“I live my life a quarter mile at a time”
The Scoop: 2001 PG-13, directed by Rob Cohen and starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster
Tagline: Live life 1/4 mile at a time
Summary Capsule: Fast cars, good-looking people and a floss thin plot: It’s a HIT!
“For those of you lucky enough to leave with your lives, go! But leave your limbs! They belong to me!”
The Scoop: 2003 R, directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, and Darryl Hannah
Tagline: In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will kill Bill
Summary Capsule: Murdered bride miraculously recuperates just in time to open up a can of seriously vengeful, worldwide whoop ass.
“That’s not possible! I saw what happened! We all saw what happened!”
The Scoop: 2003 R, directed by James Mangold and starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, and Jake Busey
Tagline: Identity is a secret. Identity is a mystery. Identity is a killer.
Summary Capsule: One party-swinging motel hosts The Annual Butler Did It Convention
“Ginger! You’re ovulating!”
The Scoop: 2000 NR, directed by John Fawcett and starring Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, and Mimi Rogers
Tagline: Ginger Snaps….AND Bites
Summary Capsule: Two girls face werewolf shagginess in this horror coming-of-age story
“Death by stereo!”
The Scoop: 1987 R, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, and Kiefer Sutherland
Tagline: Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire.
Summary Capsule: A stud (Jason Patric) and his yuppie younger brother (Corey Haim) move into a town overrun by vampires.
“When you pull on that jersey, the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back.”
The Scoop: 2004 PG, directed Gavin O’Connor and starring Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich, and Sean McCann
Tagline: If you believe in yourself, anything can happen.
Summary Capsule: Disney-drenched version of one of the greatest moments in American sports history.
“Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world I feel like I can’t take it, like my heart’s going to cave in.”
The Scoop: 1999 R, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch and Wes Bentley
Tagline: …look closer
Summary Capsule: One man goes on a journey of self-discovery and minimum-wage jobs in the last year of his life.
“Don’t go mistaking paradise for a pair of long legs.”
The scoop: 1987 PG-13, directed by Howard Deutch and starring Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson and Mary Stuart Masterson.
Tagline: Before they could stand together, they had to stand alone.
Summary Capsule: Pretty in Pink, only better.
“Please make me a real boy?”
The Scoop: 2001 PG-13, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt and Frances O’Connor
Tagline: David is 11 years old. He weighs 60 pounds. He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. He has brown hair. His love is real. But he is not.
Summary Capsule: Deserted by adopted parents, little robot boy goes on a quest to bore us all.
“We’ve got a blind date with destiny. And it looks like she’s ordered the lobster.”
The Scoop: 1999 PG-13, directed by Kinka Usher and starring Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, and William H. Macy
Tagline: We’re not your classic heroes, we’re the other guys.
Summary Capsule: 3, no, 5, no, 6, no 7 super zeroes take on a supervillain who employs disco dancers… funky!
