2001 Film List

The following thread is a diary for noting all eligible films released in 2001. Please edit accordingly and note latest revision at the top of the thread.

Questions? Feel free to drop me an email. Have fun!

Jason

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Matthew Chmiel
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Eric Howell
Jehan
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Brook K
Adam Lenhardt
Joel Mack
Bill McA
Mitty
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Seth Paxton
Edwin Pereya
Michael Perez
Mark Pfeiffer
Jason Quillen
Doug R
Stephen R
Nick S
Travis S
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Michael Shannon
Adnan Sheikh
John Spencer
Justin Spike
John Steffens
John Thomas
Gary Tooze
Kirk Tsai
Scott Weinberg
Jason Whyte
Rob Willey

2001 Film List
Last Updated: March 2nd, 2002

Eligible To Date Count: 188
Ineligible To Date Count: 14
Awareness-Only To Date Count: 9
Total To Date Seen: 209

Blue color indicates film is one of the best films of 2001
Red color indicates a strong recommendation
Green color indicates a positive recommendation

Title/Rating (out of ****/theatrical aspect ratio/length/director)

Venues:
(A) - Avalon Cinemas, Nanaimo BC
(C) - Capitol 6, Victoria BC
(CV) - Capitol 6, Vancouver BC
(G) - Granville 7, Vancouver BC
(CT) - Cinemark Tinseltown, Vancouver BC
(F) - Fifth Avenue Cinemas, Vancouver BC
(O) - Odeon Cinemas, Victoria BC
(P) - Park Theater, Vancouver BC
(SIL) - Silvercity Tillicum, Victoria BC
(S) - Star Cinema, Sidney BC
(V) - Varsity Theater, Vancouver BC
(VIC) - Vic Theater, Victoria BC
(UVIC) - UVIC Cinecenta, Victoria BC
(U4) - University Cinemas 4, Victoria BC

ABCD **1/2 1.85:1 100 min. Krutin Patel (CT)
Ali **1/2 2.40:1 156 min. Michael Mann (A)
All Over The Guy **1/2 1.85:1 95 min. Julie Davis (CT)
Along Came A Spider ** 2.40:1 104 min. Lee Tamahori (SIL)
Ambush *** 2.40:1 8 min. John Frankenheimer Short Subject
Amelie ***1/2 2.40:1 123 min. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (O)
American Outlaws * 1.85:1 94 min. Les Mayfield (SIL)
American Pie 2 *1/2 104 min. James B. Rogers (O)
America's Sweethearts *** 2.40:1 104 min. Joe Roth (O)
Animal, The ** 1.85:1 82 min. Luke Greenfield (SIL)
Angel Eyes *1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Luis Mandoki (C)
Anniversary Party, The ***1/2 1.85:1 115 min. Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh (U4)
Antitrust *1/2 2.40:1 102 min. Peter Howitt (SIL)
Artifical Intelligence: A.I. ***1/2 1.85:1 145 min. Steven Spielberg (SIL, C)
Art of Woo, The * 1.85:1 95 min. Helen Lee (G)
Asoka *** 2.40:1 176 min. Santosh Sivan(G)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire ***1/2 2.40:1 95 min. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (SIL)
Audition (Odishon) *** 1.85:1 115 min. Taashi Miike

Baby Boy ***1/2 1.85:1 132 min. John Singelton (O)
Bandits ** 2.40:1 123 min. Barry Levinson (C)
Battle Royale **** 1.85:1 114 min. Kinji Fukasaku (Ineligible)
Beautiful Mind, A *** 1.85:1 135 min. Ron Howard (O)
Behind Enemy Lines *** 2.40:1 105 min. John Moore (O)
Black Hawk Down **** 2.40:1 144 min. Ridley Scott (CT)
Black Knight * 2.40:1 97 min. Gil Junger (O)
Blow **1/2 2.40:1 124 min. Ted Demme (O)
Bride Of The Wind * 1.85:1 98 min. Bruce Beresford (S)
Bridget Jones's Diary ***1/2 2.40:1 98 min. Sharon Maguire (U4, S)
Brothers, The **1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Gary Hardwick (O)
Bubble Boy * 1.85:1 83 min. Blair Hayes (CT)
Bully ***1/2 1.85:1 114 min. Larry Clark
Business of Strangers, The *** 1.85:1 84 min. Patrick Stettner (CT)

Captain Corelli's Mandolin **1/2 2.40:1 129 min. John Madden (O)
Cats and Dogs *** 1.85:1 88 min. Lawrence Guterman (C)
Center Of The World, The *** 1.85:1 88 min. Wayne Wang (UVIC)
Century Hotel *** 1.85:1 98 min. David Weaver (C)
Charlotte Gray ** 1.85:1 122 min. Gillian Armstrong (CT)
Chosen *** 2.40:1 10 min. Ang Lee Short Subject
Closet, The *1/2 2.40:1 85 min. Francis Veber (U4)
Corky Romano ZERO 1.85:1 85 min. Rob Pritts (C)
Crazy/Beautiful *** 1.85:1 98 min. John Stockwell (C)
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles *1/2 1.85:1 95 min. Simon Wincer (SIL)
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The *** 1.85:1 102 min. Woody Allen (O)

Deep End, The ***1/2 2.40:1 102 min. Scott McGehee and David Siegel (CT, O, O)
Deeply *1/2 1.85:1 102 min. Sheri Elwood (UVIC)
Divided We Fall ***1/2 1.85:1 122 min. Jan Hrebejk (F)
Donnie Darko **** 2.40:1 114 min. Richard Kelly
Double Take * 2.40:1 88 min. George Gallo (SIL)
Doctor Dolittle 2 **1/2 2.40:1 84 min. Steve Carr (S)
Domestic Disturbance *1/2 2.40:1 88 min. Harold Becker (C)
Don't Say A Word *1/2 2.40:1 112 min. Gary Fleder (O)
Down To Earth * 1.85:1 86 min. Chris and Paul Weitz (C)
Driven *1/2 2.40:1 117 min. Renny Harlin (C)
Druids ZERO 2.40:1 124 min. Jacques Dorfmann (CT)

Enemy At The Gates **1/2 2.40:1 131 min. Jean Jaques-Annaud (SIL)
Evolution ** 1.85:1 102 min. Ivan Reitman (SIL)
Exit Wounds ** 2.40:1 101 min. Andrej Bartkowiak (SIL)

Fast And The Furious, The *** 2.40:1 106 min. Rob Cohen (SIL)
Fat Girl * 1.85:1 87 min. Catherine Breillat (G)
15 Minutes *1/2 2.40:1 121 min. John Herzfeld (C)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within *** 1.85:1 106 min. Hironobu Sakaguchi (O)
Focus *** 1.85:1 107 min. Neal Slavin (G)
Follow, The ***1/2 2.40:1 12 min. Short Subject
Forsaken, The ** 1.85:1 91 min. J.S. Cardone (C)
Freddy Got Fingered ZERO 1.85:1 86 min. Tom Green (O)
From Hell ** 2.40:1 122 min. Albert and Allen Hughes (O)

Get Over It * 2.40:1 85 min. Tommy O'Haver (SIL)
Ghost World ***1/2 1.85:1 108 min. Terry Zwigoff (F, VIC)
Ginger Snaps **1/2 1.85:1 109 min. John Fawcett (O)
Glass House, The * 2.40:1 106 min. Daniel Sackheim (C)
Gosford Park *** 2.40:1 137 min. Robert Altman (O)
Greenfingers **1/2 1.85:1 92 min. Joel Hershman (VIC)

Hannibal ** 1.85:1 132 min. Ridley Scott (C)
Hardball **1/2 1.85:1 106 min. Brian Robbins (C)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ***1/2 2.40:1 149 min. Chris Columbus (S, C)
Head Over Heels * 2.40:1 87 min. Mark S. Waters (O)
Heartbreakers **1/2 2.40:1 124 min. David Mirkin (SIL)
Hearts In Atlantis ** 2.40:1 101 min. Scott Hicks (U4)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch ***1/2 1.85:1 92 min. John Cameron Mitchell (U4)
Here's To Life! *** 1.85:1 95 min. Arne Olsen (CT)
Heist *** 1.85:1 109 min. David Mamet (C)
Hole, The *** 2.40:1 102 min. Nick Hamm (G)
How High ZERO 1.85:1 94 min. Jesse Dylan (O)

I Am Sam * 1.85:1 132 min. Jessie Nelson (O)
In The Bedroom **** 2.40:1 132 min. Todd Field (CT)
Invisible Circus, The *** 1.85:1 93 min. Adam Brooks (UVIC)
Iris **1/2 1.85:1 92 min. Richard Eyre (VIC)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ***1/2 2.40:1 104 min. Kevin Smith (C)
Jeepers Creepers ** 1.85:1 87 min. Victor Salva (C)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius *** 1.85:1 82 min. John A. Davis (SIL)
Joe Dirt * 1.85:1 91 min. Dennie Gordon (O)
Joe Somebody *** 1.85:1 98 min. John Pasquin
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars ** 2.40:1 98 min. John Carpenter (O)
Josie And The Pussycats *** 1.85:1 97 min. Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont (O)
Joy Ride *** 2.40:1 97 min. John Dahl (O)
Jurassic Park III ** 1.85:1 92 min. Joe Johnston (O)
Just Visiting **1/2 2.40:1 88 min. Jean-Marie Poiré (C)

Kandahar **1/2 1.85:1 84 min. Mohsen Makhmalbaf (P)
Kate and Leopold *** 1.85:1 123 min. James Mangold
Kiss of the Dragon *** 2.40:1 98 min. Chris Nahon
Knight's Tale, A * 2.40:1 132 min. Brian Helgeland
K-Pax **1/2 2.40:1 121 min. Iain Softley

Last Castle, The **1/2 2.40:1 131 min. Rod Lurie
Last Wedding *** 1.85:1 101 min. Bruce Sweeney
Legally Blonde *** 2.40:1 95 min. Robert Luketic
Life as a House ** 2.40:1 125 min. Irwin Winkler
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ***1/2 2.40:1 178 min. Peter Jackson
Lost and Delirious ***1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Lea' Pool

Made *** 1.85:1 95 min. Jon Favreau
Majestic, The *** 1.85:1 153 min. Frank Darabont
Man Who Wasn't There, The *** 1.85:1 116 min. Joel Coen
Max Keeble's Big Move ** 1.85:1 85 min. Tim Hill
Maybe Baby ** 1.85:1 95 min. Ben Elton
Mexican, The **1/2 2.40:1 124 min. Gore Verbinski
Mile Zero *1/2 1.85:1 93 min. Andrew Currie
Monkey Bone *1/2 1.85:1 93 min. Henry Selick
Monster's Ball **** 2.40:1 113 min. Marc Forster
Monsters Inc. *** 1.85:1 92 min. Pete Docter
Moulin Rouge ***1/2 2.40:1 128 min. Baz Luhrmann
Mulholland Drive **** 1.85:1 145 min. David Lynch
Mummy Returns, The ** 2.40:1 129 min. Stephen Sommers
Musketeer, The *1/2 2.40:1 104 min. Peter Hyams
My First Mister *** 2.40:1 109 min. Christine Lahti

No Man's Land ***1/2 2.40:1 98 min. Danis Tanovic
Not Another Teen Movie **1/2 1.85:1 87 min. Joel Gallin
Novocaine **1/2 1.85:1 95 min. David Atkins

O ***1/2 1.85:1 95 min. Tim Blake Nelson
Ocean's 11 *** 2.40:1 114 min. Steven Soderbergh
One, The * 2.40:1 85 min. James Wong
One Night At McCool's **1/2 1.85:1 94 min. Harold Zwart
On The Line *1/2 1.85:1 85 min. Eric Bross
Original Sin ** 2.40:1 116 min. Michael Cristofer
Osmosis Jones ** 2.40:1 95 min. Peter Farelly, Bob Farelly, Piet Kroon and Tom Sito
Others, The *** 1.85:1 106 min. Alejandro Amenabar
Our Lady Of The Assassins **1/2 1.85:1 102 min. Barbet Schroeder
Out Cold * 1.85:1 90 min. The Malloys

Pearl Harbor * 2.40:1 182 min. Michael Bay
Planet Of The Apes ** 2.40:1 120 min. Tim Burton
Pledge, The ***1/2 2.40:1 124 min. Sean Penn
Powder Keg ***1/2 1.85:1 14 min. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Short Subject
Princess and the Warrior, The **** 2.40:1 133 min. Tom Tykwer
Princess Diaries, The ** 1.85:1 115 min. Garry Marshall

Rat Race **1/2 2.40:1 112 min. Jerry Zucker
Recess: School's Out **1/2 1.85:1 83 min. Chuck Sheetz
Riding In Cars With Boys * 1.85:1 128 min. Penny Marshall
Rock Star **1/2 2.40:1 106 min. Stephen Herek
Royal Tenenbaums, The **** 2.40:1 108 min. Wes Anderson
Rush Hour 2 *** 2.40:1 90 min. Brett Ratner

Save The Last Dance **1/2 1.85:1 112 min. Thomas Carter[/color]
Saving Silverman ** 1.85:1 92 min. Dennis Dugan
Scary Movie 2 * 1.85:1 82 min. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Score, The *** 2.40:1 124 min. Frank Oz
See Spot Run * 1.85:1 98 min. John Whitesell
Serendipity ** 1.85:1 91 min. Peter Chelsom
Series 7: The Contenders *** 1.85:1 87 min Daniel Minahan
Session 9 *** 2.40:1 100 min. Brad Anderson
Shipping News, The ** 2.40:1 118 min. Lasse Hallstrom
Shrek ***1/2 1.85:1 90 min. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
Sexy Beast *** 2.40:1 88 min. Jonathan Glazer
Shallow Hal *** 1.85:1 114 min. Peter Farelly, Bobby Farelly
Sidewalks of New York ***1/2 1.85:1 109 min. Edward Burns
Someone Like You *1/2 1.85:1 96 min. Tony Goldwyn
Songcatcher ** 1.85:1 107 min. Maggie Greenwald
Spike and Mike's 2001 Festival Of Animation ***1/2 1.33:1 95 min + intermission. Various Directors
Spike and Mike's 2001 Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation (Vol. 2) *1/2 1.33:1 75 min + intermission. Various Directors
Spy Game ** 2.40:1 125 min. Tony Scott
Spy Kids *** 1.85:1 88 min. Robert Rodrieguz
Spy Kids: Special Edition *** 1.85:1 91 min. Robert Rodrieguz
Star *** 2.40:1 Guy Ritchie Short Subject
Startup.com ***1/2 1.85:1 108 min. Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
Sugar and Spice **1/2 2.40:1 81 min. Francine McDougall
Summer Catch ZERO 1.85:1 100 min. Mike Tollin
Sweet November *1/2 1.85:1 119 min. Patrick O'Connor
Swordfish *** 2.40:1 100 min. Dominic Sena

Tailor of Panama, The *** 2.40:1 109 min. John Boorman
Taste of Others, The ***1/2 2.40:1 114 min. Agnès Jaoui
3000 Miles To Graceland ZERO 2.40:1 127 min. Demian Lichtenstein
Thirteen Ghosts * 1.85:1 90 min. Steve Beck
Tomb Raider *1/2 2.40:1 100 min. Simon West
Town and Country*1/2 1.85:1 106 min. Peter Chelsom
Training Day *** 2.40:1 122 min. Antone Fuqua
Treed Murray *** 1.85:1 90 min. William Phillips
Two Can Play That Game ** 1.85:1 92 min. Mark Brown

Valentine * 2.40:1 96 min. Jamie Blanks
Vanilla Sky ***1/2 1.85:1 136 min. Cameron Crowe

Waking Life ***1/2 1.85:1 98 min. Richard Linklater
Wash, The * 1.85:1 95 min. D.J. Pooh
Wedding Planner, The * 2.40:1 103 min. Adam Shenkman
What's The Worst That Could Happen? ** 1.85:1 95 min. Sam Weisman

