America's Sweethearts

America's Sweethearts

Columbia etc.

July 20, 2001

Romcom

DVD
C+

I saw this at the time and thought it was all right.  This time, I was most struck by the following:

• It's so weird to have the Internet a non-factor in publicity
• The "Hector" stuff is pretty racist
• Catherine Zeta-Jones is easily the best part of the movie
• Billy Crystal co-wrote a script where his character is in a lust-hate relationship with a dog, that parallels the title characters'.

Anyway, it's still watchable but yeah, mostly as a period piece.  Joe Roth directed, five years before Freedomland.

This is on a Julia Roberts "Triple" pack, but I've already rejected Mona Lisa Smile.

The Italian Job (2003)

The Italian Job (2003)

Paramount

May 30, 2003

Crime Comedy

DVD
D+

Not as stylish as the original, although at least I recognized more of the cast.  F. Gary Gray directed.

Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo

Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo
National Lampoon Productions
2006
Mockumentary, Musical
DVD
C-

Les Claypool wrote, directed, and stars in this parody of jam bands (like Grateful Dead).