ROCK STAR (2001)

 

Directed By: Stephen Herek  Written By: John Stockwell Cinematography: Ueli Steiger  Editor: Trudy Sharp 

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Dagmara Domincyzk, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Olyphant, Matthew Glave, Michael Shamus Wiles, Beth Grant, Stephen Jenkins, Jason Bonham, Jeff Pilson, Zakk Wylde, Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick, Amy Miller, Rachel Hunter, Heidi Mark, Carrie Stevens, Carey Lassard, Kristin Willits 

The lead singer of a tribute band becomes the lead singer of the real band he idolizes.

SOMEONE LIKE YOU (2001)

 

Directed By: Tony Goldwyn  Written By: Elizabeth Chandler Based On The Novel “ANIMAL HUSBANDRY” By: Laura Zigman Cinematography: Anthony B. Richmond  Editor: Dana Congdon

 

Cast: Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Greg Kinnear, Ellen Barkin, Donna Hanover, Catherine Dent, Nicole leach, Peter Friedman, Colleen Camp, Mirelle Enos, Veronica Webb, Naomi Judd

After being jilted by her boyfriend, a talk show talent scout writes a column on the relationship habits of men which gains her national fame.

DOWN TO EARTH (2001)

 

Directed By: Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz  Written By: Chris Rock, Ali LeRoi, Lance Crouther & Louis C.K.  Based on the original screenplay “HEAVEN CAN WAIT” By: Elaine May & Warren Beatty  Cinematography: Richard Crudo  Editor: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly 

Cast: Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palmenteri, Eugene Levy, Frankie Faison, Mark Addy, Greg Germann, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, John Cho, Mario Joyner, Laz Alonzo 

After dying before his time, an aspiring black comic gets a second shot at life - by being placed in the body of a wealthy white businessman.

AMERICAN PIE 2 (2001)

Directed By: J.B. Rogers Written By: Adam Herz Story By David H. Steinberg & Adam Herz Cinematography: Mark Irwin  Editor: Larry Madaras & Stuart Pappe

Cast: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy, Chris Owen, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cho, Molly Cheek, Eli Marienthal, Joanna Garcia, Lisa Arturo, Denise Faye, Casey Affleck, George Wyner, Joelle Carter, Larry Drake, Bree Turner, Nora Zehtner, Adam Brody, Kevin Kilner, Luke Edwards

Jim and his friends are now in college, and they decide to meet up at the beach house for some fun.

RUSH HOUR 2 (2001)

Directed By: Brett Ratner
Written By: Ross LaManna & Jeff Nathanson
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Editor: Mark Helfrich & Robert L. Lambert

Cast: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, John Lone, Zhang Ziyi, Roselyn Sanchez, Alan King, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Tsang, Maggie Q, Ernie Reyes Jr, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek

It's vacation time for Det. James Carter and he finds himself alongside Det. Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot by L.A. crime boss Steven Reign and Triad Ricky Tan, an ex-cop who played a mysterious part in the death of Det. Lee's father. Throw in a power struggle between Tan and the gorgeous but dangerous Hu Li and the boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella. Then again, it may turn up more excitement than Carter was looking for during his vacation.

DON'S PLUM (2001)

Directed By: R.D. Robb 
Written By: R.D. Robb, Tawd Beckman, Bethany Ashton, David Stutman & Dale Wheatley 
Based On The Play “THE SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB” By: David Stutman 
Cinematography: Steve Adcock & Brian Bellamy  
Editor: Paul Heiman 
Music By: Blake Soper 

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Scott Bloom, Kevin Connolly, Jenny Lewis, Jeremy Sisto, Ethan Suplee, Marisa Ryan, Amber Benson, Bethany Ashton, Marissa Ribisi, Heather McComb, Byron Thames, Nikki Cox 


A group of Los Angeles Twenty somethings meet every week at their local diner to discuss their latest misadventures in their miserable lives.

