I was actually thinking how cool it would be to have dicaprio play him....
ethan hawke wouuld be cool too. When you relaly think about it, though,
there's a serious lack of talent in that age range for males, and leo is
one
of the few good ones around. I'd vote for him to star in it any day.
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:42:01 -0500
From: "Irish Boy" <rdoyle29@msn.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Winslow Boy review
Just to be precise, Mamet did not direct "Glengarry Glen Ross".
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After David Mamet gave us such films as House of Games, Oleanna, Glengary
Glen Ross and The Spanish Prisoner (not to mention the numerous other films
that he wrote - Untouchables, Wag the Dog etc...) I couldn't wait to see his
new film The Winslow Boy. This was the first time that Mamet has directed a
film that didn't originate from his head - it's based on a play that he
didn't write - though he wrote the screenplay for the movie. It's a period
piece and has been getting rave reviews all around...except from me. This
is not to say that I hated it - but I am certainly unenthused about it. It
was more an interesting look at the early 20th century and it's differences
and similarities to today's society - especially the similarities to the
media and how it can take over an event - no matter how insignificant it may
seem. I wasn't bored though and I did enjoy the two Male leads (Nigel and
some other guy I can't recall), but I wasn't too fond of Mrs. Mamet -
Rebecca Pidgeon - and her distant approach to her character. In Spanish
Prisoner I thought it was a quirky character trait - but now I see that it
is the only way she knows how to act...but I'm quibling - an interesting
movie for period buffs only. 70%.
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 13:24:37 -0700
From: "Jason Cormier" <movieman@netcom.ca>
Subject: Re: [MV] Winslow Boy review
Thanks precise boy! He did write it though and it was based on his pulit=
zer
prize winning play. It is still considered a Mamet film as opposed to a
James Foley movie...at least in my books! Either way - great film!!!
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Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 10:48 PM
Subject: RE: [MV] Winslow Boy review
>Just to be precise, Mamet did not direct "Glengarry Glen Ross".
>
>R=EF(c)h=E4(r)d J. =D0=F6=FFl=EB
>rdoyle29@msn.com
>ICQ: 27479510
>
>"It is the uncensored sense of humor...which is the ultimate therapy for
man
>in society." - Evan Esar
>
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>[mailto:owner-movies@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jason Cormier
>Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 2:44 AM
>To: Undisclosed.Recipients@tor-smtp2.netcom.ca
>Subject: [MV] Winslow Boy review
>
>After David Mamet gave us such films as House of Games, Oleanna, Glengar=
y
>Glen Ross and The Spanish Prisoner (not to mention the numerous other fi=
lms
>that he wrote - Untouchables, Wag the Dog etc...) I couldn't wait to see
his
>new film The Winslow Boy. This was the first time that Mamet has direct=
ed
a
>film that didn't originate from his head - it's based on a play that he
>didn't write - though he wrote the screenplay for the movie. It's a per=
iod
>piece and has been getting rave reviews all around...except from me. Th=
is
>is not to say that I hated it - but I am certainly unenthused about it. =
It
>was more an interesting look at the early 20th century and it's differen=
ces
>and similarities to today's society - especially the similarities to the
>media and how it can take over an event - no matter how insignificant it
may
>seem. I wasn't bored though and I did enjoy the two Male leads (Nigel a=
nd
>some other guy I can't recall), but I wasn't too fond of Mrs. Mamet -
>Rebecca Pidgeon - and her distant approach to her character. In Spanish
>Prisoner I thought it was a quirky character trait - but now I see that =
it
>is the only way she knows how to act...but I'm quibling - an interesting
>movie for period buffs only. 70%.
>
>
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 15:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: maillist@moviejuice.com
Subject: [MV] MovieJuice! - BIG DADDY - Schmaltz Liquor
BIG DADDY - SCHMALTZ LIQUOR
by Mark Ramsey
http://www.moviejuice.com/1999/bigdaddy.htm
June 27, 1999
Big Daddy is the movie Stanley Kubrick would have made if he didn't work a lot slower than the Grim Reaper. Said Kubrick days before his death, "After watching Tom Cruise kiss corpses for two years, it's time to make a movie with a cute orphan and an SNL alum. I even have a title: Spartakids!"
Was I the only one who thought Big Daddy was the sequel to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? What were you thinking, Tennessee Williams? Here, I'm expecting a Burl Ives comeback vehicle, and instead I get Pee on a Hot Brick Wall! My mistake.
To read some of the ultra-savage reviews this flick has been getting, I expected the audience would need a studio-sponsored hypnotist to open the show: "You are getting very sleepy...You will like this movie...You will keep your damn laser pointers in your pockets or we'll shove them up your ass."
But instead I was spirited away by an anti-critic intervention as I approached the theater entrance. Interrogated for hours with a bright lamp over my head, the interventionists pounded away at me: "Ignore the critics! Their vitriol is entirely personal! If Adam Sandler had made Citizen Kane they would hate it for being in Black and White and featuring Endora from Bewitched."
Maybe the cynical asshole critics are offended by the kid's declaration that "most critics are cynical assholes." Could be. Maybe they're envious of the kid's sunglasses which make you "disappear." And here I thought Hollywood used sunglasses to hide the lid-lift bruises.
Adam Sandler leads as Happy Gilmore Madison Boucher. As usual, Adam's likable, undistinguished, and utterly relatable.
