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It’s a “making of” documentary about a film that was never completed. Terry Gilliam was trying to make a movie about Don Quixote, but everything that could go wrong does. In case you don’t know, Terry Gilliam was part of Monty Python and has directed such good films like...

Gangster Number 1 Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany, David Thewlis, Saffron Burrows Directed by: Paul McGuigan Written by: Johnny Ferguson (screenplay), Louis Mellis (original screenplay), David Scinto (original screenplay) Rating: R Length: 1 hour, 43 minutes Genre: Crime Drama Release Date: 2000 A British gangster, played by Malcolm McDowell, looks back on his life of when he...

Edward Norton has one last day of partying before serving seven-year jail sentence for drug dealing. I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. Edward Norton wants to say goodbye to his friends from school and his dad before going off to jail. Most of the characters were great and...

Punch-Drunk Love Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson Rating: R Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Genre: Romantic Comedy Release Date: November 1, 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, Boogie Nights) directed Adam Sandler in a serious role that is getting Oscar buzz. No...

Phone Booth Starring: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes Directed by: Joel Schumacher Written by: Larry Cohen Rating: R Genre: Thriller Release Date: 2002 Colin Farrell is hunted down in a phone booth by a sniper that says he will kill him if he leaves the phone booth. I found it...

Jim Carrey is offered the chance to be God for a while. Compared to other Jim Carrey movies, this was not as funny as Ace Ventura or Liar, Liar, but it was amusing....

Sci-fi movie where people believe emotions are evil so people must medicate themselves to not feel or face death. The fight scenes are awesome and completely not believable, but still very much fun to watch. Beyond that, this movie was predictable and not very exciting....

  A guy wakes up from a coma to find everyone has turned into zombies. Nuts! It’s from the director of Trainspotting, but you can actually understand what the people are saying in this movie. Their accents aren’t so thick. It was filmed in digital film so it looks...

8 Women Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard Directed by: Francois Ozon Written by: Francois Ozon, Marina de Van, Robert Thomas (play Rating: R Length: 1 hour 51 minutes Genre: Comedy Release Date: 2002 Eight women and one dead man. They don’t seem too concerned...

Harrison Ford is the old cop having to train Josh Hartnett, the new cop, in a ploy to get every woman in America into theaters at once. Hollywood Homicide was another movie on my family’s Worst Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving. For those that don’t know, my family has a...