Zoolander *** 2.40:1 89 min. Ben Stiller

*USA/Canada Films ineligible for 2001 List
(Most of these films have had releases previous to this year)

Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) **** 1.85:1 154 min. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
US/Canada release of a film release in Mexico in 2000
Calle 54 ***1/2 1.85:1 106 min. Fernando Trueba
Summer 2001 Miramax/Alliance release of a film originally released in Spain in late 2000
Crimson Rivers, The **1/2 2.40:1 106 min. Mathieu Kassovitz
Blackwatch/Alliance issue of a French film released September, 2000. Released in BC on March 23rd, 2001
Dish, The *** 1.85:1 103 min. Rob Sitch
North American release of an Australian film originally released in late 2000
Golden Bowl, The **1/2 2.40:1 130 min. James Ivory
Released overseas in European countries in fall, 2000. Released by Lions Gate in Canada in May, 2001
Innocence ***1/2 1.85:1 96 min. Paul Cox
Released overseas in Australia and New Zealand in December, 2000. Released stateside by Odeon/Fireworks in August, 2001
In The Mood For Love **** 1.85:1 98 min. Wong Kar-Wai
Released overseas in Autumn 2000 with a North American release in March, 2001.
Iron Monkey *** 1.85:1 87 min. Yuen Woo-Ping
North American release of the 1993 Hong Kong Film
Memento **** 2.40:1 114 min. Christopher Nolan
Released in foriegn countries (UK, France) in 2000. Released to North American cinemas in March, 2001
Snatch **1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Guy Ritchie
Released in the U.K. in 2000. North American release on January 19th, 2001
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble **1/2 1.85:1 106 min. John Hay
Release in the U.K. in 2000. Distributed by Seville Entertainment and released in BC on March 16th, 2001.
Widow of Saint Pierre, The ***1/2 2.40:1 112 min. Patrice Leconte
Released in France and UK in 2000. Alliance Vivafilm release in Canada in Spring 2001
With A Friend Like Harry ***1/2 2.40:1 117 min. Dominick Moll
US/Canada release of a film originally released in France and other countries late 2000

For Awareness Purposes Only
A section devoted to Victoria premieres, theatrical re-releases and Canadian films getting a 2001 US distribution:

Apocalypse Now Redux **** 2.40:1 200 min. Francis Ford Coppola
Reissue of the 1979 film, the greatest ever made, featuring new footage.
Claim, The *** 2.40:1 121 min. Michael Winterbottom
Victoria premiere of a NY/LA release in late December, 2000
Hard Day's Night, A **** 1.85:1 87 min. Richard Lester
Victoria premiere of the restored Beatles classic.
Himalaya **1/2 2.40:1 107 min. Eric Valli
Released for Oscar Consideration in December 2000. Released in Vancouver August, 2001
Maelstrom **** 87 min. Denis Villenvenue
Victoria Premiere in May, noted for awareness purposes. Marie-Josee' Croze is an amazing actress.
Possible Worlds ** 1.85:1 92 min. Robert LePage
A tricky one -- released in Toronto in fall, 2000, and to Vancouver in 2001. (Thanks to Bill McA for the heads up)
Stardom *** 1.85:1 103 min. Denys Arcand
Victoria premiere in April '01, released in NY/LA/Toronto in October 2000
waydowntown *** 1.85:1 83 min. Gary Burns
Released in Canada late 2000, for awareness purposes of a limited US engagement from Lot 47 Films in September, 2001
Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God...Be Back By Five ** 1.85:1 95 min. Richard Shenkman
Released to festivals and minor public screenings in 2000. Filmed in 1998.
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By Rating:

****

Amelie
Black Hawk Down
Donnie Darko
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Mulholland Drive
The Princess And The Warrior (Der krieger und die Kaiserin)
The Royal Tenenbaums



***1/2

Anniversary Party, The
A.I.: Artifical Intelligence
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Audition (Odishon)
Bridget Jones' Diary
Bully
Divided We Fall
The Follow (Short)
Ghost World
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lost and Delirious (10)
Monster's Ball
Moulin Rouge
No Man's Land
O
Powder Keg (Short)
Shallow Hal
Shrek
Sidewalks of New York
Spike and Mike's 2001 Festival of Animation
The Taste of Others
Vanilla Sky
Waking Life



***

Ambush (Short)
Baby Boy
Beautiful Mind, A
Business of Strangers, The
Cats and Dogs
Center Of The World, The
Chosen (Short)
Crazy/Beautiful
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The
The Deep End
Fast and the Furious, The
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Focus
Gosford Park
Heist
Here's To Life!
Hole, The
Invisible Circus, The
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Josie and the Pussycats
Joy Ride
Kate and Leopold
Kiss of the Dragon
Last Wedding
Legally Blonde
Made
Majestic, The
Man Who Wasn't There, The
Monsters Inc.
My First Mister
Ocean's 11
Others, The
The Pledge
Score, The
Series 7: The Contenders
Session 9
Sexy Beast
Spy Kids
Spy Kids: Special Edition
Star (Short)
Startup.com
Swordfish
Training Day
Treed Murray
Zoolander


**1/2

ABCD
Ali
All Over The Guy
America's Sweethearts
Asoka
Behind Enemy Lines
Blow
Brothers, The
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Doctor Dolittle 2
Enemy At The Gates
Ginger Snaps
Greenfingers
Hardball
Heartbreakers
Iris
Joe Somebody
Just Visiting
Kandahar
K-Pax
Last Castle, The
Mexican, The
Not Another Teen Movie
Novocaine
One Night At McCool's
Our Lady Of The Assassins
Rat Race
Recess: School's Out
Rock Star
Save The Last Dance
Sugar and Spice
The Tailor of Panama

**

Along Came A Spider
Angel Eyes
Animal, The
Bandits
Century Hotel
Charlotte Gray
Evolution
Exit Wounds
Forsaken, The
From Hell
Hannibal
Hearts In Atlantis
Jeepers Creepers
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Jurassic Park III
Life As A House
Max Keeble's Big Move
Maybe Baby
Mummy Returns, The
Original Sin
Osmosis Jones
Planet Of The Apes
Princess Diaries, The
Rush Hour 2
Saving Silverman
Serendipity
Shipping News, The
Songcatcher
Spy Game
Two Can Play That Game
What's The Worst That Could Happen?

*1/2

American Pie 2
Angel Eyes
Antitrust
Closet, The
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles
Deeply
Domestic Disturbance
Don't Say A Word
Driven
15 Minutes
Mile Zero
Monkey Bone
Musketeer, The
On The Line
Someone Like You
Spike and Mike's 2001 Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation (Vol.2)
Sweet November
Tomb Raider
Town and Country

*

American Outlaws
Art of Woo, The
Black Knight
Bride Of The Wind
Bubble Boy
Double Take
Down To Earth
Fat Girl
Get Over It
Glass House, The
Head Over Heels
I Am Sam
Joe Dirt
Knight's Tale, A
One, The
Out Cold
Pearl Harbor
Riding In Cars With Boys
Scary Movie 2
See Spot Run
Thirteen Ghosts
Valentine
Wash, The
Wedding Planner, The

1/2

How High
Summer Catch
3000 Miles To Graceland

ZERO

Corky Romano
Druids
Freddy Got Fingered

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Past Quotes:

"Clown college? You can't eat that!" Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
"Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down?
Oh no! Let's go...let's go crazy!" Prince, Purple Rain
"After about five minutes of this movie, you're going to wish you had ten beers" Ghost World
"Look, I'm Mrs. Hitler!" Rat Race
"Enjoy the Ozzy and keep your mouth shut!" -- George Plimpton
"Back Off, I'm beautiful." -- Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast
"We're not after your money, all we want is some food!" -- Trailer Park Boys (On Showcase)
"I always wanted to open a door and seeing people trained like in a James Bond movie" -- Wayne's World

Other movies seen for the first time in 2001 (as of November 25th, 2001; full list will start on 2002 list)

Airplane II: The Sequel **1/2 1.85:1 85 min. Ken Finkelman
Another Woman **** 1.85:1 80 min. Woody Allen
Blood Simple **** 1.85:1 94 min. Joel Coen
Branded to Kill ***1/2 2.35:1 97 min. Seijun Suzuki
Citizen Kane **** 1.33:1 119 min. Orson Welles
Conversation, The **** 1.85:1 114 min. Francis Ford Coppola
Decalogue Part I **** 1.33:1 52 min. Krystof Kielowski
8 1/2 **** 1.85:1 138 min. Federico Fellini
Gimme Shelter **** 1.33:1 91 min. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charoltte Zerwin
Grand Illusion **** 1.33:1 112 min. Jean Renoir
Happiness **** 1.85:1 140 min. Todd Solondz
Heathers *** 1.85:1 102 min. Michael Lehmann
Insomnia ***1/2 1.85:1 97 min. Erik Skjoldbjærg
Kentucky Fried Movie *** 1.85:1 85 min. John Landis
Pet Semetary ***1/2 1.85:1 109 min. Mary Lambert
Rear Window **** 1.85:1 114 min. Alfred Hitchcock
Riffifi **** 1.33:1 115 min. Jules Dassin
September ***1/2 1.85:1 81 min. Woody Allen
Seventh Seal, The **** 1.33:1 98 min. Ingmar Bergman
Shadows and Fog **1/2 1.85:1 85 min. Woody Allen
Tora! Tora! Tora! *** 2.35:1 117 min. Richard Fleisher, Richard Fleischer,Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Untitled **** 1.85:1 162 min. Cameron Crowe
Waiting for Guffman **** 1.85:1 84 min. Christopher Guest
Winter Sleepers *** 2.40:1 122 min. Tom Tykwer
Zelig *** 1.85:1 79 min. Woody Allen

Continually Updated 2001 Film List
Current Number of Films Seen Total: 146
Current Number of Eligible (First NY/LA Release) Films: 136
Last Updated: March 7th

Added Ali, Va savoir, No Man's Land.

Coming Next:

Alphabetical Listing - All ratings out of ****

Aberdeen - ***1/2 - Norway - Dir. Hans Peter Moland
About Adam - *** - Ireland - Dir. Gerard Stembridge
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Steven Spielberg
Ali - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Michael Mann
Along Came a Spider - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Lee Tamahori
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) - ***1/2 - France - Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
American Pie 2 - **1/2 - USA - Dir. J.B. Rogers
American Rhapsody, An - *** - USA / Hungary - Dir. Éva Gárdos
Amores Perros - *** - Mexico - Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu
Angels of the Universe (Englar alheimsins) - ***1/2 - Iceland - Dir. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Animal, The - ** - USA - Dir. Luke Greenfield
AntiTrust - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Peter Howitt
Atlantis: The Lost Empire - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Audition (Odishon) - **** - Japan - Dir. Takashi Miike

Baise-moi - ** - France - Dir. Virginia Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi
Battle Royale - ***1/2 - Japan - Dir. Kinji Fukasaku [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Behind Enemy Lines - ** - USA - Dir. John Moore
Beautiful Mind, A - *** - USA - Dir. Ron Howard
Black Hawk Down - *** - USA - Dir. Ridley Scott
Blood: The Last Vampire - **1/2 - Japan - Dir. Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Blow - *** - USA - Dir. Ted Demme
Bread and Roses - ** - United Kingdom - Dir. Ken Loach
Bridget Jones's Diary - **1/2 - United Kingdom - Dir. Sharon Maguire
Bully - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Larry Clark
Business of Strangers, The - *** - USA - Dir. Patrick Stettner

Center of the World, The - ** - USA - Dir. Wayne Wang
Charlotte Gray - ** - USA - Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Chopper - *** - Australia - Dir. Andrew Dominik
Circle, The (Dayereh) - *** - Iran - Dir. Jafar Panahi
Curse of the Jade Scorpion - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Woody Allen

Day I Became a Woman, The (Roozi khe zan shodam) - ***1/2 - Iran - Dir. Marzieh Meshkini
Deep End, The - ** - USA - Dir. Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Devil's Backbone, The (El espinazo del Diablo) - ***1/2 - Mexico - Dir. Guillermo del Toro
Dish, The - **1/2 - Australia - Dir. Rob Sitch
Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) - *** - Czech Republic - Dir. Jan Hrebejk
Donnie Darko - **** - USA - Dir. Richard Kelly
Double Take - * - USA - Dir. George Gallo
Driven - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Renny Harlin

Endurance, The: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition - *** - USA, Germany - Dir. George Butler
Enemy at the Gates - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Evolution - ** - USA - Dir. Ivan Reitman

Faithless (Trolösa) - ***1/2 - Sweden - Dir. Liv Ullmann
Fast and the Furious, The - ** - USA - Dir. Rob Cohen
Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) - *** - France - Dir. Catherine Breillat
Fifteen Minutes - **1/2 - USA - Dir. John Herzfeld
Final Fantasy - **1/2 - USA/Japan - Dir. Hironobu Sakaguchi
Focus - ** - USA - Dir. Roger Roth [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Forsaken, The - * - USA - Dir. J.S. Cardone
Freddy Got Fingered - 1/2 - USA - Dir. Tom Green
From Hell - **1/2 - USA - Dir. The Hughes Brothers

Ghosts of Mars - * - USA - Dir. John Carpenter
Ghost World - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Ginger Snaps - *** - Canada - Dir. John Fawcett
Glass House - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Daniel Sackheim
Gleaners and I, The (Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Les) - *** - France - Dir. Agnes Varda
Gosford Park - *** - USA - Dir. Robert Altman

Hannibal - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Ridley Scott
Happy Accidents - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Brad Anderson
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - *** - USA - Dir. Chris Columbus
Head Over Heels - ** - USA - Dir. Mark S. Waters
Hearts in Atlantis - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Scott Hicks
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - *** - USA - Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
Heist - *** - USA - Dir. David Mamet

In the Bedroom - *** - USA - Dir. Todd Field
In the Mood For Love (Hua yang nian hua) - **** - Hong Kong - Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Innocence - ***1/2 - Australia - Dir. Paul Cox
Iris - **1/2 - Italy - Aurelio Grimaldi [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Iron Monkey - ***1/2 - Hong Kong - Dir. Woo-ping Yuen [Ineligible]
Ivansxtc - *** - USA - Dir. Bernard Rose [Ineligible - Never released in USA]

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Kevin Smith
Jeepers Creepers - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Victor Salva
Joe Dirt - ** - USA - Dir. Dennie Gordon
Joy Ride - *** - USA - Dir. John Dahl
Jump Tomorrow - *** - USA - Dir. Joel Hopkins
Jurassic Park 3 - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Joe Johnston

Kandahar (Safar e Ghandehar) - ***1/2 - Iran - Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Keep the River on Your Right - **1/2 - USA - Dir. David and Laurie Shapiro
King is Alive, The - **1/2 - Denmark - Dir. Kristian Levring
Kiss of the Dragon - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Chris Nahon
K-PAX - ** - USA - Dir. Iain Softley

Lantana - *1/2 - Australia - Dir. Ray Lawrence
Last Castle, The - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Rob Lurie
Life Without Death - ** - Canada - Dir. Frank Cole [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - **** - USA - Dir. Peter Jackson
Lost and Delirious - *** - Canada - Dir. Lea Pool
Luzhin Defence, The - **1/2 - United Kingdom - Dir. Marleen Gorris

Magic and Rose - *1/2 - New Zealand - Dir. Vanessa Alexander [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Majestic, The - ** - USA - Dir. Frank Darabont
Man Who Wasn't There, The - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Joel Coen
Maze - *** - USA - Dir. Rob Morrow
Me, You, Them (Eu, Tu, Eles) - **1/2 - Brazil - Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Memento - **** - USA - Dir. Christopher Nolan
Monkey Bone - ** - USA - Dir. Henry Selick
Monster's Ball - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Marc Forster
Monsters, Inc. - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Peter Doctor, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Moulin Rouge - *** - USA - Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Mozart in Turkey - **1/2 - United Kingdom - Dir. Mick Csaky
Mulholland Drive - **** - USA - Dir. David Lynch
Mummy Returns, The - ** - USA - Dir. Stephen Sommers
Musketeer, The - ** - USA - Dir. Peter Hyams

