Jones_ is Weisz, but in the wrong way: her Evelyn is only a notch less shrill than Kate Capshaw's Willie Scott (_Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom_), easily the worst heroine in the _Indy_ series. _The_Mummy_ definitely does not bore; it holds one's attention for its entire running time, and the millions of its megabudget do show up on screen. But shouldn't an adventure film at least offer something resembling excitement? Hollywood Hotline Featured Review _William_Shakespeare's_A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_ (PG-13) *** The assembled talents of an all-star cast are exploited most delightfully in Michael Hoffman's adaptation of _William_Shakespeare's_A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_. While as sunny and sweet as the Bard's original romantic comedy of errors, this update isn't always dreamy, but its classic romantic spell should leave moviegoers swooning. The "dream" of the title is actually one very real night in the forest where lovers are star-crossed, criss-crossed, or just plain made cross, thanks to the magical machinations of Oberon (Rupert Everett), the King of Fairies; and his impish right-hand sprite, Puck (Stanley Tucci). Into the forest that night come the hopelessly besotted Lysander (Dominic West) and Hermia (Anna Friel), the latter of whom is lovelessly betrothed to Demetrius (Christian Bale), who, in turn, is pursued, however clumsily, by the unloved-by-anyone Helena (Calista Flockhart). A few drops of a flower's magical juice later, and a bewildered Helena finds herself the object of desire for both Demetrius and Lysander, leaving Hermia by the wayside. The juice is indeed loose, for also falling under its power is Oberon's wife Titania (Michelle Pfeiffer), who becomes enamored of an ass--literally and figuratively. His apt name is Nick Bottom (Kevin Kline), a pompous ham of an actor who is transformed into a half-man/half-donkey monstrosity by a playful Puck. This section, being the part that gives the play its title, is the focal point of the play and the film, but, strangely enough, it's also the part that works the least well in the film. Of course, it has nothing to do with the parent text; Shakespeare's timeless barbs (mostly delivered by a comically cruel Lysander to a disbelieving Hermia) would never lose their edge in any translation. Neither are the actors at fault; they are all up to the Shakespearean task. The biggest revelation is Flockhart, who displays exquisite comic timing as the very un-Ally Helena. What is at fault, is Hoffman's staging, or, rather, his stage. This entire second act was filmed on a soundstage, and it shows: the backdrops are flat; the same tree sets are recycled over and over again; and--most distracting of all--it's ridiculously overlit (it may be midsummer, but it still is _night_). A certain level of unreality should be brought to this section--we are dealing with fairies and man-asses here--but it's one thing to be unreal (as in a fantasy) and entirely another to appear artificial (as in synthetic). Hoffman has better luck with other directorial choices. Most notable is his change of setting from ancient Greece to 19th Century Italy, and this adds a fresh new dimension to the material: fresh locations, fresh costumes (no tights!), and, most notably, the advent of the bicycle, which adds some needed movement to static scenes. Hoffman also doesn't force fake British accents upon his non-Brit stars (Pfeiffer, Flockhart, Kline, Tucci, David Strathairn, and Sophie Marceau), sparing them and the audience a Kevin Costner-as-Robin Hood-type embarrassment that would only distract from the poetry of Shakespeare's words. It is the timeless appeal of those words, the impassioned performances, and a bring-down-the-house third act (in which Bottom and his inept troupe of actors put on a hilariously disastrous play) that make this high-spirited, if a bit overlong (115 minutes), production live up to its title: a dream indeed--not without its fuzzy areas, but on the whole "a most rare vision." (opens May 14) IN BRIEF _The_Castle_ (R) *** Although Roger Ebert has called it "this year's _Full_Monty_," I'm not entirely certain that this Australian import will connect with American audiences like that flashy British sensation of two summers ago. In fact, the comparison is entirely unfair, for this lower-key, character-driven comedy is, for my money, better than that overrated fluke Best Picture nominee. The castle in question is the Kerrigan house, a modest abode situated next to the runway of an airport and underneath a bundle of power lines. When a proposed airport expansion threatens to claim his happy home and those of his neighbors, patriarch Darryl (Michael Caton) dares to take his case to court. To be honest, this simple and straightforward "little guy versus the system" tale does not pack too many gutbusting