Adam adopts an orphan kid so cute, he couldn't have inspired more girlie "awwww"s if ILM had digitally enhanced him with floppy ears, a tail, and a taste for Puppy Chow.
Now there's nothing novel about big comics and little kids. The pairing of comic superstars and adorable rugrats goes all the way back to Charlie Chaplin, who alternated between working with kids and marrying them.
Adam doesn't have the heart to send the kid to the pound, so he adopts him to impress his girlfriend, the babelicious Kristi Swanson who, I'm guessing, would be more impressed by a new agent and a better selection of roles right about now.
Adam teaches the boy tricks, like how to sit, how to heel, and how to play loogie yo-yo. Everything that makes you a man, or at least a big fan of sports.
Look for homeless man's homeless man, Steve Buscemi, in a cool cameo. Steve's costume/makeup folks must be fresh from watching VH-1's BeeGee's: Inside the Music, because Steve looks like the Gibb who couldn't master falsetto, Stayin' Alive on the street corner. Did somebody revive Creedence Clearwater, Steve?
And then there's Joey Lauren Adams whose squeaky voice and sweetiepie demeanor make her odds-on favorite for the title: "Annette Funicello of the new Millennium." I'm still bracing for her to squeal: "Hey kids, what time is it? It's time to reunite with Chasing Amy director Kevin Smith and reignite my career!"
Joey plays "Layla," and the more you know about Joey the more the name fits. Here, she's a smart, environmentally-conscious attorney and a huge Styx fan. Forget that the real Joey probably thinks Styx is a new Chinese restaurant in West Hollywood. Just go with the flow, people.
Joey's sweet as Equal - that's 200 times sweeter than sugar, friends. And like sugar, she may cause dental decay, as your teeth grind vigorously at every dialogue line. I need a Joey Lauren Vacation!
Meanwhile, there's great product placement here for Hooters, a restaurant notorious for its placement of product. Their slogan: Our breasts make your head turn, our wings make your lips burn! Personally, I love the Hooters Girls Calendar, where you can X-off how many days you're a pathetic, lifeless loser.
Call me crazy, but this movie's funny and sweet. And between the quips is much truth about fathers and sons, in case you've ever had one or been one. Adam's spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
And when you hear the critics dis everyman Adam and praise obscuro German movies about sprinting punkers, I'll go with the pied piper of puerile, the incredible infantile-o, Mr. Clam-Happy Gilmore himself, thank you.
This schmaltz liquor goes down good.
Copyright 1999 Mark Ramsey. All rights reserved. NO PORTION MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 03:33:36 -0500
From: "Kelly White" <white1@ameritech.net>
Subject: [MV] Gods and Monsters
I just experienced Gods and Monsters on DVD. For those of you with an open
mind and who wants to see something different and refreshing then Gods and
Monsters is for you.
Kelly
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:31:19 +0800
From: jkrudy <jkrudy@micron.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Make of it what you will
I think the best thing Lucas could do (if he wants to stay true to the Star
Wars saga) is to find a relatively unknown actor. I think it would be a
real tragedy to cast Leo in this movie. I like Leo, he's great, but do we
really want SW:E2 to be a Leo Decaprio movie instead of a Star Wars movie?
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:22:59 -0700
From: Jackie Martin <garageinc@earthlink.net>
Subject: [MV] Favorite Actor/Best Actor, Favorite Actress/ Best Actress
Favorite Actor: Kevin Spacey
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey
Favorite Actress: Emma Thompson
Best Actress: Judi Dench
Just my take
Jackie
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:12:39 EDT
From: SkipyLlama@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MV] Make of it what you will
In a message dated 6/28/99 1:11:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
gregorys@mail.xmission.com writes:
> >> Alec guiness?? Liam neeson, natalie portman, sam jackson,
> ewan mcgregor,
>
> Of those, Natalie Portman is hardly a household name.
>
The professional? She's also done tv stuff
> >> jake lloyd, etc. were all famous when they made star wars
> movies.
>
> Name one other thing you've seen Jake Lloyd in.
(blushing) Jingle all the way
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:30:22 -0800
From: gregorys@mail.xmission.com
Subject: RE: Re: [MV] Make of it what you will
Are you saying that "The ProfessionaL made Natalie Portman
famous and that "Jingle All the Way" made Jake Lloyd famous?
I didn't mean to imply that neither had worked in the
business before, but I stand by my assertion that neither
were household names.
> >> Alec guiness?? Liam neeson, natalie portman, sam jackson,
> ewan mcgregor,
>
> Of those, Natalie Portman is hardly a household name.
>
The professional? She's also done tv stuff
> >> jake lloyd, etc. were all famous when they made star wars
> movies.
>
> Name one other thing you've seen Jake Lloyd in.
(blushing) Jingle all the way
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:32:38 EDT
From: SkipyLlama@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MV] Make of it what you will
In a message dated 6/28/99 1:31:11 PM Central Daylight Time,
gregorys@mail.xmission.com writes:
> Are you saying that "The ProfessionaL made Natalie Portman
> famous and that "Jingle All the Way" made Jake Lloyd famous?
> I didn't mean to imply that neither had worked in the
> business before, but I stand by my assertion that neither
> were household names.
Household names, no. But I was replying to the message that (as I (possibly
incorrectly took it) star wars had no actors that were at all known before,
and jake lloyd and natalie portman had both done fairly successful hollywood
films before
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