No Man's Land - **1/2 - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Dir. Danis Tanovic
Novocaine - *** - USA - Dir. David Atkins

Ocean's 11 - *** - USA - Dir. Steven Soderbergh
One, The - * - USA - Dir. James Wong
One Night at McCool's - *1/2 - USA - Dir. Harald Zwart
Others, The - ***1/2 - Spain / USA - Dir. Alejandro Amenábar
Our Song - *** - USA - Dir. Jim McKay

Pearl Harbor - ** - USA - Dir. Michael Bay
Planet of the Apes - ** - USA - Dir. Tim Burton
Pledge, The - *** - USA - Dir. Sean Penn
Princess and the Warrior, The (Der krieger und die Kaiserin) - **** - Germany - Dir. Tom Tykwer

Road Home, The - *** - China - Dir. Zhang Yimou
Royal Tenenbaums, The - **** - USA - Dir. Wes Anderson
Rush Hour 2 - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Brett Ratner

Saving Silverman - ** - USA - Dir. Dennis Dugan
Say It Isn't So! - * - USA - Dir. James B. Rogers
Scary Movie 2 - ** - USA - Dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
Score, The - *** - USA - Dir. Frank Oz
See Spot Run - ** - USA - Dir. John Whitesell
Series 7: The Contenders - ** - USA - Dir. Daniel Minahan
75 Degrees in July - ** - USA - Dir. Hyatt Bass [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Sexy Beast - *** - United Kingdom - Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Shallow Hal - *** - USA - Dir. Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Shrek - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
Sidewalks of New York - *** - USA - Dir. Edward Burns
Songs From the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen) - **** - Sweden - Dir. Roy Andersson
Speakers of the Truth (Diseurs de vérité, Les) - ***1/2 - Netherlands - Dir. Karim Traidia [Ineligible - Never released in USA]
Spy Game - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Tony Scott
Spy Kids - *** - USA - Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Swordfish - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Dominic Sena

Tailor of Panama, The - *** - USA - Dir. John Boorman
Taste of Others, The (Goût des autres, Le) - *** - France - Dir. Agnes Jaoui
3000 Miles To Graceland - *1/2 - USA - Dir. Demian Lichtenstein
Thirteen Ghosts - ** - USA - Dir. Steve Beck
Thomas in Love (Thomas est amoureux) - ***1/2 - France - Dir. Pierre-Paul Renders
Time and Tide - ** - Hong Kong - Dir. Tsui Hark
Tomb Raider - * - USA - Dir. Simon West
Tomcats - * - USA - Dir. Gregory Poirier
Training Day - *** - USA - Dir. Antoine Fuqua

Under the Sand - ***1/2 - France - Dir. François Ozon

Va savoir (Who Knows?) - **** - France - Dir. Jacques Rivette
Valentine - 1/2 - USA - Dir. Jamie Blanks
Vanilla Sky - **1/2 - USA - Dir. Cameron Crowe

Waking Life - ***1/2 - USA - Dir. Richard Linklater
Widow of Saint-Pierre, The (Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La) - *** - France - Dir. Patrice Laconte
With a Friend Like Harry... (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) - *** - France - Dir. Dominik Moll

Zoolander - *** - USA - Dir. Ben Stiller

By Star Rating

****
Audition (Odishon)
Donnie Darko
In The Mood For Love
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Mulholland Drive
The Princess and the Warrior
The Royal Tenenbaums
Songs From the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen)
Va savoir (Who Knows?)

***1/2
Aberdeen
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Angels of the Universe (Englar alheimsins)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Battle Royale
Bully
The Day I Became a Woman
The Devil's Backbone
Faithless (Trolösa)
Ghost World
Innocence
Iron Monkey
The Man Who Wasn't There
Monster's Ball
Monsters, Inc.
The Others
Speakers of the Truth (Les diseurs de vérité)
Thomas in Love (Thomas est amoureux)
Under the Sand
Waking Life

***
About Adam
An American Rhapsody
Amores Perros
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
Blow
The Business of Strangers
Chopper
The Circle
Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat)
Endurance, The
Fat Girl
Ginger Snaps
The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Heist
In the Bedroom
Ivansxtc
Joy Ride
Jump Tomorrow
Lost and Delirious
Maze
Moulin Rogue
Novocaine
Ocean's 11
Our Song
The Pledge
The Road Home
The Score
Sexy Beast
Shallow Hal
Sidewalks of New York
Spy Kids
The Tailor of Panama
Taste of Others, The (Goût des autres, Le)
Training Day
With a Friend Like Harry... (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien)
Widow of Saint-Pierre, The (Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La)
Zoolander

**1/2
Ali
Along Came a Spider
American Pie 2
AntiTrust
Blood: The Last Vampire
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Dish
Driven
Enemy at the Gates
Fifteen Minutes
Final Fantasy
From Hell
The Glass House
Hannibal
Happy Accidents
Hearts in Atlantis
Iris
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jeepers Creepers
Jurassic Park 3
Keep the River on Your Right
The King is Alive
Kiss of the Dragon
The Last Castle
The Luzhin Defence
Me, You, Them (Eu, Tu, Eles)
Mozart in Turkey
No Man's Land
Rush Hour 2
Shrek
Spy Game
Swordfish
Vanilla Sky

**
The Animal
Baise-moi
Behind Enemy Lines
Bread and Roses
The Center of the World
Charlotte Gray
The Deep End
Evolution
The Fast and the Furious
Focus
Head Over Heels
Joe Dirt
K-PAX
Life Without Death
The Majestic
Monkey Bone
The Mummy Returns
The Musketeer
Pearl Harbor
Planet of the Apes
Saving Silverman
Scary Movie 2
See Spot Run
Series 7: The Contenders
75 Degrees in July
Time and Tide
Thirteen Ghosts

*1/2
Lantana
Magic and Rose
One Night at McCool's
3000 Miles to Graceland
Tomcats
Tomb Raider

*
Double Take
The Forsaken
Ghosts of Mars
The One
Say It Isn't So!
Tomb Raider
Tomcats

1/2
Freddy Got Fingered
Valentine

ZERO
[None Yet - And hopefully there won't be any]

[Top Ten Lists and Awards List have been omitted until a seperate thread is started for end-of-the-year lists.]

8/1/02 - Added Waking Life, Tape, Storytelling, Bully, Dark Blue World, Jeepers Creepers

A
A.I.
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
In The Mood For Love
Mulholland Drive

A-
Amores Perros
Divided We Fall
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
The Pledge
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Royal Tenenbaums
Y Tu Mama Tambien

B+
Amelie
The Anniversary Party
Brother
In The Bedroom
Memento
The Others
The Princess and the Warrior
Sexy Beast
The Son's Room
Startup.com
Storytelling
Tape
Va Savoir

B
Behind The Sun
Black Hawk Down
The Closet
Hannibal
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Made
Monster's Ball
Monsters Inc
Oceans 11
The Road Home
The Score
Snatch
The Tailor of Panama
Waking Life
The Widow of St. Pierre

B-
Ali
The Deep End
Ghost World
The Heist
Jeepers Creepers
Osmosis Jones

C+
Blow
Cats & Dogs
The Caveman's Valentine
Crazy/Beautiful
Dark Blue World
The Devil's Backbone
From Hell
Monkey Bone
Rat Race
Series 7: The Contenders
With A Friend Like Harry

C
A Beautiful Mind
Hearts In Atlantis
Joy Ride
Shrek
Training Day

D
American Pie 2
Enemy at the Gates
Our Lady of the Assassins

F
Bully


Top 10 of 2001 Worldwide 1st Release

1. A.I.
2. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
3. Mulholland Drive
4. The Pledge
5. Y Tu Mama Tambien
6. The Royal Tenenbaums
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
8. The Man Who Wasn't There
9. The Anniversary Party
10. Va Savoir


Top 10 of 2001 Academy Rules

1. In The Mood For Love
2. A.I.
3. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
4. Mulholland Drive
5. The Pledge
6. The Royal Tenenbaums
7. Lord of the Rings
8. The Man Who Wasn't There
9. Divided We Fall
10. The Anniversary Party

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"It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen"

S&S Challenge: 72 ...37
DVD BEAVER

My DVD Collection

Updates

March 2002 - My Top 10 is in the "Time to throw down 2001" thread.

June 2002 - added several films

July 2002 - Jimmy Neutron, Shipping News

August 2002 - Original Sin, Life as a House

ALPHA LIST (118 total films)
0 - 10 and I use ALL values, 5 is meant to be average, not bad like at IMDb. Also, 10 means best of THIS year. It does not necessarily reflect an all-time status (meaning that I might have all 10's on my top 50 all-time using this method).

Red = top 10 2001
Blue = top 30 2001

13 Ghosts 5
3000 Miles to Graceland 1
A.I. 8.5
Ali 7.5
Amelie 10
American Pie 2 5
America's Sweethearts 5.5
Amores Perros 7.5
Animal 3
The Anniversary Party 8
Atlantis 6

Baby Boy 6.5
Bandits 8
A Beautiful Mind 8
Behind Enemy Lines 6
Black Hawk Down 9.5
Black Knight 4
Blow 5
Bridget Jones's Diary 8
Bully
Caveman's Valentine 6.5
Center of the World 5.5
Chopper 7.5
Corky Romano 4
Crazy/Beautiful 8
Curse of the Jade Scorpion 7.5

Dark Blue World 8
Deep End 8
Dish 7.5
Down from the Mountain 7
Dr. Dolittle 2 6
Driven 2
Enemy at the Gates 7
Evolution 3

Faat Kine 6.5
Fast and the Furious 5.5
Fellowship of the Ring 10
Final Fantasy 6
Freddy Got Fingered 0.5
From Hell 7.5
Ghost World 8
Ghosts of Mars 3
Gosford Park 8.5

Hannibal 3.5
Harry Potter 8
Heartbreakers 5
Hearts in Atlantis 6
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 10
Heist 6
In the Bedroom 8.5
In the Mood for Love 7.5

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 9.5
Jeepers Creepers 5
Jimmy Neutron 5.5
Joe Dirt 3
Josie and the Pussycats 5
Joy Ride 6
Jurassic Park III 7
K-Pax 6.5
Knight's Tale 7

Lagaan 6.5
Last Castle 7
Legally Blond 7
Life as a House 6.5
Luzhin Defence 7.5
Made 7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There 8.5
Memento 10
Mexican 6.5
Monster's Ball 9.5
Monsters Inc 8
Moulin Rouge 10
Mulholland Drive 9
Mummy Returns 4

No Man's Land 9.5
Not Another Teen Movie 2
Novocaine 5.5
O 7.5
Ocean's 11 7.5
Original Sin 5
Osmosis Jones 5.5
Others 9

Pearl Harbor 3.5
Planet of the Apes 7.5
Pledge 9
Princess and the Warrior 9
Rat Race 7.5
The Road Home 7.5
Rock Star 6.5
The Royal Tenenbaums 9.5
Rush Hour 2 7.5

Save the Last Dance 7
Saving Silverman 6
Say It Isn't So 3.5
The Score 7.5
Serendipity 6.5
Series 7: The Contenders 7.5
Sexy Beast 8.5
Shallow Hal 6.5
The Shipping News 3.5
Shrek 8
Sidewalks of New York 6.5
Spy Game 7.5
Spy Kids 6.5
Startup.com 7.5
Sugar and Spice 1.5
Swordfish 4.5

Tailor of Panama 7
Tomb Raider 1
Tomcats 1
Training Day 7
Vanilla Sky 8
Waking Life 9.5
Wet Hot American Summer 3.5
Widow of St. Pierre 7.5
With A Friend Like Harry 7.5
Zoolander 5

2001 FILM LIST: UPDATED July 11thth 2002


*Movies in purple signify it was a special release or a re-release in theaters. It will count towards my movie count, but won't count towards the best/worst lists. It must be seen in theaters, and not on DVD/video.


MOVIE COUNT: 200

RATINGS OUT OF ****

15 Minutes **
3000 Miles To Graceland ZERO

Adventures of Joe Dirt,The ZERO
The Affair of the Necklace ****
A.I. Artificial Intelligence ***1/2
Ali *1/2
Along Came a Spider *
Amelie ****
American Outlaws *1/2
American Pie 2 ***1/2
America's Sweethearts **1/2
An American Rhapsody
Angel Eyes **1/2
Animal, The ZERO
Anniversary Party, The ***
Antitrust **1/2
Atlantis:The Lost Empire ***
Audition (Odishon) ***1/2

Baby Boy ***1/2
Bandits **
A Beautiful Mind **
Behind Enemy Lines ***
Black Knight ZERO
Blow ***1/2
Blow Dry ***
Bones ZERO
Bread & Tulips ***1/2
Brian's Song **
Bridget Jones's Diary ***1/2
Brothers **
Bubble Boy ZERO
The Business of Strangers ***

Captain Corelli's Mandolin *1/2
Cats & Dogs ***
The Caveman's Valentine
Charlotte Gray **
The Claim **
Closet, The (Placard, Le) **
Come Undone *
Corky Romano ZERO
Crazy/Beautiful ***
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles ZERO
Curse of the Jade Scorpion ***

Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Deep End, The ***
Deeply ZERO
The Devil's Backbone **
Divided We Fall ****
Domestic Disturbance *
Donnie Darko ****
Don't Say A Word *
Double Take ZERO
Down To Earth ZERO
Driven ZERO
Dr. Dolittle 2 **
Druids ZERO

Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition ****
Enemy at the Gates ****
Evolution *
Exit Wounds ***

Fast and the Furious, The *1/2
Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) **
Final Fantasy:The Spirit Within ***1/2
Focus ****
Forsaken, The **1/2
Freddy Got Fingered ZERO
From Hell **1/2


Get Over It *
Ghosts of Mars ***
Ghost World ****
Ginger Snaps ZERO
Glass House, The *
Glitter ZERO
Go Tigers!
Gosford Park ***1/2
Grateful Dawg *1/2
Greenfingers **

Haiku Tunnel ZERO
Hannibal **
Happenstance **
Happy Accidents ***1/2
Hardball ***
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone ****
Head Over Heels ZERO
Heartbreakers ***
Hearts In Atlantis **
Hedwig and the Angry Inch ***1/2
Heist ***1/2
How High ZERO


I Am Sam *
In the Bedroom ***
Independent, The ***1/2
Innocence ***
Iris ***
The Iron Ladies(Sa Tree Lex) ***1/2
Iron Monkey (Disney/Miramax Release) ***


Jackpot *
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ***1/2
Jeepers Creepers **
Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius ***
Joe Somebody *1/2
Josie and the Pussycats ***
Joyride ***
Jurassic Park III ***
Just Visiting ***

K-PAX **1/2
Kate & Leopold ***
Kingdom Come **
Kiss of the Dragon **
Knight's Tale, A ***

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India ***
Lantana **1/2
The Last Castle ***1/2
Legally Blonde ***
Liam ***1/2
L.I.E.
Life as a House ***
Life Without Dick *
Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring ****
Lost and Delirious ***1/2

Made ***
The Majestic ***1/2
Man Who Wasn't There, The ****
Max Keeble's Big Move
Memento ****
The Mexican *1/2
Million Dollar Hotel *
MonkeyBone ZERO
Monsters, inc. ***1/2
Monster's Ball ****
Moulin Rouge ****
Mulholland Drive ****
Mummy Returns, The *
Musketeer **

No Man's Land ***1/2
Not Another Teen Movie *
Novocaine ***


O ***1/2
Ocean's Eleven ***
On the Line ZERO
One, The *
One Night at McCool's ***
Original Sin *1/2
Osmosis Jones ***
The Others ****
Our Lady of the Assassins ***
Out Cold ZERO

Pearl Harbor **1/2
Pinero *
Planet of the Apes ***
The Pledge ***1/2
Pootie Tang *
The Princess and the Warrior ***1/2
Princess Diaries *1/2