SAY IT ISN'T SO (2001)

Directed By: J.B. Rogers 
Written By: Peter Gaulke & Gerry Swallow 
Cinematography By: Mark Irwin 
Editor: Larry Madaras 


Cast: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins, Eddie Cibrian, Sarah Silverman, Orlando Jones, Richard Riehle, Brent Briscoe, Julie White, Brent Hinkley, Courtney Peldon, Lin Shaye 

Young orphan Gilly finds out his lover Jo may actually be his biological sister. After they break up he discovers he's not related and travels across the country to stop her impending wedding. Unfortunately the entire nation has heard the same story and thinks he's just after incestuous thrills.

BULLY (2001)

Directed By: Larry Clark 
Written By: Zachary Long & Roger Pullis 
Based on the book By: Jim Schutze 
Cinematography By: Steve Gainer 
Editor: Andrew Hafitz 


Cast: Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Daniel Franzese, Kelli Garner, Michael Pitt, Leo Fitzpatrick 


After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen.

HEARTBREAKERS (2001)

Directed By: David Mirkin 
Written By: Robert Dunn, Paul Guay & Stephen Mazur 
Cinematography By: Dean Semler 
Editor: William Steinkamp 


Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman, Nora Dunn, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Jay, Anne Bancroft, Kevin Nealon, Carrie Fisher, Michael Hitchcock, Jeffrey Jones, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Zach Galifianakis 


Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.

PIECES OF APRIL (2001)

Written & Directed By: Peter Hedges 
Cinematography By: Tami Reiker 
Editor: Mark Livolsi 


Cast: Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Isiah Whitlock Jr., Alice Drummond, Adrian Martinez 

 In a very poor zone of New York, April Burns and her boyfriend, the Afro-American Bobby, are preparing to receive April's family for thanksgiving dinner. While Bobby tries to borrow a suit for himself, April realizes that her stove is broken. She tries desperately to find a neighbor that can let her cook the turkey, since she does not want to fail (again) with her family. Meanwhile, in a suburb of Pennsylvania, her dysfunctional family is preparing to travel to New York. While driving, the relationship between the Burns and their black-sheep April is disclosed through the conversations between her father Jim, her resented mother Joy, her brother, her sister and her grandmother.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0051:THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001)

Written & Directed By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Joel Coen &Ethan Coen (Under the name Roderick Jaymes) &Tricia Cooke 


Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johanson, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Jon Polito, Tony Shalhoub, Katherine Borowitz, Christopher McDonald 

1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law's shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to invest in a second department store. Ed gets wind of a chance to make money in dry cleaning. Blackmail and investment are his opportunity to be more than a man no one notices. Settle in the chair and listen.

THE WASH (2001)

Written & Directed By: DJ Pooh 
Cinematography By: Keith L. Smith 
Editor: Jack Hofstra 

Cast: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, George Wallace, DJ Pooh, Bruce Bruce, Kent Masters-King Tommy Chong, Lamont Bentley, Angell Conwell, Kurupt, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Rashaan Nall, Alex Thomas, Marcia Wright, Pauly Shore, Xzibit, Shaquille O’Neal, Ludacris 


With the rent due and his car booted, Sean has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best buddy and roommate Dee Loc, suggests that Sean get a job busting suds down at the local car wash, the first order of business is impressing Mr. Washington the gun-toting, dominoes-playing owner of The Wash. Unaware that the two are roomies, Mr. Washington hires Sean as Dee Loc's supervisor. Comic tensions flare between the two, especially when Dee Loc suspects Sean of trying to slow his roll with the side hustles he's got going on in the car wash parking lot...and with the ladies in the locker room. But there are bigger things to worry about at The Wash. One is the menacing phone calls from a disgruntled employee, and the other is figuring out how to get money to pay off the kidnappers who've snatched Mr. Washington! If Sean, Dee Loc, and the rest of the gang don't settle their differences and get Mr. Washington back, the good times at The Wash

AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (2001)

Directed By: Joe Roth 
Written By: Billy Crystal & Peter Tolan 
Cinematography By: Phedon Papamichael 
Editor: Stephen A. Rotter 


Cast: John Cusack, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones, Billy Crystal, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green, Rainn Wilson, Eric Balfour, Keri Lynn Pratt 

A movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie's co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film's print hostage.

