One Hour Photo (2002)

“We fear things because we’ve experienced them.” – Sy

Sy Parrish (Robin Williams  Insomnia, Good Will Hunting) loves his job at the one hour photo center in “SavMart”, perhaps a little too much. After developing pictures for many people day after day for fifteen years, he begins forming an attachment with the Yorkin’s who’ve been bringing their pictures to him for years. But after getting fired from his job, he yearns for the family’s love and discovers they’re not the people he thought they were. Disillusioned, he sets out to seek revenge on them.

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The Opportunists (2000)

Victor Kelly (Christopher Walken  Catch me if you can, Deer Hunter) is an ex – con from Queens who’s out of luck running an auto shop that basically being driven into the ground. One day a mysterious Irish relative appears claiming he’s related to him. However, he is soon lured back into crime by he and two other eager security and, left without any options, he decides to plan a heist to rob a low – security bank.

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O (2001)

In a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s “Othello”, this controversial movie starring Mekhei Pfeiffer (ER, 8 Mile), Josh Hartnett, and Julia Stiles. This movie was supposed to be released back in ’99 but due to the school shootings in Columbine, it was shelved by the studio for a couple of years and re- released yet again in 2001.

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Osmosis Jones (2001)

In the movie, Frank (Bill Murray  Stripes, Caddyshack) is a mega-slob who really doesn’t care how he lives, but there lies a world in that greasy oily body of his. When he eats a hard-boiled egg that dropped on the floor, he accidentally eats a lethal Tony Montana-esque germ by the name of Thrax (Laurence Fishburne  The Matrix). Now, a white blood cell named Osmosis Jones (Chris Rock  SNL, Head of State) and a cold pill named Drix (David-Hyde Pierce  Frasier) must stop the germ from killing Frank. But can they catch him in time?

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Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

Steven Soderbergh directs an all-star cast in this stylish and dazzling remake of the “Rat Pack” cult fav. In the movie, George Clooney takes over for Frank Sinatra and plays Daniel Ocean, an ex-con who just got out of the slammer; he reunites with his old friend Rusty, a card shark. Now, they attempting a huge casino robbery at the risk of being busted by Casino mob boss/guru Terry Benedict. Danny will assemble eleven of the most skillful and greatest criminals and corrupt the biggest casino and robbery in history. This is an excellent and (dare I say) superior remake to the classic movie of same name. We’ll start with Soderbergh’s directing style. Soderbergh has proven he is a film maker of many flavors in his directing power when directing movies.

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The Others (2001)

the_othersAlejandro Amenábar’s “The Others” is a surprise in a year filled with tepid, tripe we get over-hyped force-fed at the box-office. “The Others” is a very sophisticated anecdote of complex and well paced horror in a time where horror has plodded. The atmosphere and Gothic aesthetic feels like classic supernatural horror in the vein of Robert Wise’s “The Haunting,” with reliance on old school horror devices and unique elements of mystery and ambiguity rather than full CGI.

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