Rat Race ZERO
Recess:School's Out **1/2
Riding in Cars with Boys *
Road Home, The ***1/2
Rock Star ***
The Royal Tenenbaums ****
Rush Hour 2 ***1/2


Save the Last Dance ***
Saving Silverman **
Say It Isn't So ZERO
Scary Movie 2 *
Score, The **
See Spot Run ZERO
Serendipity ***
Series 7: The Contenders ***
Sexy Beast **1/2
Shallow Hal **1/2
Shrek ***1/2
The Shipping News ***1/2
Sidewalks of New York ***1/2
Someone Like You *
Soul Survivors *1/2
Spriggan ***
Spy Game **
Spy Kids ***1/2
Startup.com ***
Sugar & Spice ZERO
Summer Catch ZERO
Sweet November *1/2
Swordfish ***

Tailor of Panama **1/2
Tape ***1/2
Taste of Others **
Texas Rangers *
Thir13en Ghosts ZERO
Tomb Raider **1/2
Tomcats ZERO
Tortilla Soup ***
Town and Country **
Training Day ***1/2
Trembling Before G-d **
Two Can Play at that Game *

Va Savoir!(Who Knows?) **
Valentine ZERO
Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust
Vanilla Sky *
Vertical Ray of the Sun **1/2

Waking Life ***1/2
Wash, The *
Wedding Planner *
What's the Worst that Can Happen? *
When Strangers Appear ZERO

Zoolander ***




Movie Shorts
Ambush ***1/2
Bat Thumb **
Blair Thumb ***
Chosen ***1/2
Follow, The ***
Powder Keg ****
Star ***
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MOVIES BY RATING

**** (total=)
Affair of the Necklace
Amelie
Donnie Darko
Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Focus
Ghost World
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Man Who Wasn't There, The
Memento
Others, The
Moulin Rouge
Mulholland Drive
Others, The
Royal Tenenbaums, The

***1/2(total=)
A.I.
American Pie 2
Audition
Blow
Bread & Tulips
Bridget Jones's Diary
Divided We Fall
Enemy at the Gates
Final Fantasy
Gosford Park
Happy Accidents
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Heist
Independent, The
Iron Ladies, The
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Last Castle, The
Liam
Lost and Delirious
Majestic, The
Monsters, inc.
No Man's Land
O
Pledge, The
Road Home
Shipping News, The
Shrek
Sidewalks of New York
Spy Kids
Tape
Training Day
Waking Life


***(total=19)
America's Sweethearts
Anniversary Party
Atlantis: Lost Empire
Baby Boy
Behind Enemy Lines
Business of Strangers
Cats & Dogs
Crazy/Beautiful
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The
Deep End
Exit Wounds
Ghosts of Mars
Hardball
Heartbreakers
In the Bedroom
Innocence
Iris
Iron Monkey
Jimmy Neutron:Boy Genius
Josie and the Pussycats
Joyride
Jurassic Park 3
Just Visiting
Kate & Leopold
Knight's Tale, A
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Legally Blonde
Life as a House
Made
Novocaine
Ocean's Eleven
One Night at McCool's
Osmosis Jones
Our Lady of the Assassins
Planet of the Apes
Princess and the Warrior
Rock Star
Rush Hour 2
Save the Last Dance
Serendipity
Series 7: The Contenders
Spriggan
Startup.com
Swordfish
Tortilla Soup
Zoolander


**1/2(total=)
Angel Eyes
Antitrust
Claim, The
From Hell
K-PAX
Kingdom Come
Lantana
Pearl Harbor
Recess:School's Out
Sexy Beast
Shallow Hal
Tomb Raider
Va Savoir!(Who Knows?)
Vertical Ray of the Sun, The


**(total=)
15 Minutes
Bandits
Beautiful Mind, A
Brian's Song
Brothers
Charlotte Grey
Closet, The
Devil's Backbone
Dr. Dolittle 2
Fat Girl
Forsaken
Greenfingers
Hannibal
Happenstance
Hearts in Atlantis
Jeepers Creepers
Kiss of the Dragon
Saving Silverman
Score
Spy Game
Taste of Others, The
Town & Country


*1/2(total=)
Ali
American Outlaws
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Fast and the Furious
Joe Somebody
Musketeer
Original Sin
Soul Survivors
Sweet November
Tailor of Panama
Trembling Before G-d


*(total=)
Along Came a Spider
Come Undone
Domestic Disturbance
Don't Say a Word
Evolution
Get Over It
Glass House, The
Grateful Dawg
I am Sam
Jackpot
Life Without Dick
Mexican, The
Million Dollar Hotel
Mummy Returns
Not Another Teen movie
One, The
Pinero
Pootie Tang
Princess Diaries
Riding in Cars With Boys
Scary Movie 2
Someone Like You
Texas Rangers
Two Can Play That Game
Vanilla Sky
Wash, The
Wedding Planner
What's the Worst That Can Happen?



ZERO(total=27)
3000 Miles to Graceland
Animal, The
Black Knight
Bones
Bubble Boy
Corky Romano
Crocodille Dundee in Los Angeles
Deeply
Down to Earth
Double Take
Driven
Druids
Freddy Got Fingered
Ginger Snaps
Glitter
Head Over Heels
Haiku Tunnel
How High
Joe Dirt
Monkeybone
On the Line
Out Cold
Rat Race
Say it Isn't So
See Spot Run
Sugar & Spice
Summer Catch
Thir13en Ghosts
Tomcats
Valentine
When Strangers Appear

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MOVIES SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME
movies in green signify I saw it in a theater

MOVIE COUNT: 39

Best in Show (2000) A-
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) C-
Cannonball Run (1981) C+
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) B+
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) A-
Conversation, The (1974) A
Cure (1997) D
Die Hard (1988) A-
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) A-
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) B+
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) B
Following (1999) A
French Connection, The (1971) A
Hamlet (2000) B
Howling, The (1980) D-
Jabberwocky (1977) C
Jaws (1975) A
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) F
Limey, The (1999) B+
Monty Python & the Holy Grail (1975) A+
Night Shift (1982) C
Open Your Eyes(Abre Los Ojos) (1997) A
Panic (2000) A-
Princess Bride (1987) B+
Rear Window (1954) A
Requiem for a Dream (2000) A+
Rumble in the Bronx (1996) B
Skulls, The (2000) F
Space Cowboys (2000) B-
Star Trek: The Motion Picture(dir cut) (1979) C+
State & Main (2000) A
Stuntman, The (1979) B-
Suspiria (1977) B+
Terminator, The (1984) B
That's the Way I Like It (1999)B
Thirteen Days (2000) B+
Visitors, The (Visiteurs, Les) (1993) C
Wonder Boys (2000) C
You Can Count on Me (2000) A+


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MOVIE FANATIC SINCE JANUARY 1973

1. The Royal Tenenbaums (10/10) viewed 1/5/2002
2. AmelieLe Fableaux Destin du Amelie Poulian (9/10) viewed 12/8/2001
3. A.I.:Artificial Intelligence (9/10) viewed 7/1/2001
4. *Memento (9/10) viewed April, 2001
5. Ghost World (9/10) viewed 8/19/2001
6. Mulholland Drive (8/10) viewed 10/27/2001
7. Donnie Darko (8/10) viewed 3/30/2002
8. Moulin Rouge (8/10) viewed 6/2/2001
9. Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (8/10) viewed 12/26/2001
10. Hedwig And The Angry Inch (8/10) viewed 12/22/2001



*: blah blah blah....viewed in 2000 somewhere.....yadda yadda yadda

Others:
The Man Who Wasn't There (8/10) viewed 11/22/2001
*In The Mood For Love (8/10) viewed 3/24/2001
*Snatch (8/10) viewed January, 2001
*Wo de fu qin mu qin The Road Home (8/10) viewed 9/16/2001
A Beautiful Mind (8/10) viewed 1/13/2001
Final Fantsy: The Spirits Within (8/10) viewed 7/13/2001
Made (8/10) viewed 9/3/2001
The Mexican (8/10) viewed 3/2/2001
The Pledge (8/10) viewed 2/11/2001
Bridget Jones' Diary (8/10) viewed April, 2001
Monster's Ball (7/10) viewed 2/17/2002
In The Bedroom (7/10) viewed 2/4/2002
Monsters, Inc. (7/10) viewed 11/6/2001
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (7/10) viewed 8/23/2001
Vanilla Sky (7/10) viewed 12/30/2001
Baby Boy (7/10) viewed 12/22/2001
Sidewalks of New York (7/10) viewed 12/8/2001
Josie And The Pussycats (7/10) viewed 9/9/2001
The Others (7/10) viewed 8/18/2001
Ocean's Eleven viewed 12/2/2001
My First Mister (7/10) viewed 10/27/2001
Bubble Boy (7/10) viewed 2/12/2002
Brotherhood Of The Wolf (7/10) viewed 2/3/2002
The Caveman's Valentine (7/10) viewed April, 2001
The Deep End (7/10) viewed 8/24/2001
Shallow Hal (7/10) viewed 11/10/2001
Harry Potter And The Sorceror's Stone (7/10) viewed 12/1/2001
Shrek (7/10) viewed 5/18/2001
Training Day (7/10) viewed 2/16/2002
Heartbreakers (7/10) viewed 3/23/2001
Spy Kids (7/10) viewed 3/30/2001
The Tailor Of Panama (7/10) viewed 10/14/2001
Rat Race (6/10) viewed 2/4/2002
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (6/10) viewed 6/17/2001
Rush Hour 2 (6/10) viewed 8/10/2001
American Pie 2 (6/10) viewed 2/2/2002
Novocaine (6/10) viewed 11/17/2001
Series 7: The Contenders viewed 1/19/2002
The Luzhin Defense viewed 12/2/2001
From Hell (6/10) viewed 10/21/2001
Rock Star (6/10) viewed 2/5/2002
Curse Of The Jade Scorpion (6/10) viewed 8/24/2001
Saving Silverman (6/10) viewed 10/7/2001
Hearts In Atlantis (6/10) viewed 2/12/2002
The Mummy Returns (6/10) viewed 5/11/2001
Evolution (6/10) viewed 6/10/2001
Save The Last Dance (6/10) viewed 9/13/2001
Jeepers Creepers (6/10) viewed 2/2/2002
Just Visiting (5/10) viewed 10/14/2001
Cats & Dogs (5/10) viewed 7/8/2001
One Night At McCool's (5/10) viewed May, 2001
Sexy Beast (5/10) viewed 2/16/2002
Monkeybone (5/10) viewed 10/14/2001
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (5/10) viewed 6/16/2001
Blow (5/10) viewed April, 2001
Not Another Teen Movie (5/10) viewed 12/25/2001
The Animal (5/10) viewed 12/13/2001
The Forsaken (5/10) viewed 12/14/2001
Planet of the Apes (5/10) viewed 2/2/2002
Osmosis Jones (4/10) viewed 2/13/2002
Ghosts Of Mars (4/10) viewed 12/5/2001
Antitrust (4/10) viewed June, 2001
Hannibal (4/10)viewed 2/10/01
Pearl Harbor (4/10) viewed May, 2001
Sugar & Spice (3/10) viewed 9/5/2001
Valentine (2/10) viewed 8/14/2001
Someone Like You (2/10) viewed under duress

***Updated: 2/24/2002***

2/24/02 - Added: Under The Sand and O


Alpha Listing Of Films Seen (out of 4 stars):

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence ****
Amelie (France) ****
Amores Perros (Love’s A Bitch) (Mexico) ***1/2
Anniversary Party, The **
Baby Boy ***
Beautiful Mind, A **
Black Hawk Down ****
Bread and Tulips (Italy) **1/2
Bridget Jones Diary **1/2
Claim, The **
Closet, The (France) **1/2
Deep End, The ***1/2
Dish, The ***
Divided We Fall (Czech Republic) ***1/2
Enemy At The Gates ***1/2
Ghost World ***
Golden Bowl, The ***
Gosford Park **1/2
Hannibal **
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ***
Hearts In Atlantis **
Hedwig And The Angry Inch ***1/2
In The Bedroom ***1/2
In The Mood For Love ***
Jurassic Park III **1/2
Lord Of The Rings ***
Luzhin Defence, The ***
Man Who Wasn't There **1/2
Memento ***1/2
Monster's Ball ***1/2
Monsters, Inc. ***
Moulin Rouge ***1/2
Mulholland Drive ***1/2
O ***
Ocean's Eleven **
Pearl Harbor **1/2
Pledge, The ***
Road Home, The (China) ***1/2
Royal Tenenbaums, The ***
Sexy Beast ***
Shrek ***1/2
Tailor Of Panama, The **1/2
Together ***1/2
Under The Sand ***
Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La (Widow Of St. Pierre, The) ***
Waking Life **
With A Friend Like Harry (France) ***1/2


Films (out of four):

• Black Hawk Down

• Amelie

• Artificial Intelligence : The film tackles a lot of themes including evolution, self-preservation and real emotions – its boundaries and limitations, among others. I like the many ambiguities in the film where the viewer is left making their own interpretations. The nature of the film allows for such to happen and that element worked for me. A.I. is not a perfect film by any means and may not even be emotionally gratifying. And that is fine by me. Because what the film achieves instead and does so in a painstaking manner is that it provokes in such a way that no other film has done in quite sometime. It is a film that is to be enjoyed at a metaphysical and analytical level rather than at an emotional one. The movie, in more ways than one, is philosophically enriching. It aims for the intellect instead of the heart. All in all, the filmmakers made this all happen, rather brilliantly from the acting, the script, the production values and the direction. And for a summer commercial fare, that is extremely rare.

What a tremendous achievement for both Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick.


Films:

• Monster's Ball

• In The Bedroom

• Divided We Fall

• Mulholland Drive: David Lynch unleashes his latest effort with little fanfare. And much like With A Friend Like Harry, how one interprets Lynch’s underlying narrative will determine one’s enjoyment of this film. The film is a critique of the Hollywood system and David Lynch is able to pull it off quite nicely with the tone, music, mood and camera shots that has now become his signature. With its fragmented narrative, it is one of this year’s most challenging films and will sure polarize audiences. Those who are patient and are willing to put the pieces of the puzzle together will be greatly rewarded. Naomi Watts is outstanding here. A truly remarkable and mesmerizing film.

• Together: A battered wife with an alcoholic and abusive husband along with their 14-year old daughter and 10-year old son, a self-proclaimed lesbian, a pushover, a manipulative girlfriend, a gay man, a lonely old man who just wants a friend, a curious 14-year old boy with very conservative parents, a political radical and an unpredictable medical student – a collection of strange and offbeat characters whose lives interact with one another in Lukas Moodysson’s satirical look at communal life in the mid-1970’s.

This is a funny, touching, thought provoking and well-acted film. Director Lukas Moodysson manages to create well-defined characters while juggling a huge ensemble cast. This was a very nice surprise and one of this year’s finest films and with its very frank and open approach towards sex both spoken and in visual images that could very well be this year’s boldest film.

• Hedwig And The Angry Inch: This is a punk rock, neo-glam rock musical odyssey. What is very surprising about this film is that underneath all the outrageousness, make-up and over-the-top costumes is a deeply layered human drama about self-discovery, facing adversity and being true to yourself. John Cameron Mitchell gives a very compelling performance as Hedwig that is worthy of an Academy Award nomination. There are very few actors who could have pulled this one off. The musical numbers are filmed with Mitchell actually singing his songs live. The songs by composer/lyricist Stephen Trask are all well conceived and truly rock. The film is definitely not for everyone. I would have preferred it without some of the sexual situations/references contained in the film (even though most of them were only suggestive), but such as it was. The performances and the songs are the true standouts. It also contains some very funny moments.