SUGAR & SPICE (2001)

Directed By: Francine McDougall 
Written By: Mandy Nelson 
Cinematography By: Robert Brinkmann 
Editor: Sloane Klevin 


Cast: Marley Shelton, Rachel Blanchard, Marla Sokoloff, Mena Suvari, James Marsden, Melissa George, W. Earl Brown, Sara Marsh, Alexandra Holden, Jake Hoffman, Sean Young, Adam Busch 


A popular high-school cheerleader becomes pregnant by the star quarterback and turns to crime to support her desired lifestyle.

SAVING SILVERMAN (2001)

Directed By: Dennis Dugan 
Written By: Hank Nelken & Greg DePaul 
Cinematography By: Arthur Albert 
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher 


Cast: Jason Biggs, Amanda Peet, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, Neil Diamond, Kyle Gass 


Two dim-witted former high school buddys and Neil Diamond fanactics, Wayne and J.D., plot to keep their friend Darren from marrying the wrong woman, a domineering and spiteful psychologist named Judith by kidnapping her and trying to set Darren up with his old high school girlfriend Sandy who plans to become a nun

THE LAST MINUTE (2001)

Written & Directed: Stephen Norrington 
Cinematography By: James Welland 
Editor: Stephen Norrington & Elliot Graham 


Cast: Max Beesly, Emily Corrie, Jason Issacs, Frank Harper, Anthony Higgins, Udo Kier, Tom Bell, Kate Ashfield, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Graham, Sienna Guillory 


The clock is ticking towards The Last Minute, but no one knows it. No one except Billy Byrne - young, cool and talented, he's the Next Big Thing. At least that's what the London glitterazzi are saying, on the streets, in the clubs, in the Business. But the glitterazzi turn out to be wrong and Billy Byrne is all over in a split second. His world detonates. His self-esteem splinters. Suddenly he's on a rollercoaster ride into the London underworld - a dangerous land of murderers, thieves and talent agents.

THE GLASS HOUSE (2001)

Directed By: Daniel Sackheim 
Written By: Wesley Strick 
Cinematogrpahy By: Alar Kivilo 
Editor: Howard E. Smith 
Music By: Christopher Young 



Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgard, Diane Lane, Trevor Morgan, Kathy Baker, Michael O’Keefe, Bruce Dern, Chris Noth, Carly Pope, Agnes Bruckner, January Jones, China Shavers, Michael Patrick Chan 


*Please note that some trivia and facts have been republished from imdb among other sources In this review

THE ADVENTURES OF JOE DIRT (2001)

Directed By: Dennie Gordon 
Written By: David Spade & Fred Wolf 
Cinematography By: John R. Leonetti 
Editor: Peck Prior 


Cast: David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Adam Beach, Dennis Miller, Jamie Pressley, Kid Rock, Erik Per Sullivan, Christopher Walken, John Farley, Caroline Aaron, Fred Ward, Liz Torres, Chris Wylde, Bree Turner, Natalia Cigliuti, Kevin Farley, Rance Howard, Fred Stoller, Steven Schirripa, Richard Riehle, Blake Clark, Mitzi Martin

BLOW (2001)

Directed By: Ted Demme 
Written By: David McKenna & Nick Cassavettes 
Based on the book by: Bruce Porter 
Cinematography By: Ellen Kuras 
Editor: Kevin Tent 
Music By: Graeme Revell 


Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ethan Suplee, Jordi Molla, Bobcat Goldithwait, Cliff Curtis, Paul Ruebens, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Franka Potente, Kevin Gage, Max Perlich, Miguel Sandoval, Monet Mazur, Jennifer Gimenez, Jamie King, Lola Glaudini, Richard LaGrevense, Emma Roberts

IN THE BEDROOM (2001)

Directed By: Todd Field 
Written By: Todd Field & Robert Festinger 
Based On The Short Story “Killings” By: Andre Dubus 
Cinematography By: Antonio Calvache 
Editor: Frank Reynolds 

Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Marisa Tomei, Nick Stahl, William Mapother, Ceila Weston, Karen Allen