IN ISSUE # 613 OF FILM
REVIEW...
Film of the Month: The 51st
State
• He's short, but he's tough! Robert Carlyle swaps his Scottish accent
for a Scouse dialect while he helps Samuel L Jackson overcome all that
Liverpoool has to throw at him. Carlyle talks to us about his career so far, and where he
sees it going in the future
 The
Lord of the Rings
• The four Hobbits joining The Fellowship... reveal all on working
with visionary director Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood's unusual casting and why
being a bunch of Hobbits was so unique
• See also the current
Film Review Special
 The
Deep End
• Former objet d'art and transsexual immortal Tilda Swinton returns to the
big screen to star as a mother who has to juggle domestic dreariness with
saving her son from a blackmailer
 The Princess Diaries
• From strange singing nannie, via wholesome Nazi-fighting singing nannie,
to majestic, royal dancing granny! Screen legend Julie Andrews grants us an
audience about her latest movie
 Rock
Star
• Star of TV's Friends, also Mrs Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston talks
about going groupie manager in this Dec 28 (UK) release, opposite Mark
Wahlberg's long-haired lord of the larynx
| Reviews - your every film need catered
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More than 30 pages in all,
covering:
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January Movies:
22 brand new eclectic releases, including the above, except nobody's seen
Lord of the Rings yet...
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Our diligent section At
a Cinema Near You gives you the lowdown on more than 50 films still
showing in the UK at presstime
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone -
Yes, yes, we know you've seen this record-breaking hit, but now, at last, you
can find out what to think about it!
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19 pages of Home
Entertainment – reviewing the latest videos, books, CDs, DVDs...
including The Dish, The Wizard of Oz, Evolution and
Bridget Jones's Diary!
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Women Talking Dirty - A film that does exactly
ehat it says on the tin while telling the tale of a woman's husband who comes
between her and her friend. Stars Helena Bonham-Carter and Gina McKee
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Forthcoming Attractions:
Whet your appetite for the best of 2002's first movies including Vanilla
Sky, Cameron Crowe's follow-up to the smash Almost Famous. This
stars Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz as a pair of lost lovers who must
find each other again if they are to achieve happiness. Did somebody say
Serendipity?
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The Spy Game - Redford! Pitt! Together!! Again!!!
For about 30 seconds, anyway, in this star-studded spy thriller
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| Serendipity
• He played an everyman assassin in Grosse Pointe Blank, an
everyman record-store owner in High Fidelity, and now he's an everyman
sports producer destined to be with Kate Beckinsale. John Cusack on juggling
his art with the mainstream sensibilities of romantic comedy
Mean Machine
• Vinnie Jones takes the lead for the first time, in, er, a remake of a
'70s Burt Reynolds picture. A jailed former England international takes on the
Guards of his prison in a devastating game of footie… Vinnie and director
Barry Skolnick talk about getting him back on the pitch
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PLUS!
- Despatches:
Seven pages of the hottest movie news, including items on Nicolas Cage, Liam
Neeson in The Exorcist, Ridley Scott, Amelie's Audrey Tautou, and
Billy Elliot's Jamie Bell, while Joel Schumacher may return to vampirism
with a sequel to The Lost Boys…
- Brit at the Back: Danny
Dyer
Human Traffic's star on stepping out onto the sacred turf with Vinnie
Jones in Mean Machine
- Competitions
Win a fantastic selection of prizes, including a limited edition James Bond DVD
BoxSet, and no less than four DVD players. You can enter our competitions by
phone, e-mail or postcard (UK callers only)
- The Best Seat in the
House: How much?
James Cameron-Wilson begs to differ with certain stars who say they're worth
their weight in gold, before impresing us all with his grasp of the most
obscure movie trivia it is possible to know and still stay sane in Film Facts
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• Pictures
taken from this issue are copyright: New Line,
Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Buena Vista International, Warner Bros,
UIP, Columbia Tristar
• Features © Visual Imagination Ltd 2001. Not for
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