• The Deep End: Scott McGehee and David Siegel as co-writers, co-producers and co-directors are to be commended for revisiting and reworking a conventional storyline and turning it into an unpredictable, suspenseful and evocative thriller. At times, films by new directors are automatically discounted unless they deliver something truly fresh, shocking or a film with a big plot twist. This film manages to be an effective thriller and also about unspoken love. It’s nice to see films that also turn out to be something else. The film grabbed my attention from the very beginning and contains one of the best female performances so far this year, Tilda Swinton. She pretty much carried the entire film and it wouldn’t have worked well without her performance.

• The Road Home (China)

• With A Friend Like Harry: This film is a great character study about self-doubt and the struggles involved, the lost of individual freedom, the illusions of happiness, and the longing for lost opportunities. The film has been nominated at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and the 2001 British Academy Awards. It has won several categories at the César Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscar Awards, including Best Director and Best Actor for Sergi López. Both López and co-star Laurent Lucas are outstanding in this movie. Lopez playing the very friendly but frightening Harry and Lucas as the quiet and introverted Michel.

Dominik Moll stays away from clear-cut answers especially in explaining Harry’s motivations. And depending on how you interpret the underlying narrative that Moll dishes out with a certain degree of ambiguity, will determine your level of enjoyment of this film. Those looking for a conventional suspense thriller including the use of music or certain shots to create tension may just be disappointed. Certainly those elements are used here by Moll but at a different level. In addition, most of the violence here occurs offscreen and the film has in it some welcome dark humor.

This film is more psychological than suspenseful, more mysterious than thrilling, and more surreal than menacing. It is definitely not what it appears on the surface. These days, it is rare to have a film in this genre released in the summer that at the same time have a totally different and deeper meaning.

• Moulin Rouge: The Ziegfeld theater in Manhattan was the perfect setting for this film – a highly energetic film that has its own style and character and certainly demands attention. Ewan McGregor gives a very surprising solid performance from the dramatic to the comedic and musical sides required of his character. He and Nicole Kidman sing all of their songs. The musical numbers are well conceived and blows away any of the uninspired musical sequences featured in that musical wannabe from last year, Dancer In The Dark. While Ms. Kidman may have top billing in this film, this one truly showcases McGregor’s talents.

Set in the early 1900’s, M.R. tells the story of a love triangle between a poor writer (McGregor) and a rich duke (Richard Roxburgh) who compete for the love of a courtesan (Kidman), while all three try and conceive a new stage musical. While the story may not be completely original, it is the journey, artistic interpretation and acting that make M.R. excel from all other musicals in recent memory. Director Baz Luhrmann’s visual style is so original that he transports you to another world and the quick cuts along with the exhilarating camera work definitely hold one’s attention. The summer movie season starts off with a bang. Only this time, the fireworks come from M.R.. What a spectacle. Luhrmann by his imagination and creativity shows how an entire film genre can be revived with much success.

• Shrek: Very enjoyable. The jokes towards Disney (and Michael Eisner) were funny and, at times, hilarious. The various parodies on recent films such as The Matrix and Charlie’s Angels work with a high degree of amusement. While I still have to give Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (and Pixar, of course) the overall advantage in all around animation and storyline, this is one very fine effort from the folks over at DreamWorks. A sure crowd pleaser.

• Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch): A film about people in extraordinary circumstances all yearning for love, redemption and the importance of family. The narrative is told in three different stories that intersect halfway through the film. This is a very fine effort from first time director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu with the film getting a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination. The acting performances are all very strong, especially that of Gael Garcia Bernal as Octavio, who wants a better life for himself and his sister-in-law. This is also a very difficult film to watch because of the dog fighting sequences featured in its first segment. The disclaimer on animal safety at the beginning of the film certainly helped in getting through some of these brutal scenes. The film is so down to earth stripped of any pretentiousness and manipulation involving true and honest emotions.

• Memento: A clever piece of filmmaking as it tells the story of a man who vows to avenge the rape and murder of his wife. The story is told backwards so that the viewer experiences the same dilemma as that of the main protagonist who has short-term memory loss as a result of the incident. Creatively crafted with the use of flashbacks, flashforwards and everything else in between and features one of this year’s best actor performance by Guy Pearce.

• Enemy At The Gates: This is a very intriguing, well-acted film with a lot of tension. The canvas that director Jean-Jacques Annaud uses to tell his story has a feeling of authenticity and believability. I also found the love story to be appealing and added another layer of depth to the entire story. Without it, the film is reduced to another cat-and-mouse game and might as well have been another hybrid of one of those early western films. With the love story, some of the characters’ weaknesses and insecurities were intimately explored. The film is quite entertaining and tells a lot about the choices we make in life. This is a very good effort from Jean-Jacques Annaud who also directed Seven Years In Tibet.


Films:

• The Royal Tenenbaums

• Lord Of The Rings

• In The Mood For Love

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

• Monsters, Inc.

• Ghost World

• The Dish

• Sexy Beast

• John Singleton's Baby Boy

• The Golden Bowl

• The Luzhin Defence

• La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (The Widow Of St. Pierre)

• The Pledge: A story about one man’s obsession, loneliness, post retirement crisis and descent into madness. Jack Nicholson gives a remarkable performance. It is one of his finest performances in quite sometime, even better than As Good As It Gets. The murder-mystery plot does take a back seat to the more important character study that this film provides.


Films:

• Gosford Park

• Pearl Harbor

• The Man Who Wasn't There

• Bread and Tulips (Italy)

• The Closet (France)

• The Others

• Jurassic Park III: First of all, any movie that has the actor that plays Mr. Noodle on Elmo’s World (Sesame Street) should become suspect. The target audience of this movie are kids ages 7 – 13. What it comes down to is if you have kids in that age bracket, go and take them. They should enjoy it. For others, there is really not much new to see here. Besides, how many times would one want to pay and see actors screaming, looking scared and running away from dinosaurs? Other than one sequence that involves the flying dinosaurs (Pterodactyls), which I thought was well-executed (or maybe I’m giving it too much credit as this is the only part of the film that is close to being original), everything else is recycled here.

As one can tell, the investment here is not on the dialogue (hardly any) or in the acting (extremely lacking). The CGI is good but nothing groundbreaking. This installment lacks suspense and the multi-structured action sequences that worked so well in the previous two movies under the capable hands of Steven Spielberg. If you don’t have kids, I would wait for the video. But if you must see this one, at least be sensible enough to not pay top dollar as you might just be disappointed.

• The Tailor Of Panama

• Bridget Jones's Diary


Films:

• A Beautiful Mind

• Waking Life

• [b] Ocean's Eleven

• Hearts In Atlantis

• The Anniversary Party

• The Claim

• Hannibal: The movie suffers from lack of character development and poor storylines. Ridley Scott tries to hide these deficiencies by creating some visual artistry to trick the audience into believing that if they think hard enough, this an elevated and artsy serial killer movie. Sorry, but I didn’t fall for it. Silence Of The Lambs was an intelligent, suspenseful and thrilling crime drama that derived its power and intensity from an incredible screenplay and characterizations. Hannibal is everything SOTL wasn’t.

Legend:

= Excellent
= Very Good
= Good
= Fair or Average
= Below Average. Not Recommended.
= Worst. Avoid At All Cost.

I'm only going to see those that are noteworthy including the independent and foreign films and the high profiled movies. I value my time and life is too short to waste on movies such as Joe Dirt and Freddie Got Fingered. So my list will be shorter than most of the others here.

~Edwin

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Film List (2001)

Eligibility Criteria: First US (non-festival) theatrical release in 2001.
Films Seen: 81

****
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Apocalypse Now: Redux
A Beautiful Mind
Ghost World
In The Bedroom
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Memento (2000)
Mulholland Drive

***1/2
Amélie (Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le)
Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (2000)
Blow
The Dish (2000)
Black Hawk Down
Donnie Darko
Enemy At The Gates
In The Mood For Love (2000)
The Majestic
The Man Who Wasn't There
Monster's Inc.
The Others
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shrek
Snatch (2000)
Training Day
Vanilla Sky

***
Baby Boy
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Brothers
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone
Hannibal
Hearts In Atlantis
I Am Sam
Iron Monkey
K-PAX
Joy Ride
Life As A House
The Last Castle
Moulin Rouge
Ocean's Eleven
Planet Of The Apes
The Pledge
Rush Hour 2
The Score
Sexy Beast
Spy Game
Swordfish
The Tailor Of Panama

**1/2
American Pie 2
Antitrust
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Don't Say A Word
Down To Earth
Fast and the Furious
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
From Hell
Heartbreakers
Heist
A Knight's Tale
Monster's Ball
The Mummy Returns
Original Sin
Pearl Harbor
Shallow Hal

**
15 Minutes
13 Ghosts
Bandits
Charlotte Gray
Domestic Disturbance
Driven
How High
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
The Musketeer
Someone Like You
Tomb Raider
Tomcats

*1/2
John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars
Jurassic Park III
The Mexican
Zoolander

*
Along Came A Spider
Scary Movie 2

Top 10 List (2001)
Top 10 List (2000)

updated 04/11/02

Hannibal
Down to Earth
3000 Miles to Graceland
The Mexican
Get Over It
15 Minutes
Enemy At The Gates
Exit Wounds
Heartbreaker
Memento
Blow
Spy Kids
Along Came a Spider
Driven
Tailor of Panama
Town & Country
The Mummy Returns
A Night at McCool’s
Bridget Jones' Diary
A Knight's Tale
Shrek
Angel Eyes
Pearl Harbor
Moulin Rouge
Swordfish
What's The Worse That Can Happen?
Evolution
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Tomb Raider
Amores Perros (Mexico, ineligible)
A.I.: Artificial Intellegence
Kiss of the Dragon
The Luzhin Defence
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The Score
Planet of the Apes
crazy/beautiful
The Fast and the Furious
Legally Blonde
Apocalypse Now Redux (ineligible)
Songcatcher
Sexy Beast
Brother
Rush Hour 2
Jurassic Park 3
The Deep End
Made
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
American Pie 2
America's Sweethearts
The Road Home (China, ineligible)
Divided We Fall (Czech Republic, ineligible)
The Princess and the Warrior (Germany)
Rat Race
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
With A Friend Like Harry (France)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Closet (France)
O
The Musketeer
The Others
Rock Star
Hearts in Atlantis
Don't Say A Word
Zoolander
Iron Monkey (Hong Kong, ineligible)
Training Day
The Last Castle
Bandits
K-Pax
Monsters Inc.
The One
Mulholland Drive
Amelie (France)
Spy Game
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Heist
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ocean's Eleven
Vanilla Sky
Spirited Away (Japan, ineligible)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Kate & Leopold
A Beautiful Mind
The Endurance
Ali
The Majestic
The Royal Tenenbaums
Gosford Park
Black Hawk Down
In The Bedroom
Monster's Ball
Ghost World
I Am Sam
Lantana

2001 Film List

Last Update: November 10th, 2004: Shaolin Soccer

Next 2001 Film:

Criteria: US Release
Total Films Seen: 98

Ratings:

****
***½
***¼
***
**½
**
*½
*
½
ZERO

Listing: Alphabetically:

A.I. Artifical Intelligence (***½) (Director: Steven Spielberg)
Ali (**) (Director: Michael Mann)
Along Came a Spider (**) (Director: Lee Tamahori)
Amelie (****) (Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
American Pie 2 (**½) (Director: James B. Rogers)
America's Sweethearts (**) (Director: Joe Roth)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (***) (Director: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise)

Baby Boy (***) (Director: John Singelton)
Bandits (**½) (Director: Barry Levinson)
The Bank (***) (Director: Robert Connolly)
A Beautiful Mind (**) (Director: Ron Howard)
Behind Enemy Lines (**) (Director: John Moore)
Black Hawk Down (****) (Director: Ridley Scott)
Blow (**) (Director: Ted Demme)
Bridget Jones's Diary (***) (Director: Sharon Maguire)
Bully (***¼) (Director: Larry Clark)

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (***) (Director: Woody Allen)
Crazy/Beautiful (**½) (Director: John Stockwell)
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles (½) (Director: Simon Wincer)
Corky Romano (ZERO) (Director: Rob Pritts)

The Deep End (***) (Director: Scott McGehee and David Siegel)
Domestic Disturbance (*) (Director: Harold Becker)
Donnie Darko (***½) (Director: Richard Kelly)
Don't Say A Word (**) (Director: Gary Fleder)
Druids (ZERO) (Director: Jacques Dorfmann)

Enemy at the Gates (***) (Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud)
Evolution (**) (Director: Ivan Reitman)
Exit Wounds (*) (Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak)

The Fast and the Furious (*) (Director: Rob Cohen)
15 Minutes (**) (Director: John Herzfeld)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (**½) (Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi and Motonori Sakakibara)
Freddy Got Fingered (½) (Director: Tom Green)
From Hell (**) (Director: Albert and Allen Hughes)

Ghosts of Mars (**½) (Director: John Carpenter)
Ghost World (***½) (Director: Terry Zwigoff)
Glitter (ZERO) (Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall)

Hannibal (*) (Director: Ridley Scott)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (***¼) (Director: Chris Columbus)
Heartbreakers (**) (Director: David Mirkin)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (***½) (Director: John Cameron Mitchell)
Heist (***) (Director: David Mamet)
How High (ZERO) (Director: Jesse Dylan)

I Am Sam (*) (Director: Jessie Nelson)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (***¼) (Director: Kevin Smith)
Jeepers Creepers (**½) (Director: Victor Salva)
Joe Dirt (*) (Director: Dennie Gordon)
Joe Somebody (**½) (Director: John Pasquin)
Joy Ride (***) (Director: John Dahl)
Jurassic Park III (**½) (Director: Joe Johnston)

Lantana (***¼) (Director: Ray Lawrence)
The Last Castle (**½) (Director: Rob Lurie)
Legally Blonde (***) (Director: Robert Luketic)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (****) (Director: Peter Jackson)

Made (***¼) (Director: Jon Favreau)
The Man Who Wasn't There (***½) (Director: Joel & Ethan Coen)
The Mexican (***) (Director: Gore Verbinski)
Monsters Inc. (***¼) (Director: Peter Docter, David Silverman and Lee Unkrich)
Moulin Rouge (****) (Director: Baz Luhrmann)
Mulholland Drive (****) (Director: David Lynch)
The Mummy Returns (*½) - Director: Stephen Sommers

Not Another Teen Movie (*) (Director: Joel Gallin)
Novocaine (**½) (Director: David Atkins)

Ocean's Eleven (***½) (Director: Steven Soderbergh)
The One (*½) (Director: James Wong)
One Night At McCool's (**½) (Director: Harold Zwart)
Original Sin (**) (Director: Michael Cristofer)
Osmosis Jones (***) (Director: Peter & Bob Farelly, Piet Kroon and Tom Sito)
The Others (***½) (Director: Alejandro Amenábar)

Pearl Harbour (*) (Director: Michael Bay)
Planet of the Apes (**) (Director: Tim Burton)
The Pledge (***) (Director: Sean Penn)

Rat Race (**) (Jerry Zucker)
Rock Star (**) (Director: Stephen Herek)
The Royal Tenenbaums (****) (Director: Wes Anderson)
Rush Hour 2 (***) (Director: Brett Ratner)

Saving Silverman (**½) (Director: Dennis Dugan)
Scary Movie 2 (ZERO) (Director: Keenan Ivory Wayans)
The Score (***) (Director: Frank Oz)
See Spot Run (*) (Director: John Whitesell)
Serendipity (***) (Director: Peter Chelsom)
Series 7: The Contenders (**) (Director: Daniel Minahan)
Session 9 (**) (Director: Brad Anderson)
Shallow Hal (***) (Director: Peter and Bobby Farelly)
Shaolin Soccer (Miramax Cut) (**½) (Director: Stephen Chow)
Shrek (***) (Director: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson)
Someone Like You (**) (Director: Tony Goldwyn)
Spy Kids (***) (Director: Robert Rodriguez)
Spy Game (**½) (Director: Tony Scott)
Swordfish (**) (Director: Dominic Sena)

Tape (***½) (Director: Richard Linklater)
The Taste of Others (***½) (Director: Agnès Jaoui)
Texas Rangers (½) (Director: Steve Miner)
Training Day (**½) (Director: Antoine Fuqua)
Tomb Raider (**) (Director: Simon West)

Valentine (½) (Director: Jamie Blanks)
Vanilla Sky (***) (Director: Cameron Crowe)

Waking Life (***½) (Director: Richard Linklater)

Zoolander (***) (Director: Ben Stiller)

By Rating:



Amelie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Mulholland Drive
The Royal Tenenbaums

½

A.I. Artifical Intelligence
Donnie Darko
Ghost World
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ocean's Eleven
The Others
Tape
The Taste of Others
Waking Life

¼

Bully
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Lantana
Made
Monsters Inc.



Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Baby Boy
The Bank
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Deep End
Enemy at the Gates
Heist
Joy Ride
Legally Blonde
The Mexican
Osmosis Jones
The Pledge
Rush Hour 2
The Score
Shallow Hal
Shrek
Vanilla Sky
Zoolander

½

American Pie 2
Bandits
Crazy/Beautiful
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Ghosts of Mars
Jeepers Creepers
Joe Somebody
Jurassic Park III
The Last Castle
Novocaine
One Night At McCool's
Saving Silverman
Shaolin Soccer (Miramax Cut)
Spy Game
Training Day



Ali
Along Came a Spider
America's Sweethearts
A Beautiful Mind
Behind Enemy Lines
Blow
Don’t Say a Word
Evolution
15 Minutes
From Hell
Heartbreakers
Original Sin
Planet of the Apes
Rat Race
Rock Star
Series 7: The Contenders
Session 9
Swordfish
Tombraider

½

The Mummy Returns
The One



Domestic Disturbance
Exit Wounds
The Fast and the Furious
Hannibal
I Am Sam
Joe Dirt
Not Another Teen Movie
Pearl Harbour
See Spot Run

½

Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles
Freddy Got Fingered
Texas Rangers
Valentine

ZERO

Corky Romano
Druids
Glitter
How High
Scary Movie 2

Short Films:

Ineligable List:

Apocalypse Now Redux (****) (Director: Francis Ford Coppola)
Memento (****) (Director: Christopher Nolan)
Amores Perros (****) (Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu)
With A Friend Like Harry (**½) (Director: Dominik Moll)

Last Updated: 2/18/02

Running list:
1. Kaïro (Pulse) 9/10
2. Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) 9/10
3. The Royal Tenenbaums 9/10
4. Ghost World 8/10
5. Memento* 8/10
6. Amores Perros 8/10
7. Bridget Jones Diary 8/10
8. In the Mood for Love* 8/10
9. A.I. 8/10
10. The Princess and the Warrior 8/10

The Man Who Wasn't There 7/10
Full Time Killer 7/10
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 7/10
Tape 7/10
Sidewalks of New York 7/10
Hush! (2001 Ryosuke Hashiguchi )7/10
Hedwig And The Angry Inch 7/10
Mulholland Drive 7/10
Shrek 7/10
Made 7/10
The Road Home 7/10
In the Bedroom 7/10
Curse of the Jade Scorpion 7/10
Moulin Rouge 7/10
Picture Clair 7/10
Versus 7/10
Maya 7/10
James Ellroy’s Feast of Death 7/10
Joy Ride 7/10
Mexican 7/10
Startup.com 7/10
Vanilla Sky 7/10
The Deep End 7/10
The Pledge7/10
With A Friend Like Harry 7/10
Dish, The 7/10
Caveman's Valentine 7/10

American Astronaut 6/10
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 6/10
Josie And The Pussycats 6/10
Monsters Ball 6/10
Series 7: The Contenders 6/10
Who is Cletis Tout? 6/10
Brainstorm 6/10
Waking Life 6/10
Fiasco 6/10
Rush Hour 2 6/10
Blow 6/10
Ocean's 11 6/10
Final Fantsy: The Spirits Within 6/10
Spy Kids 6/10
Training Day 6/10
The Luzhin Defense 6/10
A Beautiful Mind 6/10
Brotherhood Of The Wolf 6/10
Shallow Hal 6/10
Clip Cult (Vol. 1)/Electric Dragon 80,000 v 6/10
Save The Last Dance 6/10
Buñel and King Solomon’s Table 6/10
From Hell 6/10
Models 6/10
The Score 6/10
Harry Potter 6/10

Sexy Beast 5/10
Pearl Harbor 5/10
Kiss of the Dragon 5/10
One Night at the McCool's 5/10

Hannibal 3

3 Digital Short Films –1

*Eligible by Academy standards, but not really a 2001 film because the first public release date was in 2000.

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My: Hardware LDs DVDs Top Tens

Updated 28 April with Trouble Every Day, bringing the total to 128

Updated 12 March with Last Orders, bringing the total to 127

Films whose Oscar-qualifying year may not be 2001 are in gray

Features

1. A.I. - - 30 June 2001 (35)
2. The Man Who Wasn't There - - 24 October 2001 (83)
3. Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie in the USA) - - 10 November 2001 (90)
4. Happy Accidents - ½ - 26 August 2001 (62)
5. Acts Of Worship - ½ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (65)
6. Lantana - ½ - 26 January 2002 (116)
7. Moulin Rouge - ½ - 2 June 2001 (28)
8. Vanilla Sky - ½ - 15 December 2001 (101)
9. The Royal Tenenbaums - ½ - 30 December 2001 (106)
10. Le Pact des Loups (Brotherhood Of The Wolf in the USA) - ½ - 15 September 2001 (BFF) (73) (Also on 2002 list)
11. The Pledge - ½ - 17 February 2001 (2)
12. Last Orders - ½ - 12 March 2002 (127)
13. Memento - ½ - 1 April 2001 (12)
14. Monster's Ball - ½ - 11 February 2002 (122)
15. Black Hawk Down - ¼ - 27 January 2002 (117)
16. Donnie Darko - ¼ - 27 January 2002 (118)
17. Ghost World - ¼ - 25 August 2001 (59)
18. The Fellowship Of The Ring - ¼ - 6 January 2002 (113)
19. No Man's Land - ¼ - 22 December (104)
20. In The Bedroom - ¼ - 30 December 2001 (105)
21. Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (With A Friend Like Harry... in the USA) - ¼ - 1 July 2001 (37)
22. The Tailor Of Panama - ¼ - 21 April 2001 (15)
23. Baby Boy - ¼ - 30 June 2001 (36)
24. Odishon (Audition in the U.S.) - ¼ - 1 December 2001
25. The Dish - ¼ - 7 April 2001 (14)
26. Les Rivières Pourpres (The Crimson Rivers in the USA) - ¼ - 9 February 2002 (121)
27. A Shot At Glory - - 14 September 2001 (BFF) (71)
28. The Others - - 12 August 2001 (53)
29. Ocean's 11 - - 9 December 2001 (99)
30. Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Princess And The Warrior in the USA) - - 7 July 2001 (41)
31. Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back - - 25 August 2001 (60)
32. Say You'll Be Mine - - 13 September 2001 (BFF) (70)
33. Serendipity - - 15 September 2001 (74)
34. Series 7 - The Contenders - - 18 March 2001 (8)
35. Enemy At The Gates - - 17 March 2001 (5)
36. Shrek (animated) - - 19 May 2001 (24)
37. Jump Tomorrow - - 9 August 2001 (50)
38. Sexy Beast - - 23 June 2001 (31)
39. Ali - - 1 January 2002 (109)
40. Life As A House - - 12 September 2001 (BFF) (68)
41. Spy Kids - - 1 April 2001 (13)
42. Heist - - 10 November 2001 (91)
43. Mulholland Drive - - 21 October 2001 (81)
44. crazy/beautiful - - 1 July 2001 (38)
45. The Independant - - 18 February 2002 (SF/27) (125)
46. America's Sweetharts - - 29 July 2001 (46)
47. An American Rhapsody - - 23 September 2001 (77)
48. Panic - - 24 March 2001 (9)
49. Gosford Park - - 5 January 2002 (111)
50. A Beautiful Mind - - 5 January 2002 (112)
51. Split Decision (documentary) - - 15 May 2001 (30)
52. The Deep End - - 18 August 2001 (54)
53. Monsters, Inc (animated) - - 3 November 2001 (88)
54. Sidewalks Of New York - - 25 November 2001 (95)
55. The Caveman's Valentine - - 17 March 2001 (6)
56. The Business Of Strangers - - 15 December 2001 (100)
57. Bubble Boy - ¾ - 9 February 2002 (120)
58. Jurassic Park 3 - ¾ - 20 July 2001 (43)
59. El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil's Backbone in the U.S.) - ¾ - 1 January 2002 (108)
60. Endurance (documentary) - ¾ - 24 November 2001 (93)
61. Cats & Dogs - ¾ - 4 July 2001 (40)
62. The Monkey's Mask - ¾ - 16 December 2001 (102)
63. Zoolander - ¾ - 30 September 2001 (78)
64. The Claim - ¾ - 22 April 2001 (16)
65. Osmosis Jones (animated) - ¾ - 19 August 2001 (57)
66. The Mexican - ¾ - 10 March 2001 (4)
67. Novocaine - ¾ - 11 September 2001 (BFF) (67)
68. Revolution O.S. (documentary) - ¾ - 16 September 2001 (BFF) (76)
69. Josie And The Pussycats - ¾ - 22 April 2001 (17)
70. Training Day - ¾ - 6 October 2001 (79)
71. Kate & Leopold ¾ - 12 January 2002 (114)
72. Otesánek (Little Otik in the U.S.) - ½ - 31 December 2001 (107)
73. Shallow Hal - ½ - 11 November 2001 (92)
74. The Golden Bowl - ½ - 19 May 2001 (23)
75. Session 9 - ½ - 11 August 2001 (51)
76. The Luzhin Defense - ½ - 25 April 2001 (18)
77. From Hell - ½ - 26 October 2001 (85)
78. Evolution - ½ - 9 June 2001 (29)
79. Jin-Roh (The Wolf Brigade) (animated) - ½ - 2 August 2001 (48)
80. A Knight's Tale - ½ - 12 May 2001 (22)
81. 15 Minutes - ½ - 24 March 2001 (10)
82. The Score - ½ - 21 July 2001 (45)
83. Harry Potter And The Philospher's Stone (Sorceror's Stone in the US) - ½ - 24 November 2001 (94)
84. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated) - ½ - 25 February 2002 (126)
85. Rat Race - ½ - 18 August 2001 (55)
86. O - ½ - 2 September 2001 (63)
87. Blow Dry - ½ - 17 March 2001 (7)
88. Seunlau ngaklau (Time And Tide in the USA) - ½ - 26 May 2001 (27)
89. One Eyed King - ½ - 7 September 2001 (BFF) (64) (Also on 2002 list)
90. Charlotte Gray - ¼ - 13 January 2002 (115)
91. Kiss Of The Dragon - ¼ - 7 July 2001 (42)
92. Iris - ¼ - 16 February 2002 (123)
93. Saving Silverman - ¼ - 10 February 2001 (1)
94. American Pie 2 - ¼ - 19 August 2001 (56)
95. The American Astronaut - ¼ - 31 January 2001
96. Tremors 3: Back To Perfection - ¼ - 4 January 2002 (110)
97. Curse Of The Jade Scorpion - ¼ - 25 August 2001 (61)
98. Spy Game - ¼ - 25 November 2001 (96)
99. Behind Enemy Lines - ¼ - 1 December 2001 (97)
100. Everything For A Reason - ¼ - 13 September 2001 (BFF) (69)
101. Atlantis - The Lost Empire (animated) - ¼ - 16 June 2001 (32)
102. The Anniversary Party - ¼ - 4 July 2001 (39)
103. Joyride - : - 7 October 2001 (80)
104. The Last Castle - - 21 October 2001 (82)
105. Made - - 21 July 2001 (44)
106. Rush Hour 2 - - 11 August 2001 (52)
107. The Million Dollar Hotel - - 25 May 2001 (26)
108. Startup.com (documentary) - - 20 May 2001 (25)
109. Va Savoir - - 28 October 2001 (86)
110. Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (animated) - - 2 August 2001 (47)
111. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (animated) - - 28 October 2001 (87)
112. Two Ninas - - 19 August 2001 (58)
113. Tape - - 16 September 2001 (BFF) (75)
114. The One - - 4 November 2001 (89)
115. Town And Country - - 28 April 2001 (20)
116. The Fast And The Furious - - 23 June 2001 (34)
117. Heartbreakers - - 25 March 2001 (11)
118. Trouble Every Day - - 28 April 2002 (128)
119. Waking Life (animated) - - 27 October 2001 (84)
120. Monkeybone - ¾ - 16 February 2002 (124)
121. The Mummy Returns - ¾ - 5 May 2001 (21)
122. Swordfish - ½ - 16 December 2001 (103)
123. Sam The Man - ½ - 15 September 2001 (72)
124. Edges Of The Lord - ½ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (66)
125. Tomb Raider - ½ - 16 June 2001 (33)
126. One Night At McCool's - - 28 April 2001 (19)
127. 3000 Miles To Graceland - ¼ - 25 February 2001 (3)
128. Planet Of The Apes - ¼ - 2 August 2001 (49)

Shorts - figuring out short distribution and Oscar eligibility is dicey at best, so figure all of these would likely be in gray.

1. "Speak" (live-action) - - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (20)
2. "Hitclown" (live-action) - - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (9)
3. "Wait Til Your Father Gets Home" (live-action) - ¾ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (11)
4. "Heart Of The World" (live-action) - ½ - August 2001 (3)
5. "Horses On Mars" (animated) - ½ - 5 October 2001 (D) (26)
6. "Metropopular" (animated) - ½ - May 2001 (SM) (1)
7. "For The Birds" (animated) - ½ - May 2001 (SM) (2)
8. "Offside" (live-action) - ¼ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (8)
9. "Grandfather's Birthday" (live-action) - - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (6)
10. "Audit" (live-action) - ¾ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (14)
11. "Bullet In The Brain" (live-action) - ¾ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (18)
12. "Heart Of Gold" (live-action) - ½ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (17)
13. "The Shadow Of Doubt" (animated) - ½ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (10)
14. "Bound" (live-action) - :½ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (25)
15. "Keepintime: Taking Drums + Whispering Vinyl" (documentary) - ½ - 5 October 2001 (D) (30)
16. "Gasline" (live-action) - ½ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (21)
17. "Patriotic" (live-action) - ½ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (4)
18. "Artists & Orphans: A True Drama" (documentary) - ½ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (12)
19. "Across The River" (live-action) - ½ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (22)
20. "Goulash" (live-action) - ½ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (16)
21. "Eat" (animated) - ½ - 23 February 2002 (34)
22. "Warplay" (live-action) - ¼ - 5 October 2001 (D) (28)
23. "Betting The Game" - ¼ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (24)
24. "Blood - The Last Vampire" (animated) - ¼ - 26 october 2001 (32)
25. "Bad Light" (live-action) - ¼ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (13)
26. "Harry Potter Parking Lot" (documentary) - ¼ - 5 October 2001 (D) (29)
27. "Something or Nothing" (live-action) - ¼ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (15)
28. "Here" (live-action) - - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (19)
29. "Chuck Bozilu's Down-Home Ass-Kickin'" (live-action) - ¾ - 5 October 2001 (D) (27)
30. "Wave Twisters" (animated) - ½ - 17 February 2002 (SF/27) (33)
31. "The Holly Wood Project" (live-action) - ½ - 6 October 2001 (D) (31)
32. "Cotillion '65" (live-action) - ¼ - 8 September 2001 (BFF) (7)
33. "In Abstentia" (live-action/animated?) - - August 2001 (4)
34. "And Now Happiness..." (live-action) - ½ - 9 September 2001 (BFF) (23)

(BFF) indicates seen at the Boston Film Festival.
(D) indicates seen at the DF1LM Digital Film Festival
(SM) indicates Spike & Mike's Classic Animation Festival
(SF/27) indicates the 27th Annual Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival/Marathon

Memento 9/10
A.I. 8.5/10
Snatch 8/10
Amores Perros 8.0/10 (2000)
Ghost World 8.0/10
Behind Enemy Lines 7.5/10
The Mexican 7.5/10
Blackhawk Down 7.5
Bridget Jones Diary 7.5/10
The Score 7/10
Panic 7/10 (2000)
The Pledge 6.5/10
Hannibal 6.5/10
Baby Boy 6.0/10
Enemy at the Gates 6.5/10
Rush Hour 2 6.5/10
Vanilla Sky 6/10
The Others 6/10
The Claim 5/10
Spy Kids 5/10
Jurassic Park III 4.5/10
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back 4/10
Planet of the Apes 4/10
The Gift 3/10 (2000)

[Edited last by Justin Spike on October 13, 2001 at 03:37 PM]

Started- 2/11/01

Hannibal - 2/24 -

The Mexican - 3/3 -

Memento - 4/22? Don't remember, and the theater didn't have dated tickets -

The Tailor of Panama - 4/29 -

The Mummy Returns - 5/5 -

Shrek - 5/20 -

Pearl Harbor - 5/28 -

Moulin Rouge - 6/10 -

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Comments
5/20
Wow...I nearly forgot about this thread . Made a pretty big update. I hope I'm not forgetting anything (and if I am, what does that say about the movie? ).