laughs. In their place are smaller but ultimately more rewarding delights: a consistent stream of giggle-worthy lines and situations and, best of all, a wide variety of sharply defined personalities. Proud and loving Darryl is indeed the main character (played without a single false note by Caton), but the rest of the Kerrigan family and the other peripheral characters are allowed to carve out their own memorably quirky niches. Making the strongest impressions are Darryl's trading post-obsessed, "ideas man" middle son Steve (Anthony Simcoe) and Darryl's incompetent lawyer (Tiriel Mora). _The_Castle_ is as light and disposable as it appears to be, but there's no denying how efficient (the film runs a scant 89 minutes), crowdpleasing, and heartwarming an entertainment director Rob Sitch and writing collaborators Santo Cilauro, Tom Cleisner, and Jane Kennedy have created. _Three_Seasons_ (PG-13) *** 1/2 For the most part, Tony Bui's gorgeous Sundance favorite is a fascinating look at life in modern-day Vietnam, seen through the eyes of a number of characters leading different lives in and around Ho Chi Minh City: a young woman (Nguyen Ngoc Hiep) who strikes up an unlikely friendship with the old, ailing owner (Tran Manh Cuong) of the lotus farm at which she works; a cyclo driver (Don Duong) who falls for a prostitute (Zoe Bui); and a very young street vendor (Nguyen Huu Duoc) whose case of merchandise is stolen. = =20 If only Bui and co-writer Timothy Linh Bui had left it at that: three storylines to match the three seasons of the title. But in a blatant concession to the film's Western production roots, also added to the mix is an unnecessary storyline about a GI (Harvey Keitel) who is searching for the daughter he left behind. Although this thread briefly intersects with the others (as they all do), it could not be more far removed in terms of style, mood, and execution; while the other stories feel true to life, this one feels like manufactured melodrama, and it is rather stiffly acted by Keitel (with the exception of one emotional wordless scene). Thankfully, though, his storyline is given the least amount of screen time, never becoming so obtrusive as to dilute the simple power of the other plots or the uniting poetry of Lisa Rinzler's breathtaking cinematography. I N C U R R E N T R E L E A S E _A_Walk_on_the_Moon_ (R) ** 1/2 In the Woodstock summer of '69, a bored young housewife and mother (Diane Lane) undergoes a sexual and emotional awakening at the hands of a mysterious travelling "blouse man" (Viggo Mortensen). If this sounds like romance novel material, that's because it is, albeit it gussied up in a handsome, well-made package. As is the case with many actors-turned-directors, first-time helmer Tony Goldwyn coaxes fine work from his cast, in particular Lane, Liev Schreiber (as the husband), and Anna Paquin, an actress who is slowly growing on me (as their rebellious daughter). Despite their efforts, though, the synthetic, formulaic nature of Pamela Gray's script keeps this drama decidedly earthbound. (full reviews of the following in past MRs and at the listed URLs) - -_Analyze_This_ (R) *** <MR#180, 3/4/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt46.html#analyze =20 - -_Cookie's_Fortune_ (PG-13) *** 1/2 <MR#185, 4/7/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#cookie - -_Doug's_1st_Movie_ (G) ** <MR#184, 4/1/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#doug - -_The_Dreamlife_of_Angels_(La_Vie_R=EAv=E9e_des_Anges)_ (R) *** 1/2 <MR#186, 4/16/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#dreamlife - -_Election_ (R) *** 1/2 <MR#187, 4/22/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#election - -_Entrapment_ (R) ** 1/2 <MR#188, 4/29/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#entrapment - -_eXistenZ_ (R) *** <MR#188, 4/29/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#existenz - -_Foolish_ (R) no stars <MR#186, 4/16/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#foolish - -_Forces_of_Nature_ (PG-13) ** 1/2 <MR#182, 3/18/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt46.html#forces - -_Friends_&_Lovers_ no stars <MR#187, 4/22/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#friends - -_Get_Real_ (R) *** <MR#188, 4/29/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#real - -_Go_ (R) **** <MR#185, 4/7/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#go - -_Goodbye_Lover_ (R) *** <MR#179, 2/25/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt45.html#goodbye - -_Hideous_Kinky_ (R) *** <MR#187, 4/22/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#hideous - -_Idle_Hands_ (R) ** <MR#188, 4/29/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#hands - -_The_King_and_I_ (G) 1/2* <MR#184, 4/1/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#king - -_Life_ (R) ** 1/2 <MR#186, 4/16/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#life - -_Life_Is_Beautiful_(La_Vita_E_Bella)_ (PG-13) **** <MR#162, 10/16/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt40.html#vitabella - -_Lock,_Stock_and_Two_Smoking_Barrels_ (R) *** <MR#180, 3/4/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt46.html#lockstock - -_Lost_&_Found_ (PG-13) ** <MR#187, 4/22/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#lost - -_The_Matrix_ (R) **** <MR#183, 3/28/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#matrix - -_Metroland_ ** <MR#186, 4/16/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#metroland - -_Mighty_Peking_Man_ no stars; **** for camp value <MR#186, 4/16/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#peking - -_Never_Been_Kissed_ (PG-13) *** <MR#183, 3/28/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#never - -_The_Out-of-Towners_ (PG-13) ** <MR#184, 4/1/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#out - -_Pushing_Tin_ (R) ** 1/2 <MR#187, 4/22/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#tin - -_Shakespeare_in_Love_ (R) *** 1/2 <MR#171, 12/16/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt43.html#shakespeare - -_SLC_Punk!_ (R) *** <MR#187, 4/22/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt48.html#slc - -_10_Things_I_Hate_About_You_ (PG-13) ** <MR#183, 3/28/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt47.html#10 O N T H E H O R I Z O N FRIDAY _The_Castle_ (R) *** <see above review> Enjoyable light comedy about an Australian patriarch's (Michael Caton) fight to keep his home. _The_Empty_Mirror_ Drama that speculates about what Adolf Hitler's (Norman Rodway) life would have been like had he lived beyond World War II. _The_Mummy_ (PG-13) * 1/2 <see above review> Cheesy revival of the 1932 horror classic, starring an ill-cast Brendan Fraser. _Tequila_Body_Shots_ (R) This "supernatural suspense-comedy" about three L.A. guys who go south of the border for "Dia de los Muertos" celebrations stars Joey Lawrence. 'Nuff said. _This_Is_My_Father_ (R) The fraternal filmmaking team of writer-director Paul Quinn, cinematographer Declan Quinn, and actor Aidan Quinn made this drama about a Chicago teacher (James Caan) who searches for his father in Ireland. ~~~ =3D>V I D E O<=3D N E W T H I S W E E K _Babe:_Pig_in_the_City_ (G) ** 1/2 Full review in MR#169, 12/3/98; and at: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt42.html#babe Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D44140 While this sequel to the beloved 1995 Best Picture nominee shows remarkable visual invention (inexplicably denied an Oscar nod for Art Direction), it was no surprise that it ended up one of last year's most notorious flops. As had been fussed over, George Miller's film, following the perky porker (voice of E.G. Daily) as he hits the big city, is much darker than Chris Noonan's sunny original--so dark and often creepy as to unsettle children and offend their parents. The film's ardent supporters have defended it as a film for adults; if that's the case, then why exactly was it pitched directly to the youngsters? (Universal Studios Home Video; DVD also available) _You've_Got_Mail_ (PG) **** Full review in MR#171, 12/16/98; and at: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt43.html#mail Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D44362 I am a sucker for a good romantic comedy, and I was completely won over by this enchanting confection from the _Sleepless_in_Seattle_ team of writer-director Nora Ephron and stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Hanks and Ryan absolutely combust as rival New York bookstore owners who unwittingly carry out an anonymous romance via e-mail. Available at a low sell-through price on VHS and DVD, the latter of which is packed with a lot of extra features accessible on a DVD player and, of course, DVD-ROM-equipped computers. (Warner Home Video; DVD also available) R E C E N T R E L E A S E S (full reviews of the following in past MRs and at the listed URLs) - -_Apt_Pupil_ (R) *** 1/2 <MR#161, 10/8/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt40.html#pupil Buy VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43652 - -_At_First_Sight_ (PG-13) ** 1/2 <MR#174, 1/21/99> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt44.html#sight Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D44152 - -_Belly_ (R) ** <MR#165, 11/6/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt41.html#belly Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43967 - -_A_Bug's_Life_ (G) *** 1/2 <MR#167, 11/20/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt42.html#bugs Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D44093 - -_Elizabeth_ (R) *** 1/2 <MR#162, 10/16/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt40.html#elizabeth Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43968 - -_Happiness_ **** <MR#162, 