Monthly Archives: November 2001

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Posted on November 18, 2001

Of course, there was no waiting a week or two to see this one. Warner Brothers has The Official Harry Potter Website, with online games and such, and IMDB (which is part of Amazon.com, actually) has the more informative site. … Continue reading →

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The One

Posted on November 16, 2001

Considering how anxious I was to see it, I’m as surprised as anyone that it took me two weeks to get to it. But Jet and his buddies at the Multi-Verse Authorities were worth the wait, this flick is far … Continue reading →

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Heist

Posted on November 14, 2001

This must be the year for aging stars to make not quite good enough crime flicks. In August we got DeNiro and The Score, with Marlon Brando impersonating a beached whale. Now, in a better movie with really strange dialog, … Continue reading →

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Shallow Hal

Posted on November 11, 2001

In the Farrelly Brother’s latest low-class comedy, Jack Black (so great in High Fidelity) plays Shallow Hal. Transformed by self-help guru Tony Robbins (playing himself), lifelong supermodel junkie Hal Larsen is only able to see people by their inner beauty. … Continue reading →

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Monsters, Inc.

Posted on November 4, 2001

We scare because we care. And how true and sweet that saying really is coming from the mouths of John Goodman and Bill Crystal. You can read plenty of reviews of Monsters, Inc., so I won’t go into it here … Continue reading →

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Enemy at the Gates

Posted on November 3, 2001

One of the most important and painful battles in World War II was the Nazi assault on Stalingrad. The Nazis had won essentially every land battle up to that point but ran into the monster Russian winter and the ability … Continue reading →

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