Added O Brother and then promptly removed it when I noticed that it was not considered a 2001 film.
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6/10
Saw, loved, and added Moulin Rouge. Makes up for the Complete Waste of Time that was Pearl Harbor. Not sure if I will be catching Atlantis or Tomb Raider next weekend, neither of them look all that appealing.
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Adnan Sheikh
Resident abuser

Began: 2/11/01
Updated: 2/11/01

Movies that I've seen in 2001, and my rating...
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) * * *
Thirteen Days * * *
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) * * * *
Hannibal * *


Top Ten...(Only 2001 movies)
1. Hannibal
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Here's my List(s) of 2001 films:

Most recently seen: Black Hawk Down - 1/18/01, In The Bedroom - 1/19/01, The Shipping News - 1/23/01, A Beautiful Mind
Next Up: Done! (I think) Please see 2002 list.

Rating Scale:
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A = Don't Miss!
B = Above Average.
C = Average (Catch a matinee or twilight show, or rent when it hits DVD).
D = Don't bother, unless it's free.
F = Don't bother, even if it IS free.

Total films seen: 127 (includes 10 2000 releases)

Alphabetically
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A Beautiful Mind - A
A.I. - B
A Knight's Tale - B
Ali - B+
Along Came A Spider - B+
Amelie - A
Atlantis: The Lost Empire - B+
American Outlaws - B
American Pie 2 - B
America's Sweethearts - B
The Animal - B
Baby Boy - B
Bandits - B
Behind Enemy Lines - C+
Black Hawk Down - A
Blow - B+
Bridget Jones's Diary - B+
Bubble Boy - B+
Cats & Dogs - B
Corky Romano - C
crazy/beautiful - B
Curse of The Jade Scorpion - B
The Deep End - C
Dr. Dolittle 2 - C+
Domestic Disturbance - C
Don't Say A Word - C
Double Take - C+
Down to Earth - B
Driven - C
Enemy At The Gates - B+
Evolution - C+
Exit Wounds - B
Extreme Days - D
The Fast and The Furious - B
Fellowship of The Ring - B
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - C+
The Forsaken - B
Freddy Got Fingered - F
From Hell - C+
15 Minutes - C
Get Over It - B
Ghost World - B
The Glass House - C+
Gosford Park - A
Hannibal - A
Hardball - C
Harry Potter and The Sorceror's Stone - B+
Hearts in Atlantis - B
Heartbreakers - B+
Heist - B
How High - C+
In The Bedroom - A
Iron Monkey - B
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - A
Jeepers Creepers - D+
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - B+
Joe Dirt - B
Joe Somebody - B
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars - C
Josie & The Pussycats - B+
Joy Ride - B+
Jurassic Park 3 - C
Just Visiting - B
K-PAX - B
Kiss of The Dragon - B
Legally Blonde - B
Life as a House - B
The Majestic - B
The Man Who Wasn't There - A
Memento - A
The Mexican - B
Monkeybone - C+
Monsters, Inc. - A
Moulin Rouge - A+
Mulholland Drive - A
The Mummy Returns - B+
The Musketeer - C+
Not Another Teen Movie - C+
O - B+
Ocean's Eleven - B+
The One - B
One Night at McCool's - B+
Original Sin - C
Osmosis Jones - B
The Others - B+
Out Cold - D+
Pearl Harbor - B
Planet of The Apes - B
The Pledge - A
Rat Race - B
The Royal Tenenbaums - A
Rush Hour 2 - B+
Saving Silverman - C+
Say It Isn't So - C
Scary Movie 2 - C+
The Score - B
Sexy Beast - B+
Shallow Hal - B+
The Shipping News - B+
Shrek - A
Someone Like You - B
Spy Game - B
Spy Kids - A
Sugar & Spice - B+
Swordfish - B
The Tailor of Panama - C
Texas Rangers - D
Thir13en Ghosts - B
3000 Miles to Graceland - D
Tomb Raider - C+
Tomcats - C
Training Day - B
Two Can Play That Game - B
Valentine - D
Vanilla Sky - B+
The Wash - C
What's The Worst That Could Happen? - C
Zoolander - B

By Rating
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A+
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Moulin Rouge

A
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A Beautiful Mind
Amelie
Black Hawk Down
Gosford Park
Hannibal
In The Bedroom
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
The Man Who Wasn't There
Memento
Monsters, Inc.
Mulholland Drive
The Pledge
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shrek
Spy Kids

B+
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Ali
Along Came A Spider
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Blow
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bubble Boy
Enemy At The Gates
Harry Potter and The Sorceror's Stone
Heartbreakers
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Josie & The Pussycats
Joy Ride
The Mummy Returns
O
Ocean's Eleven
One Night at McCool's
The Others
Rush Hour 2
Sexy Beast
Shallow Hal
The Shipping News
Sugar & Spice
Vanilla Sky

B
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A.I.
A Knight's Tale
American Outlaws
American Pie 2
America's Sweethearts
The Animal
Baby Boy
Bandits
Cats & Dogs
crazy/beautiful
Curse of The Jade Scorpion
Down to Earth
Exit Wounds
The Fast and The Furious
Fellowship of The Ring
The Forsaken
Get Over It
Ghost World
Hearts in Atlantis
Heist
Iron Monkey
Joe Dirt
Joe Somebody
Just Visiting
K-PAX
Kiss of The Dragon
Legally Blonde
Life as a House
The Majestic
The Mexican
The One
Osmosis Jones
Pearl Harbor
Planet of The Apes
Rat Race
The Score
Spy Game
Swordfish
Thir13en Ghosts
Training Day
Two Can Play That Game
Zoolander

C+
----------
Behind Enemy Lines
Dr. Dolittle 2
Double Take
Evolution
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
From Hell
The Glass House
How High
Monkeybone
The Musketeer
Not Another Teen Movie
Saving Silverman
Scary Movie 2
Someone Like You
Tomb Raider

C
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Corky Romano
The Deep End
Domestic Disturbance
Don't Say A Word
Driven
15 Minutes
Hardball
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Jurassic Park 3
Original Sin
Say It Isn't So
The Tailor of Panama
Tomcats
The Wash
What's The Worst That Could Happen?

D+
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Jeepers Creepers
Out Cold

D
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Extreme Days
Texas Rangers
3000 Miles to Graceland
Valentine

F
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Freddy Got Fingered

Top 10
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1. Moulin Rouge
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Memento
4. A Beautiful Mind
5. The Man Who Wasn't There
6. Black Hawk Down
7. The Royal Tenenbaums
8. The Pledge
9. In The Bedroom
10. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back


Bottom 10
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10. Say It Isn't So
9. Tomcats
8. 15 Minutes
7. Out Cold
6. Jeepers Creepers
5. Extreme Days
4. 3000 Miles to Graceland
3. Texas Rangers
2. Valentine
1. Freddy Got Fingered

2000 films that didn't open in Omaha until 2001
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Adrenaline Drive - B
A Hard Day's Night (re-release) - A
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - A+
Left Behind: The Movie - D
O' Brother Where Art Thou? - A+
Pollock - A
Shadow of The Vampire - A
Snatch - B
Thirteen Days - B+
You Can Count On Me - A

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Edited: 01/25/02

as of 02/23/2001 -

Hannibal (**)

3000 Miles to Graceland (* 1/2)



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My Best Films of 1998 : Ronin (*** 1/2) & Elizabeth (*** 1/2) [Runners-up : Saving Private Ryan (*** 1/2), Life is Beautiful (*** 1/2), The Thin Red Line (*** 1/2)]

My Best Film of 1999 : Being John Malkovich (****) [Runners-up & Special Grand Jury Award : Three Kings (****), The Dreamlife of Angels (****), Election (****), American Beauty (****), The Talented Mr. Ripley (****), Mansfield Park (****), Magnolia (****), The Iron Giant(****) Honorable Mentions : Princess Mononoke (*** 1/2), Toy Story 2 (*** 1/2), Topsy-turvy (*** 1/2), Tarzan (*** 1/2), The Winslow Boy (*** 1/2), All About My Mother (*** 1/2), Cookie's Fortune (*** 1/2), October Sky (*** 1/2), South Park : BB&U (*** 1/2), The Red Violin (*** 1/2), The Hurricane (*** 1/2), The Sixth Sense (*** 1/2), Dick (*** 1/2), The Insider (*** 1/2), The End of The Affair (*** 1/2), Boys Don't Cry (*** 1/2), Croupier (*** 1/2), The Matrix (*** 1/2), Sleepy Hollow (*** 1/2), Notting Hill (*** 1/2), Office Space (*** 1/2), The Blair Witch Project (*** 1/2)]

My Best Films of 2000 : Wonder Boys (****), You Can Count on Me (****) & Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (****) [Runners-up & Special Grand Jury Award : Almost Famous (****), Traffic (****), Honorable Mentions : Thirteen Days (*** 1/2), High Fidelity (*** 1/2), Quills (*** 1/2)]

2001 Film List
Last Updated Apr 3, 2008
2001 Films Seen: 416

Most Recent Additions: 25 Watts, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Elling, The Navigators, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Light of My Eyes, Soft for Digging, Sorum, Bangkok Haunted, Morlang, Inch'Allah Dimanche, Trembling Before G-d, Bones, Stuff and Dough, The Doe Boy.

Listing Criteria: First Worldwide Public Screening
Title /Director /Rating (out of $$$$$ )

