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| NEVER
BEEN KISSED (1999)
Starring:
Drew
Barrymore, David Arquette, Jessica Alba
Director: Raja Gosnell
Synopsis: Daffy comedy
involves neophyte news investigator returning to
high-school for story, reconciling her nerdy past. Will
delight fans of broad humor and Barrymore, whose
performance makes fresh a predictable plot.
Runtime: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Comedy,
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Reviews:
- 2 out of 4 by Reel.com
Drew Barrymore was born to be a movie star. Only someone with
her natural-born, bountiful charm and high-voltage charisma
could bring a fossil like Never Been Kissed to life ...
and she does! The story itself is (surprise!) just another of
those hideous hybrids of the tried-and-true girl-flick
storyline — Pretty in Pink, Clueless, and Ever After all
rolled into one vacuous, box office-breaking confection. It's
basically 90 minutes of rose-covered wallpaper leading to the
inevitable, ultra-schmaltzy "big kiss" with the
cutest guy at school. read
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- 4 out of 10 by Scott
Renshaw
Sometimes a romantic comedy can get away with being
ridiculous as it strives to pull us into its wish fulfillment.
What it can't get away with is being lazy or being miscast,
the two blunders that insure Never Been Kissed never
had a chance.Our high-concept premise finds 25-year-old
Chicago Sun-Times copy editor Josie Geller (Barrymore) offered
her first real reporting assignment: going undercover as a
high school student. The assignment brings mixed emotions for
Josie, a brainy high school outcast still smarting from her
adolescent ostracism. As she begins her quest for a story,
Josie finds herself drawn back into the world of the
"smart kids" at South Glen South High School,
including her new friend Aldys (Leelee Sobieski). That's
before her editor (John C. Reilly) demands that Josie get in
with the in crowd, and before Josie's arrested adolescent
23-year-old brother Rob (David Arquette) also re-enrolls and
helps turn the one-time "Josie Grossie" into a
potential prom queen. read
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| IDLE
HANDS (1999)
Starring:
Devon Sawa,
Seth Green, Jessica Alba
Director: Rodman
Flender
Synopsis: Silly
splatter parody about teen stoner and his murderous,
demonically possessed hand. Highly derivative, but
undemanding horror fans, and teen comedy buffs will enjoy
its goofy, blood-soaked humor.
Runtime: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Comedy |
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Reviews:
- 1 out of 10 by Scott
Renshaw
In the wake of the April 21st shootings at Littleton,
Colorado's Columbine High School, pundits and politicians have
been holding forth on the desensitizing effects of violence in
our popular culture, particularly that which is aimed at
teenagers.The plot, such as it is, centers on a 17-year-old
named Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa), whose life's goal is to lay
around watching T. V. and getting stoned with his buddies Mick
(Seth Green) and Pnub (Elden Henson). Unfortunately for Anton,
the devil will find work for idle hands to do, as a malevolent
spirit takes possession of his right hand and forces him to
kill his parents, Mick and Pnub. Then Mick and Pnub return
from the dead to provide wacky comic relief, convincing a
freaked-out Anton that extreme measures are required. That
involves removing the offending appendage, leaving five
demonic digits free to wreak havoc at Anton's high school
Halloween dance. read
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- 1 out of 4 by James
Berardinelli
Idle Hands
would like us to believe it's a horror/comedy movie -- a kind
of Scream with a higher dosage of campy humor. There's
just one problem: it's not scary and it's not funny. In fact,
it takes a creative stretch to come up with anything nice to
say about this motion picture. There are a lot of bad movies
around; Idle Hands transcends that mundane level of
badness into the realm of gross ineptitude. While watching
this movie, three questions echoed through my mind like the
refrain to a song: "What were they thinking?",
"Is it too late to get to the baseball game?", and
"Why is the theater floor so sticky?" I admit to
having chuckled once; that's why the movie gets a generous one
star instead of none. In last year's Fallen, the soul
of a killer leapt from body to body, possessing victims at
will. Idle Hands uses a similar premise: an evil spirit
moves from one host to the next except, instead of capturing
the whole body, it only takes over one hand. The most recent
unfortunate victim is slacker Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa), a
high school student who spends his days smoking pot and
watching TV. When the incarnation of pure evil seizes control
of one hand, he kills both of his parents (Fred Willard and
Connie Ray), then proceeds to smash one friend (Seth Green) in
the head with a bottle before decapitating another (Elden
Hensen). Soon these two are back, albeit as zombies, and,
fortunately for Anton, they don't hold a grudge. Meanwhile, in
addition to forcing Anton to randomly kill people, the hand
proves to be a major detriment to his love life. After all,
it's tough to take the girl of his dreams (played by Jessica
Alba) to the big Halloween dance when he might end up
strangling or stabbing her on the way. read
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| P.U.N.K.S
(1998)
Starring:
Randy
Quaid, Tim Redwine, Jessica Alba
Director: Sean
McNamara
Synopsis: Father and
son fight bullies with evil-bashing secret weapon.
Pre-teen revenge comedy entertains kids with sci-fi
flavor, juvenile humor; parents may want to avoid silly
shenanigans. Ages 6-12.