10/16/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt40.html#happiness Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43618 - -_Meet_Joe_Black_ (PG-13) *** <MR#167, 11/20/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt42.html#joe Buy VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43908 - -_A_Night_at_the_Roxbury_ (PG-13) 1/2* <MR#160, 10/5/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt40.html#roxbury Buy VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43552 - -_The_Siege_ (R) ** 1/2 <MR#164, 10/29/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt41.html#siege Buy VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43725 - -_Simon_Birch_ (PG) ** 1/2 <MR#157, 9/6/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt39.html#simon Buy VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D43338 - -_Stepmom_ (PG-13) *** <MR#170, 12/11/98> http://www.godamongdirectors.com/mrbrown/movierpt43.html#stepmom Buy at VHS or DVD at Reel.com: http://www.reel.com/cgi-bin/nph-session.exe?COBRAND=3DMRBR&OBJECT=3Dmoviepag= e.as p?MMID=3D44390 ~~~ =3D>N E X T W E E K<=3D On Tuesday, more reviews, including: - -_Star_Wars:_Episode_I--The_Phantom_Menace_ 'til then...=20 __________________________________________________________ Michael Dequina Chat Forum Host, The Official Michael Jordan Web Site http://jordan.sportsline.com mj23@michaeljordanfan.com | jordan_host@sportsmail.com michael_jordan@geocities.com | mrbrown@iname.com >My personal WWW sites< Mr. Brown's Movie Site: http://welcome.to/mrbrown Michael Jordan Beyond the Court: http://fly.to/michaeljordan A Michael Jordan Fan's Heartbreak: http://fly.to/mj23 Personal Page: http://welcome.to/w3md >Other WWW sites I work on< CompuServe Hollywood Hotline: http://www.HollywoodHotline.com Albany Online: http://www.AlbanyOnline.com Eyepiece Network: http://www.eyepiece.com Film Frenzy: http://www.filmfrenzy.com "Life is knowing the toughest competition you ever face is yourself." - --Michael Jordan __________________________________________________________ [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 08:17:29 +0100 From: Wade Snider <wsnider@brazoselectric.com> Subject: RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 I thought the original question was about credits that showed kid pictures of the cast & crew. > -----Original Message----- > From: Al [SMTP:dunal599@student.otago.ac.nz] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 6:00 PM > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: RE: [MV] Re: movies-digest V2 #184 > > What about the end of Schindlers List > > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 14:00:46 -0600 From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com> Subject: [MV] Movie News - 05/07/99 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Now that a few people have actually seen the new "Star Wars" movie in special screenings, the hype has yielded to the buzz. And the buzz is ... well, don't expect a masterpiece, just a really good movie with cool special effects. In other words, a certain summer blockbuster. "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" was screened Tuesday night in eight North American cities for movie theater executives, their families, and - apparently - a bundle of "Star Wars" fans who somehow finagled some of the prized tickets. Almost immediately, early reviews hit cyberspace, followed by the reactions to the reviews, then the reactions to the reactions, along with all manner of claims, counterclaims, insults and soul-searching over the film, which opens nationwide May 19. -=> * <=- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Citizen action, not government regulation, is the way to force Hollywood to curb violence in its products, Tipper Gore said Thursday. "I think they're only going to respond if they hear from the larger community," the wife of Vice President Al Gore said. "If we decrease our appetite for this violence ... and if we say no, that is kind of voting with your pocketbook." Mrs. Gore, author of the 1987 book "Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society," pressed the music industry to label sexually explicit records in the 1980s. The industry began voluntary labeling in 1990. Violent video games and movies are only part of a "toxic culture." Easy access to guns and lack of structured activities for young people play a role in that culture, she said. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 14:14:02 -0600 From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com> Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 05/07/99 MovieFone said that it will begin selling tickets to Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 12. That's a reversal of LucasFilm's earlier policy prohibiting advance ticket sales for Star Wars during the film's first three week's of release. In an effort to curb scalping--which has been LucasFilm's chief concern about advance sales--MovieFone said that individual moviegoers can buy a maximum of 12 tickets. Fans can place their orders by calling 777-FILM or by visiting MovieFone's Web site. -=> * <=- The SCI FI Channel plans to air a one-hour Star Wars special on May 17 at 9 p.m. ET that's so secret the channel can barely talk about it. SCI FI said the "uncensored investigation" will delve into the mystery and uber-fandom surrounding George Lucas' epic saga, but that it couldn't release any further details due to the iron control LucasFilm maintains over Star Wars. "We cannot comment at this time about the program," said Bonnie Hammer, the senior vice president of SCI FI programming and USA Networks original production. "Fans will have to remain on the dark side until the May 17 premiere of our SCI FI special--but we'll definitely have the inside scoop!" -=> * <=- After losing the No. 1 position at the box office to the Eddie Murphy comedy Life, The Matrix is once again in the top spot. Variety reported that The Matrix led ticket sales for the weekend of April 23 with a $12.9 million take. That brings the Warner Bros. film's total earnings up to a healthy $117.4 million through its first four weeks of release. Warner is predicting the flick will finish its domestic run with more than $160 million in sales. -=> * <=- Regent Entertainment bought the worldwide rights to Free Enterprise, an independent film starring William Shatner. The movie is a spoof that follows two would-be filmmakers and science fiction fans who get to meet Shatner, their TV idol, only to learn that he's a hard-drinking woman chaser. Free Enterprise earned awards for best picture and best screenplay at the 1998 AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival. It is scheduled to play at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15 before opening in Los Angeles on June 4. -=> * <=- Star Wars: Episode I headliner Natalie Portman is in talks to play a pregnant teenager in the film adaptation of Billie Letts' best-selling novel Where The Heart Is. -=> * <=- Actors Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin and Mindy Sterling have joined the cast of the Jim Carrey film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 09:34:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Scott Renshaw <renshaw@inconnect.com> Subject: [MV] REVIEW: eXistenZ eXistenZ (Dimension) Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe. Screenplay: David Cronenberg. Producers: Robert Lantos, Andras Hamori and David Cronenberg. Director: David Cronenberg. MPAA Rating: R (violence, adult themes, profanity) Running Time: 97 minutes. Reviewed by Scott Renshaw. David Cronenberg's eXistenZ may be as thematically dense a film as we'll see all year. It touches on the nature of reality, and the ways we seek to escape it and embrace it at the same time. It addresses issues of violence in the media, as well as the nature of constructing a work of fiction. It's a cautionary tale, and a caution against excessive caution. It's a social satire, and even a self-satire. It's also, ultimately, a sinkhole for narrative and characterization. Cronenberg has created an emotionally weightless intellectual exercise that's fun to parse but little fun to watch. eXistenZ begins with what amounts to a preview screening for a new cutting edge virtual reality game called eXistenZ, designed by reclusive gaming genius Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Before she can begin the first demonstration, however, Allegra is the target of an assassination attempt by a radical anti-virtual reality terrorist. Accompanied by Ted Pikul (Jude Law), the game company's marketing intern, as her impromptu bodyguard, Allegra heads into the countryside to see if her eXistenZ prototype game module -- damaged in the assassination attempt - -- can be saved. The only way to test that, of course, is to play the game, leading Allegra and Ted to discover a world almost too similar to the "real world" to tell the difference. If you know your Cronenberg (VIDEODROME, THE FLY, CRASH) at all, you know that you're entering a decidedly freaky realm. The world of eXistenZ includes pseudo-organic game pods that plug into the users' spines through a "bio-port" and a big umbilical cord; it features a pistol made of flesh and bone that fires human teeth (all the better to escape detection). Those who got off on the head-trippy kinkiness of CRASH will find themselves quite comfortable with a film in which characters get frisky with the holes in each other's backs, and where a meal in a Chinese restaurant consists of mutant amphibians sucked right off the skeleton. Those same viewers may also find themselves wrapped up in deconstructing Cronenberg's various messages. The design of the game pods - -- which none-too-subtly resemble a compilation of erogenous zones -- turns into a poke at the masturbatory nature of video games, while Allegra's writhing response to "plugging in" adds drug addiction to the metaphorical layering. The story treats us to characters who commit violence in the real world while thinking they're still in a game world - -- a creepy, timely commentary on the influence of pop culture violence -- then takes a swipe at the actions of the neo-Luddite anti-game faction. Perhaps most amusingly, eXistenZ plays with how characters behave in a fictional world, extending by implication to the plot-advancing conventions in film itself. There's enough sub-text in eXistenZ to keep a viewer well-occupied for its 97 minutes. If only Cronenberg had bothered to bring along any actual text to flesh out that subtext. eXistenZ plays out like a scholarly analysis of itself, a cinematic Cliff's Notes for a novel that doesn't actually exist. Leigh and Law are as purely functional in their roles as their characters are in their game-roles, and while Cronenberg may find that little meta-joke amusing, for a viewer it's merely distracting. By the time the plot of eXistenZ starts folding in on itself (leading to a revelation that's not at all revelatory if you've been paying attention), you may find yourself wondering why you should care about any of it. Cronenberg is as stylistically distinctive a film-maker as we have in this cookie-cutter era, but he's locked himself into a rut of message-filled visions with no human connection. eXistenZ plays out like a hallucinatory letter to the editor. On the Renshaw scale of 0 to 10 eXistenZial angsts: 5. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Scott Renshaw's Screening Room http://www.inconnect.com/~renshaw/ *** Subscribe to receive new reviews directly by email! See the Screening Room for details, or reply to this message with subject "Subscribe". - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 13:42:54 -0700 From: "Jason Cormier" <movieman@netcom.ca> Subject: [MV] The Mummy review Wow! What a hoot! If you are looking for some of that slam-bam thank you mam summer-time action- then you have found it in the Mummy. Go into this movie expecting to see a movie that does NOT take itself too seriously. Everything here is just for fun. The action is very fast paced and there seems to be a new action sequence starting right when the last one is finishing up. There are no lengthy romance sub plots or 'let's learn about Egyptian times' sub plots - although both of these things occur - it is done in between all the action so that it is nice to have a breather once in a while! A great way to kick off the summer (as opposed to last year's Deep Impact or Twister the year before that). I give it a funky 80%. btw - Happy Mummy's day. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 14:30:43 -0500 From: kwhite <kwhite@iwic.net> Subject: Re: [MV] The Mummy review Jason, I went to see this with some friends last night. I'm glad you liked it. We sure didn't. From the previews, I was expecting something awesome however, found the special effects the only good thing about it. While watching it, I couldn't help but wonder where Harrison Ford was. In my opinion, they tried to hard to make this an Indiana Jones kind of movie without a good story line. Even the music was horrible. Jason Cormier wrote: > Wow! What a hoot! If you are looking for some of that slam-bam thank you > mam summer-time action- then you have found it in the Mummy. Go into this > movie expecting to see a movie that does NOT take itself too seriously. > Everything here is just for fun. The action is very fast paced and there > seems to be a new action sequence starting right when the last one is > finishing up. There are no lengthy romance sub plots or 'let's learn about > Egyptian times' sub plots - although both of these things occur - it is done > in between all the action so that it is nice to have a breather once in a > while! A great way to kick off the summer (as opposed to last year's Deep > Impact or Twister the year before that). I give it a funky 80%. > > btw - Happy Mummy's day. > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 16:33:01 -0400 (EDT) From: maillist@moviejuice.com Subject: [MV] MovieJuice! - THE MUMMY - Fez Dispenser SPECIAL THANKS THIS WEEKà. A belated thanks to online film critic Michael Dequina who conveyed a verbal thumbs-up for MovieJuice from "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy" filmmaker Kevin Smith, who accused me of being "cool" and having a "great tone." I can't speak for the former, but I'm off to the gym to guarantee the latter. Thanks Michael and Kevin. Thanks to New York Magazine for a writeup I just caught up with praising MovieJuice for "hysterical film criticism," something David Denby never specialized in, from what I understand. Thank you! Finally, thanks to Netscape's Netcenter for plugging MovieJuice