15 Minutes John Herzfeld $
25 Watts Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll $
51st State, The (Formula 51) Ronny Yu $$$
3000 Miles to Graceland Demian Lichtenstein $$
À ma Soeur! (Fat Girl) Catherine Breillat $$$
Aau Chin 2 (Running Out of Time 2) Johnnie To, Law Wing-cheong $$$
Abril Despedaçado (Behind the Sun) Walter Salles $$$
Affair of the Necklace, The Charles Shyer $$$
A.I. Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg $$$$$
Ajnabee Abbas-Mustan $$
Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu (Warm Water Under a Red Bridge) Shohei Imamura $$$
Alcatraz Is Not An Island James M.Fortier $$
Ali Michael Mann $$
All Over the Guy Julie Davis $$$
Along Came A Spider Lee Tamahori $$
American Outlaws Les Mayfield $$
American Pie 2 J.B.Rogers $
American Rhapsody, An Eva Gardos $$$$
America's Sweethearts Joe Roth $$$
L'Ange de Goudron (Tar Angel) Denis Chouinard $$
Angel Eyes Luis Mandoki $$$
Anglaise et le Duc, L' (The Lady and the Duke) Eric Rohmer $$$
Animal, The Luke Greenfield $$
Anniversary Party, The Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming $$$
Antitrust Peter Howitt $$$
Araburu Tamashii-tachi (Outlaw Souls: The Agitator) Takashi Miike $$
Art of Woo, The Helen Lee $
Asoka Santosh Sivan $$
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk $$$
Atlantis: The Lost Empire Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise $$$
Avalon Mamoru Oshii $$$$
Baby Boy John Singleton $$$$
Bandits Barry Levinson $$$
Bangkok Haunted Oxide Pang Chun, Pisut Praesangeam $
Bank, The Robert Connolly $$$
Baran Majid Majidi $$$
Beautiful Mind, A Ron Howard $$
Behind Enemy Lines John Moore $$
Believer, The Henry Bean $$$
Bella Martha (Mostly Martha) Sandra Nettelbeck $$$$
Betty Fisher et Autres Histoires (Betty Fisher and Other Stories) Claude Miller $$$
Big Bad Love Arliss Howard $$$
Birthday Girl Jez Butterworth $$$
Black Hawk Down Ridley Scott $$$$
Black Knight Gil Junger $
Blow Ted Demme $$
Blow Dry Paddy Breathnach $$$
Bones Ernest R. Dickerson $$
Boys III, Les Louis Saïa $$
Bride of the Wind Bruce Beresford $$
Bridget Jones’s Diary Sharon Maguire $$$$
Brothers, The Gary Hardwick $$
Bubble Boy Blaire Hayes $$$
Buffalo Soldiers Gregor Jordan $$
Bully Larry Clark $$$
Bunker, The Rob Green $
Business of Strangers, The Patrick Stettner $$$
Captain Corelli's Mandolin John Madden $$$$
Carving Out Our Name Tony Zierra $$$
Cats & Dogs Lawrence Guterman $$$
Cat's Meow, The Peter Bogdanovich $$$
Caveman's Valentine, The Kasi Lemmons $$$
Center of the World, The Wayne Wang $$$
Century Hotel David Weaver $
Cet Amour-là Josée Dayan $$
Charlotte Gray Gillian Armstrong $$$
Château, The Jesse Peretz $$$
Chelsea Walls Ethan Hawke $$$
Children Underground Edet Belzberg $$$$$
Choh Luen Kwong Cha Min (Merry-Go-Round) Thomas Chow $$$$
Chuen Jik Sat Sau (Fulltime Killer) Johnny To, Ka-Fai Wai $$$
Chuet Sai Hiu Bra (La Brassiere) Patrick Leung, Chan Hing-ka $$$
Chuet Sik San Tau (Martial Angels) Clarence Ford $
Chung Chong Ging Chaat (Hit Team) Dante Lam $$
Ciénaga, La Lucrecia Martel $
Corky Romano Rob Pritts $$
CQ Roman Coppola $$$
Crabe dans la Tête, Un (Soft Shell Man) André Turpin $$$
Crazy/Beautiful John Stockwell $$$
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Simon Wincer $$
Crush John McKay $$$
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The Woody Allen $$$$
Da Wan (Big Shot's Funeral) Feng Xiaogang $$
Dak Miu Mai Shing (The Accidental Spy) Teddy Chan $$
Danny in the Sky Denis Langlois $
Deep End, The Scott McGehee, David Siegel $$$
Dei Gau Tin Cheung (Forever and Ever) Raymond To $$$$
Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, The Paul Cox $$
Disco Pigs Kirsten Sheridan $$$$
The Doe Boy Randy Redroad $$
Dogtown and Z-Boys Stacy Peralta $$
Domestic Disturbance Harold Becker $$
Domestic Violence Frederick Wiseman $$$
Donnie Darko Richard Kelly $$$
Don't Say a Word Gary Fleder $$$
Double Take George Gallo $$
Double Whammy Tom DiCillo $$$
Down to Earth Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz $$
Dr. Dolittle 2 Steve Carr $$
Driven Renny Harlin $
e-Dreams Wonsuk Chin 2
Electric Shades of Grey Stuart Merrill $$
Elling Petter Næss $$$$
Éloge de l'amour (In Praise of Love) Jean-Luc Godard $
Emperor's New Clothes, The Alan Taylor $$
Emploi du Temps, L' (Time Out) Laurent Cantet $$$$
En Kort en Lang (Shake It All About) Hella Joof $$$
Enemy at the Gates Jean-Jacques Annaud $$$
Enigma Michael Apted $$$
Espinazo del Diablo, El (The Devil's Backbone) Guillermo del Toro $$$
Evolution Ivan Reitman $
Exiles in Paradise Wesley Lowe $
Exit Wounds Andrzej Bartkowiak $
Experiment, Das Oliver Hirschbiegel 4
Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le Jean-Pierre Jeunet $$$
Fai Chaai Tung Mang (The Losers' Club) Patrick Yau $$
Fast and the Furious, The Rob Cohen $$$
Faust: Love of the Damned Brian Yuzna $$[/b]
Femme Qui Boit, La (The Woman Who Drinks) Bernard Emond $
Festival in Cannes Henry Jaglom $$$
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Hironobu Sakaguchi $$$
Finder's Fee Jeff Probst $$$$
Fluffer, The Richard Glatzer, Wash West $$
Focus Neal Slavin $$$
Forsaken, The J S Cardone $$
Fourth Angel, The John Irvin $$$
Frailty Bill Paxton $$$$
Freddy Got Fingered Tom Green $$$$
From Hell The Hughes Brothers $$$$
Galaxy Far, Far Away, A Tariq Jalil $
Gau Lung Bing Sat (Goodbye Mr.Cool) Jingle Ma $
Get Over It Tommy O'Haver $$$$
Ghost World Terry Zwigoff $$$$
Ghosts of Mars John Carpenter $$$
Glass House, The Daniel Sackheim $$
Glitter Vondie Curtis-Hall $$
Go Tigers! Kenneth A.Carlson $
Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû Soukougeki (Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack) Shusuke Kaneko $$$$
Gosford Park Robert Altman $$$$
Gospel According to Philip K. Dick, The Mark Steensland $
The Grey Zone Tim Blake Nelson $$$
Hannibal Ridley Scott $$$
Hard Ball Brian Robbins $
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Columbus $$$
Harvard Man James Toback $$$
Hatuna Meuheret (Late Marriage) Dover Koshashvili $$$$$
He Died with a Felafel In His Hand Richard Lowenstein $$$$
Head Over Heels Mark Waters $$$
Heartbreakers David Mirkin $$$
Hearts in Atlantis Scott Hicks $$
Hedwig and the Angry Inch John Cameron Mitchell $$$$
Heftig og Begeistret (Cool & Crazy) Knut Erik Jensen $$$
Heist David Mamet $$
Hell House George Ratliff $$$
High Heels and Low Lifes Mel Smith $$$
Hijo de la Novia, El (Son of the Bride) Juan José Campanella $$$
Hole, The Nick Hamm $$$
Hollywood Sign, The Sönke Wortmann $$$
Hombres Felices (Happy Men) Roberto Santiago $$
Home Movie Chris Smith $$$$
House of Luk Derek Diorio $$$
How High Jesse Dylan $
Human Nature Michel Gondry $$$
Hung Biu Hyn Sin Ji Daai Tau Gwaai Ang (Horror Hotline...Big Head Monster) Soi Cheang $$$
Hundstage (Dog Days) Ulrich Seidl $$$
Hush! Ryosuke Hashiguchi $$
I Am Sam Jessie Nelson $$
If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story Sarah Share $$$$
Impossible Elephant, The Martin Wood $$
In the Bedroom Todd Field $$$
Inch'Allah Dimanche Yamina Benguigui $$$$
Inertia Sean Garrity $
Invincible Werner Herzog $$$
Invisible Circus, The Adam Brooks $$
Iris Richard Eyre $$$
James Ellroy's Feast of Death Vikram Jayanti $$
Jan Dara Nonzee Nimibutr $$$
Jason X Jim Isaac $$
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Kevin Smith $$$
Je Rentre à la Maison (I'm Going Home) Manoel de Oliveira 3
Jeepers Creepers Victor Salva $$$
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter Lee Gordon Demarbre $$
Jeune Fille à la Fenêtre, Une (The Girl at the Window) Francis Leclerc $$
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius John A.Davis $$$
Joe Dirt Dennie Gordon $$
Joe Somebody John Pasquin $$$
Josie and the Pussycats Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont $$
Joy Ride John Dahl $$$
Juana la Loca (Madness of Joan) Vicente Aranda $$$
Jurassic Park III Joe Johnston $$
Just Visiting Jean-Marie Poiré $$
K-Pax Iain Softley $$$
Kairo (Pulse) Kiyoshi Kurosawa $$$$$
Karmina 2 Gabriel Pelletier $
Katakuri-ke No Kôfuku (The Happiness of the Katakuris) Takashi Miike $$$
Kate & Leopold James Mangold $
Kevin of the North Bob Spiers $$
Khaled Asghar Massombagi $$$
Kiss of the Dragon Chris Nahon $$$
Kissing Jessica Stein Charles Herman-Wurmfeld $$$$
Knight’s Tale, A Brian Helgeland $
Knockaround Guys Brian Koppelman, David Levien $$$
Koroshiya 1 (Ichi the Killer) Takashi Miike $$$$
Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi Rahul Rawail $$
Kurosawa Adam Low $$$$
Kwan Sau (The Replacement Suspect) Marco Makk $$$
Laam Goh Lui Cheung (Let's Sing Along) Matt Chow $$$
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India Ashutosh Gowariker $$$$
Lakeboat Joe Mantegna $$
Lan Yu Stanley Kwan $$$$
Lantana Ray Lawrence $$$$
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Simon West $
Last Castle, The Rod Lurie $$$
Last Orders Fred Schepisi $$$
Last Wedding Bruce Sweeney $$$
Legally Blonde Robert Luketic $$$
L.I.E. Michael Cuesta $$$
Life and Debt Stephanie Black $$$
Life as a House Irwin Winkler $$$
Life Without Dick Bix Skahill $$$
Lift Demane Davis, Khari Streeter $$
Loi du Cochon, La (Pig's Law) Erik Canuel $
Lola Carl Bessai $$$
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Peter Jackson $$$$
Lost and Delirious Léa Pool $$$
Lovely & Amazing Nicole Holofcener $$$
Luce dei Miei Occhi (Light of My Eyes) Giuseppe Piccioni $$$
Lucía y el Sexo (Sex and Lucia) Julio Medem $$$$
Lucky Break Peter Cattaneo $$
Lunch With Charles Michael Parker $$
Ma Femme est une Actrice (My Wife Is an Actress) Yvan Attal $$
Maan Ung Fung Wan (Comic King) O Sing-Pui $$$
Made Jon Favreau $$
Majestic, The Frank Darabont $$
Man from Elysian Fields, The George Hickenlooper $$$$
Man Who Wasn't There, The Joel Coen $$$$
Manic Jordan Melamed $$$
Marfa si Banii (Stuff and Dough) Cristi Puiu $$$$
Max Keeble's Big Move Tim Hill $$$
Me Without You Sandra Goldbacher $$$
Mean Machine Barry Skolnick $$$
Metropolis Rintarô $$$$
Mexican, The Gore Verbinski $$$
Mockingbird Don't Sing Harry Bromley-Davenport $$$
Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair $$$$
Monster's Ball Marc Forster $$$$
Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter $$$
Morlang Tjebbo Penning $$$
Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrmann $$$$
Mulholland Dr. David Lynch $$$$$
Mummy Returns, The Stephen Sommers $$$
Murder on a Sunday Morning Jean-Xavier de Lestrade $$$$
Musketeer, The Peter Hyams $
Mutant Aliens Bill Plympton $$$$$
MVP: Most Vertical Primate Robert Vince $$
My First Mister Christine Lahti $$$
Mystic Masseur, The Ismail Merchant $$$
Navigators, The Ken Loach [/b]$$$[/b]
Never Again Eric Schaeffer $$$
Ni Neibian Jidian (What Time Is It There?) Ming-liang Tsai $$$$$
Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) Caroline Link $$$$
No Man's Land Danis Tanovic $$$$
No Such Thing Hal Hartley $$$
Non ho Sonno (Sleepless) Dario Argento $$$
Not Another Teen Movie Joel Gallen $$$
Novocaine David Atkins $$$
Nuit de Noces (Wedding Night) Émile Gaudreault $$
O Tim Blake Nelson $$$
Obâchan's Garden Linda Ohama $$$
Ocean's Eleven Steven Soderbergh $$
Oi Gwan Yue Mung (Dance of a Dream) Andrew Lau $
On The Line Eric Bross $
On the Nose David Caffrey $$$
On the Q.T. Yale Strom $$$
On Their Knees Anais Granofsky $$
One, The James Wong $
One Night at McCools Harald Zwart $$
Order, The Sheldon Lettich $
Original Sin Michael Cristofer $$$
Osmosis Jones Peter & Bobby Farrelly, Piet Kroon, Tom Sito $$$
Others, The Alejandro Amenabar $$$$
Out Cold The Malloys $$$
Pacte des Loups, Le (Brotherhood of the Wolf) Christophe Gans $$$
Pan Goh Aau Yat Hau (Expect a Miracle) Jue Yin Ping $$$
Passage To Ottawa, A Gaurav Seth $$
Pauline & Paulette Lieven Debrauwer $$$$
Pavilion of Women Yim Ho $$
Pearl Harbor Michael Bay $
Peuple Migrateur, Le (Winged Migration) Jacques Perrin $$$$$
Pianiste, La (The Piano Teacher) Michael Haneke $$$$
Picture Claire Bruce McDonald $
Piñero Leon Ichaso $$$
Placard, Le (The Closet) Francis Veber $$$
Planet of the Apes Tim Burton $$
Pledge, The Sean Penn $$$$
Pocket Monster: Selebi - Toki o Koeta Deai (Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest) Kunihiko Yuyama $$$
Pootie Tang Louis C.K. $
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy Scott J. Gill $$$
Pornographe, Le Bertrand Bonello $$
Promises Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg $$$$
Prozac Nation Erik Skjoldbjærg $
Qianxi Manbo (Millennium Mambo) Hsiao-hsien Hou 4
Quickie, The Sergei Bodrov $
'R Xmas Abel Ferrara $$
Race to Space Sean McNamara $$$
Rare Birds Sturla Gunnarsson $$$
Rat Race Jerry Zucker $$$
Raye Makhfi (Secret Ballot) Babak Payami $$
Répétition, La Catherine Corsini $$$
Rhino Brothers, The Dwayne Beaver $$$
Riding in Cars With Boys Penny Marshall $$$
Ripper John E.Eyres $$$
Riri Shushu no Subete (All About Lily Chou-Chou) Shunji Iwai $$$
Rivers and Tides Thomas Riedelsheimer $$$
Rock Star Stephen Herek $$
Royal Tenenbaums, The Wes Anderson $$$$
Rush Hour 2 Brett Ratner $
Safar e Ghandehar (Kandahar) Mohsen Makhmalbaf $$$
Safety of Objects, The Rose Troche $$$$
Samsara Nalin Pan $$$
Sång för Martin, En (A Song for Martin) Bille August 3
Save the Last Dance Thomas Carter $$
Saving Silverman Dennis Dugan $$
Say It Isn't So J.B. Rogers $$$
Scary Movie 2 Keenan Ivory Wayans $
Score, The Frank Oz $$$
Scout's Honor Tom Shepard $$$
See Spot Run John Whitesell $$$
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) Hayao Miyazaki $$$$
Señorita Extraviada (Missing Young Woman) Lourdes Portillo $$$
Serendipity Peter Chelsom $$
Series 7: The Contenders Daniel Minahan $$$$
Session 9 Brad Anderson $$$
Seung Joi Ngo Sam (Funeral March) Joe Ma $$$
Shallow Hal Bobby & Peter Farrelly $$$$
Shipping News, The Lasse Hallstrom $$$
Shiqi Sui de Dan Che (Beijing Bicycle) Wang Xiaoshuai $$$$$
Shrek Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson $$$
Sidewalks of New York Edward Burns $$$$
Siu Lam Juk Kau (Shaolin Soccer) Stephen Chow $$$
Soft for Digging J.T. Petty $
Solitude Robin Schlaht $$
Sólo Mía Javier Balaguer $$$
Someone Like You Tony Goldwyn $
Son de Mar (Sound of the Sea) Bigas Luna $$
Sorum Jong-chan Yun $$$$
Soul Survivors Steve Carpenter $
Spirits of Havana Bay Weyman, Luis O.Garcia $$
Spy Game Tony Scott $$$$
Spy Kids Robert Rodriguez $$$
Stacy Naoyuki Tomomatsu $$$
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures Jan Harlan $$$$
Stanza del Figlio, La (The Son's Room) Nanni Moretti $$$
Startup.com Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim $$
Storytelling Todd Solondz $$$$
Stranger Inside Cheryl Dunte $$$
Strictly Sinatra Peter Capaldi $$$
Stripped Jill Morley $$
Suddenly Naked Anne Wheeler $$$
Sugar & Spice Francine McDougall $$$
Summer Catch Mike Tollin $
Super Troopers Jay Chandrasekhar $$$
Sweet November Pat O'Connor $$
Sweetest Sound, The Alan Berliner $$
Swordfish Dominic Sena $$
Tailor of Panama, The John Boorman $$$
Tape Richard Linklater $$$$
Telets (Taurus) Aleksandr Sokurov $$$
Texas Rangers Steve Miner $
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Jill Sprecher $$$$
Thir13en Ghosts Steve Beck $$$
Tmavomodrý Svet (Dark Blue World) Jan Sverák $$$
To End All Wars David L. Cunningham $$$
Tomcats Gregory Poirier $$
Tortilla Soup María Ripoll $$
Town & Country Peter Chelsom $$
Training Day Antoine Fuqua $$$$
Treed Murray William Phillips $$$
Trembling Before G-d Sandi Simcha Dubowski $$$
Triumph of Love, The Clare Peploe $$$
Trouble Every Day Claire Denis $$$$$
Trumpet of the Swan, The Richard Rich, Terry L. Noss $$$
Tung Gui Mat Yau (Fighting For Love) Joe Ma $$$
Tunnel, Der Roland Suso Richter $$$$
Turning Paige Robert Cuffley $$$
Two Can Play That Game Mark Brown $$
Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins, The Geoff Bowie $$
Va Savoir Jacques Rivette $$$
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Danny Boyle $$
Valentine Jamie Blanks $$$
Vanilla Sky Cameron Crowe $$$$
Very Annie Mary Sara Sugarman (color=blue]$$$$[/color)
Vidocq Pitof $$
Viktor Vogel: Commercial Man (Advertising Rules!) Lars Kraume $$
Waking Life Richard Linklater $$$
War Bride, The Lyndon Chubbuck $$$
War Photographer Christian Frei $$$
Wash, The D.J. Pooh $
Wedding Planner, The Adam Shankman $$$
West 47th Street Bill Lichtenstein, June Peoples $$$$
Westray Paul Cowan $$
Wet Hot American Summer David Wain $$$$
Whasango (Volcano High) Tae-gyun Kim $
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Sam Weisman $$
Who Is Cletis Tout? Chris Ver Wiel $$$
Wit Mike Nichols $$$
World Traveler Bart Freundlich $$$
Y Tu Mamá También Alfonso Cuarón $$$$$
Yat Goh Laan Diy Dik Chuen Suet (A Gambler's Story) Marco Mak $$$
Yau Ching Yam Shui Baau (Love Me, Love My Money) Jing Wong $$$
Yuen Mei Ching Yan (Every Dog Has His Date) James Yuen $$$
Yuet Moon Pau Sai Waan (Blue Moon) Chung Shu Kai $$$$
Yuk Lui Tim Ding (Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby) Joe Ma, Mak Kai-kwong $$$
Zir-e Poost-e Shahr (Under the Skin of the City) Rakhshan Bani Etemad $$
Zoolander Ben Stiller $$$
Zuotian (Quitting) Zhang Yang $$$
Zus & Zo Paula van der Oest $$$