(Ehr J îo rtla n h (Dhserürr _______ Focus on Movies _______ _____________ April 18,2001
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Josie
B ridget
J o n es’s Diary and the
Synopsis: At the start o f the
New Year, 32-year-old “single-
ton” Bridget decides it’s tim e to
take control o f her life and starts
keeping a diary.
Now the most
p ro v o c a tiv e ,
erotic and hys
terical book on
her bedside table
is the one she’s
writing. With a
taste for adven
ture and an opin
ion on very sub
ject— from her
circle o f “smug
married” friends, to men, exer
cise, food, sex, and everything
in between— she’s turning a page
on a whole new life. Despite her
efforts to get her act together,
she finds herselfcaught between
two men: a man w ho’s too good
to be true, and a man w ho’s so
wrong, he could be right. M ean
while, her new employers think
she is nuts and her scatter-brained
friends are no help whatsoever.
G enre: Comedy
Rating: Rated R for language
and some strong sexuality.
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Pussycats
S y n o p s is : J o s ie le a d s a
b an d . T h ey d re s s lik e c a ts ,
a n d w h ile on to u r, th e y s o lv e
c rim e s , m y s te rie s a n d th e
l i k e . In t h i s s t o r y , t h e
P u s s y c a ts fin d th e m s e lv e s
b e in g u sed by a ty ra n n ic a l
re c o rd c o m p a n y m o g u l to
b ra in w a sh A m e r ic a ’s y o u th
in a plot to ta k e o v e r th e
w o rld . B ased on th e H a n n a
B a rb e ra an im ated T .V . series
“ J o s ie a n d th e P u s s y c a ts ”
w hich ran on C B S from 1970-
1976.
G e n re : A d ap tatio n / M usic
/L iv e -A c tio n
R a tin g : R ated P G -13 for
language and m ild sen su ality .
S y n o p sis: H e re 's a unique
sto ry for you. A y oung girl
nam ed Mi loses h er parents
and in h erits a large property
w ith a to w e r . A s tr a n g e
pokem on, A nnon, com es to M i
and helps h er o v ercom e her
g rie f by g ran tin g M i's desires
w ith special cry stals. W hen
she w ishes for a m other, A nnon
k idnaps one, b rin g in g the
w om an to th e tow er. But it
has beco m e a w orld o f illu-
sio n ary hap p in ess that lulls
p eo p le into com placency.
S a to s h i, th e y o u n g b o y
w hose m o th er has been k id
nap p ed , m ust sav e her and
break th e spell o f th e tow er.
G e n re : Sci-fi / A ction /A n i-
mation
R a tin g : G eneral audiences,
Synopsis: G regorio (B anderas) and Ingrid
(Gugino) are the tw o greatest secret
agents the w orld has ever known.
A fter their retirement, having ex
changed the adventure o f espio
nage forparenthood, Gregorio and
Ingrid Cortez are called back in to
action. W hen th eir form er co l
leagues, the w orld's most form idable
spies, start disappearing one by one, the
C ortez’s are
forced to take on techno-w izard Fegan Floop
(Curtlm ing) and his evil,
egg-headed sidekick, M inion (Shalhoub). But w hen the
unthinkable happens and they too disappear, there
are only tw o people in the world w ho can rescue
them ... their kids.
G enre: family / comedy / adventure
R ating: Rated PG Rated PG for action sequences.
C ast: Antonio Banderas, Alan Cumming, Carla
Gugino,Teri Hatcher, Tony Shalhoub, Daryl Sahara,
Alexa Vega, Cheech Marin.
C redits: Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Pro
duced by Elizabeth Avellan and Robert Rodriguez.
Written by Robert Rodriguez.
T heatrical Release D ate: March 30, 2001