as "the funniest place to read about movies online." Damn you people for raising the bar! ******************** CATHERINE ZETA-JONES SPEAKS! New this week at MovieJuice.com: I interview Catherine Zeta-Jones and damn if she isn't trying to come on to me! Beware an utter lack of context. Check out the RealAudio interview at: http://www.moviejuice.com/1999/zetajones.htm ******************** THE MUMMY - FEZ DISPENSER by Mark Ramsey http://www.moviejuice.com/1999/mummy.htm May 9, 1999 What a shocker, when we first lay eyes on The Mummy, or, as Disney's Mike Eisner calls him, "that little Egyptian Midget." No, I'm not talking about the movie, I'm talking about Cher on VH-1 Divas Live! I happened to be watching the show with direct descendents of ancient Egyptian high-priests who, between shifts at 7-11, explained to me that Cher has all the telltale signs of a good mummification. There's the dress-like gauze wrapping used to draw attention and ridicule during Oscar telecasts, the Celine Dionic hats loud enough to wake the ancient dead, the skin so tight Cher's facials are like drum solos and every wink is a rim-shot, the canoptic jars brimming with makeup and various vital organs. There's the evidence of scrambled, nose-extracted brains shown in the relentless repetition of insipid lyrics, and finally, there's the obvious lip-synching to The Mummy anthem: "Do You Believe in Life after Death after Love." The high point of The Mummy occurs within the first five minutes when Pharaoh's hot-hot babe Anck-Su-Namun comes vamping down the hall undressed in super-shear twine designed by Cher's clothier, King Tut-BobMackie the First. You see, she's having a fling with high-priest Imhotep, thus explaining the derivation of the word "ho." Bad Imhotep! That little high-priest midget! No wonder everybody gets gets cursed and buried alive with hundreds of cartoon scarab beetles, only to be freed centuries later by foolish archeologists, intrepid explorers, and record industry execs seeking to relaunch Cher's career. The Mummy is one of the rare movies that would actually be better with less dialogue. "Sons of the Pharaohs!" curses the Brit librarian's boss at the Museum of Antiquities. Was it just me, or did comic-book bubble-quotes appear over everybody's head whenever they opened their mouths? The plot-line - "rescue the damsel in distress, kill the bad guy, save the world" - sounds like Universal just unwrapped an ancient mummy oddly resembling the edge-worn VHS of Raiders of the Lost Ark down at Blockbuster Video. What can you say about a movie that cribs dialogue from Linda Carter and Lyle Waggoner in Wonder Woman? Breathless Brits translating hieroglyphics in the nick of time and oozing Bazooka Joe bullet-points. Just add Angela Lansbury and a flying bed and you've got Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Tally-ho, Imhotep! So the overzealous Americans discover a box with this warning: "Death will come on swift wings to whosoever opens this chest." Pamela Lee's surgeon encountered that same warning but proceeded vigorously and, I'm told, with great enthusiasm anyway. A plague of locusts on you, doctor! Brendan Fraser plays a swashbuckling character almost exactly like Errol Flynn, except he prefers chicks old enough to drive and doesn't notice that boy mummies have cute butts. Somebody must have spiked my popcorn with psychedelics because I could swear Brendan went to Bewitched general practitioner Dr. Bombay for help in battling the Mummy! This situation, of course, was even more dire than the time Samantha spoke in rhyme and Darrin was turned into a bedpan. That little warlock midget, Bombay! When the good Doctor smirks "Oh well, back to the airfield! Hoo-hoo!" I felt like I was swinging with Serena at the Cosmos Cotillion to the groovy tunes of Boyce and Hart. To quote Brendan, "Dr. Bombay, come right away!" Groovy, baby. So macho hero Brendan - that little Gods and Monsters midget - faces-off against a brigade of mummies who look less like ancient dead and more like action-toy Terminators and C3POs. Brendan's option was to wake them from the dead or wait in line with 2,000 other fanatics at FAO Schwarz at midnight to be the first to buy them. Where's Sinbad the Sailor when you need him? Or at least Ed Furlong? Bring on Elmer Fudd with his wifle to kiww these wascawy weinvigowated walking dead. All that said, you've gotta respect any long dead high-priest who wants to bring his dead girlfriend back to life, just like Wes Craven did to Kristy Swanson in Deadly Friend, but without the whole high school angle. As B-movies go, gang, The Mummy is the gold-standard. Yum, yum. It's the sweetest junk food of the Spring. Copyright 1999 Mark Ramsey. All rights reserved. NO PORTION MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. ******************** DONÆT FORGET TO VISIT MOVIEJUICE.COM! Hey, kids, don't forget to visit the