Runtime: 115 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Genre: Kids |
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Review:
- Comment by C.T. Gonzales
Don't think this is a movie about "punks", not even
a violent movie, this is totally "kid's stuff", but
for not very bright kids. The movie is about a bunch of kids
(as usual, one is a nerd, one is a fat boy, one is a thief,
one is the leader, and the other, a girl, so we have "all
kinds") who join to prevent the death of the father of
the leader, a scientist developing a "muscular
enhancer", so the kids turn out to be : a) smart enough
to understand a biological-scientifical experiment and its
consequences, b) with the skills to break in to a lab with the
highest-technology security, c) with the knowledge and skills
to use computers as real hackers, among a lot of other things.
So, the result is a boring movie, with bad kid actors, no
angel, no fun, nothing else to say. Avoid it, even if you want
a child's movie, or if you thought this would be sort of
"KIDS" or anything a bit heavier, cause of the title
PUNKS (as I thought).
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| VENUS
RISING (1995)
Starring:
Costas
Mandylor, Billy Wirth, Jessica Alba
Director: Leora Barish
Synopsis: Fugitives
from a 21st-century prison escape into a world where
emotions and attachments are experienced through drugs and
virtual reality.
Runtime: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Mystery,
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| CAMP
NOWHERE (1994)
Starring:
Christopher
Lloyd, Jonathan Jackson, Jessica Alba
Director: Jonathan
Prince
Synopsis: Children's
adventure comedy about a group of misfit children who
decide to start their own summer camp. Very popular with
target teen audience. Good family entertainment.
Runtime: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Comedy,
Family, Kids |
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Reviews:
- Washington Post Review by
Hal Hinson
Summer's approaching, and if Mud doesn't think of something
fast he'll have to endure eight weeks of nerd hell at Camp
Computer Chip-a-wa. His friends are facing the same unwelcome
vacation: It's off to a paramilitary camp for Zack (Andrew
Keegan), a fat farm for Gaby (Melody Kay) and drama camp for
Trish (Marne Paterson). Then Mud (Jonathan Jackson) has a
brainstorm. If they could somehow get their hands on the money
their parents are going to use to send them away, they could
rent their own camp. No rules, no stupid activities, no dumb
counselors--just eight weeks of unsupervised bliss.The history
of the teen summer camp movie is far from exalted, and the
opening moments of "Camp Nowhere" may make you fear
that it's another "Meatballs." Oddly enough, though,
it turns out to be nothing of the sort. Instead of the usual
coming-of-age coarseness, this celebration of kid power is a
rather tame affair. It's sweet, likable and even vaguely hip. read
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- User Comment, anonymous (at
IMDB.com)
Camp Nowhere is, if nothing else, a wonderful guide for actors
on how to play many parts in one movie. Christopher Lloyd does
a wonderful job playing at least 8 different characters. Each
is unique and believable as well as wonderfully comic.
Jonathan Jackson, best known for his role on General Hospital,
plays at least two other characters besides Mud Himmel. Both
do a wonderful job.
The movie itself is always teetering on the edge of formula
fare, but somehow manages to avoid falling in. Each time I
expect a formula solution, the movie surprises me with a new
and funny twist. Comic timing is wonderful and young Nathan
Cavaleri, who plays Steve, is the one on the guitar in
"Summertime Blues" and "Working on It."
Watch this movie!
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DARK
ANGEL (2000)
In a future of political,
economic and moral collapse, a genetically enhanced
superhuman prototype named Max escapes from military
confines and dwells amidst the decadent underground street
life of *Seattle* to avoid government agents who want to
bring her back into the fold. Searching for others of her
kind who were scattered in the aftermath of her escape,
Max encounters Logan Clarke, an idealistic
cyber-journalist battling repression and corruption
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post-apocalypse
America. Eventually, Logan calls her to the highest part
of her being and Max becomes his samurai as the pair takes
on the ruthless power-brokers of the new millennium. Max
and Logan's odyssey leads them closer to the secret of her
past, deepening and complicating their relationship in the
process.
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TOO
SOON FOR JEFF (1996)
Cast:
Jessica Alba
Teri Conn
Freddie Prince Jr NO
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FLIPPER
(1995)
Cast as:
Maya Graham 1995 -1996
In the 1995 season of the
new FLIPPER, the series is about Flipper and two teens and
two adults. Flipper is the "spiritual" anchor of
the series and interesting new-age-y background music
(female vocals) are often used to strengthen the
meta-dramatic connection of Flipper to the people. The
actors had GREAT and SPECIAL chemistry with each other and
it developed well and it became more fun to watch each new
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THE
SECRET WORLD OF ALEX MACK (1994)
Cast as:
Jessica 1994-1995
Alex Mack is your
typical, ordinary 13-year-old who lives with her
"genius" sister Annie, her mom Barbara, &
her dad George who is a scientist at the town's chemical
plant. On Alex's first day of junior high, everything goes
wrong, including being humiliated by the most popular girl
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While
walking home depressed, Alex is almost hit by a truck from
the chemical plant that spills a secret & illegal
chemical all over her. As a result, she develops the
abilities to move objects telekinetically, shoot electric
zaps through her fingertips, "morph" into a
puddle of liquid, & glow when she gets nervous. Her
sister & best friend Ray are the only ones who know
about it. With there help, she must keep her powers a
secret in fear of becoming the Plant's guinea pig.
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