MovieJuice! Site at http://www.moviejuice.com. The pictures are half the fun (and sometimes more than half the laughs)! ******************** TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL! Just go to http://www.moviejuice.com and follow the directions at the top of the left frame. It's very easy. NOTE: YOUR NAME CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST UNLESS YOU UNSUBSCRIBE USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU REGISTERED WITH). And don't write me lots of mean-spirited crap. I won't read it. ******************** IF YOUR LINES AREN'T WRAPPINGà Your browser and/or email client (why DO they call it that?) has a setting called "Wrap Long Lines." Select it! [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 19:25:27 -0400 From: Tim Howe <mrmagoo@iinc.com> Subject: Re: [MV] The Mummy review I am going to have to agree and disagree here. YES, this movie did lack a feasible plot, or storyline if you will...BUT I will have to quote JASON by saying "Everything here is just for fun" I think that sums it up PERFECTLY. I had alot of FUN watching this movie!!! kwhite wrote: > Jason, > > I went to see this with some friends last night. I'm glad you liked it. We > sure didn't. From the previews, I was expecting something awesome however, > found the special effects the only good thing about it. While watching it, I > couldn't help but wonder where Harrison Ford was. In my opinion, they tried to > hard to make this an Indiana Jones kind of movie without a good story line. > Even the music was horrible. > > Jason Cormier wrote: > > > Wow! What a hoot! If you are looking for some of that slam-bam thank you > > mam summer-time action- then you have found it in the Mummy. Go into this > > movie expecting to see a movie that does NOT take itself too seriously. > > Everything here is just for fun. The action is very fast paced and there > > seems to be a new action sequence starting right when the last one is > > finishing up. There are no lengthy romance sub plots or 'let's learn about > > Egyptian times' sub plots - although both of these things occur - it is done > > in between all the action so that it is nice to have a breather once in a > > while! A great way to kick off the summer (as opposed to last year's Deep > > Impact or Twister the year before that). I give it a funky 80%. > > > > btw - Happy Mummy's day. > > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] - -- God Bless!!!! Tim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wanna Join Any E-Mail groups Owned By Yours Truly? 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If it played out like Stargate did - which was very serious - then it falls flat (imho) and it becomes easy to pick out all the bad components of the film. I was lucky that I was in the right mood and I enjoyed the ride though I understand where you're coming from. I often dislike movies that the general poplace enjoys (take Stargate or Independence Day for examples!) - -----Original Message----- From: kwhite <kwhite@iwic.net> To: movies@lists.xmission.com <movies@lists.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, May 09, 1999 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [MV] The Mummy review >Jason, > >I went to see this with some friends last night. I'm glad you liked it. We >sure didn't. From the previews, I was expecting something awesome however, >found the special effects the only good thing about it. While watching it, I >couldn't help but wonder where Harrison Ford was. In my opinion, they tried to >hard to make this an Indiana Jones kind of movie without a good story line. >Even the music was horrible. > >Jason Cormier wrote: > >> Wow! What a hoot! If you are looking for some of that slam-bam thank you >> mam summer-time action- then you have found it in the Mummy. Go into this >> movie expecting to see a movie that does NOT take itself too seriously. >> Everything here is just for fun. The action is very fast paced and there >> seems to be a new action sequence starting right when the last one is >> finishing up. There are no lengthy romance sub plots or 'let's learn about >> Egyptian times' sub plots - although both of these things occur - it is done >> in between all the action so that it is nice to have a breather once in a >> while! A great way to kick off the summer (as opposed to last year's Deep >> Impact or Twister the year before that). I give it a funky 80%. >> >> btw - Happy Mummy's day. >> >> [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] >> [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > >[ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] >[ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ End of movies-digest V2 #185 **************************** [ To quit the movies-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe movies-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]