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On the Big Screen
Aired March 14, 2003 - 10:54 ET
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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: That clip was from the "Hunted." Is it worth your time and money? Let's put that question to Mr. Moviefone, also known to some as Russ Leatherman. Good morning. Good to have you with us.
Let's whip right through these . "The Hunted" -- does Tommy Lee Jones play anything but a special agent?
RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Well, I can tell you we've certainly seen this before. He plays an ex-CIA trainer, a sniper trainer and Benicio Del Toro is his old protege who is a killer and who snaps and decides that he's going to kill deer hunters because they're mean to deer, I guess, and then Tommy Lee Jones has to hunt him down. This is something we've seen before. It's getting a little tired, frankly.
It's not a bad movie, but it's not great, so you might want to check something else out.
KAGAN: I will be moving past that one. If that's not good enough for bad dreams, how about rats, like in "Willard."
LEATHERMAN: Finally a movie we can sink our teeth into, a movie with some bite. I'm telling you, you're going to like "Willard."
KAGAN: I am not seeing it. I am telling you.
LEATHERMAN: I'm telling you, Daryn. This is a movie with more rats than you've ever seen in your life. And Crispin Glover plays the lead, he plays "Willard," he is fantastic in this movie. He's maybe the weirdest dude in Hollywood, which plays perfectly into this movie. It's kind of Hitchcock-y, kind of early Tim Burton, and it's a good time. Everybody's looking to get away from everything, go check out a movie. This is a good one to go see. You're going to like it.
KAGAN: I'm not even looking at the screen while that video is up.
LEATHERMAN: Come on.
KAGAN: Nope.
Now I can turn back. Here's one for family, "Agent Cody Banks."
LEATHERMAN: "Agent Cody Banks," this is a no harm, no foul kind of movie. Frankie Muniz is a good actor. This is kind of a "Spy Kids" knockoff. We've seen all of it before. But there's not a lot of stuff out there for the kids right now, so this is a perfectly decent movie to take the family to and get away for a couple hours. Personally, I would go for the rats, but you may like this one, I don't know.
KAGAN: I'll go for the junior CIA agent, how about that, and we can all get along.
LEATHERMAN: Like I said, there are a lot of war stuff going on. The movies are great thing to escape to, so go check out a movie.
And I'll see you next week, because you know it's the last week before the Oscars. If you want to check out one of the contenders you might want to do that because we're running out of time.
KAGAN: I think I've seen everything, but we will see you next week out there. Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, thank you so much.
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Aired March 14, 2003 - 10:54 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: That clip was from the "Hunted." Is it worth your time and money? Let's put that question to Mr. Moviefone, also known to some as Russ Leatherman. Good morning. Good to have you with us.
Let's whip right through these . "The Hunted" -- does Tommy Lee Jones play anything but a special agent?
RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Well, I can tell you we've certainly seen this before. He plays an ex-CIA trainer, a sniper trainer and Benicio Del Toro is his old protege who is a killer and who snaps and decides that he's going to kill deer hunters because they're mean to deer, I guess, and then Tommy Lee Jones has to hunt him down. This is something we've seen before. It's getting a little tired, frankly.
It's not a bad movie, but it's not great, so you might want to check something else out.
KAGAN: I will be moving past that one. If that's not good enough for bad dreams, how about rats, like in "Willard."
LEATHERMAN: Finally a movie we can sink our teeth into, a movie with some bite. I'm telling you, you're going to like "Willard."
KAGAN: I am not seeing it. I am telling you.
LEATHERMAN: I'm telling you, Daryn. This is a movie with more rats than you've ever seen in your life. And Crispin Glover plays the lead, he plays "Willard," he is fantastic in this movie. He's maybe the weirdest dude in Hollywood, which plays perfectly into this movie. It's kind of Hitchcock-y, kind of early Tim Burton, and it's a good time. Everybody's looking to get away from everything, go check out a movie. This is a good one to go see. You're going to like it.
KAGAN: I'm not even looking at the screen while that video is up.
LEATHERMAN: Come on.
KAGAN: Nope.
Now I can turn back. Here's one for family, "Agent Cody Banks."
LEATHERMAN: "Agent Cody Banks," this is a no harm, no foul kind of movie. Frankie Muniz is a good actor. This is kind of a "Spy Kids" knockoff. We've seen all of it before. But there's not a lot of stuff out there for the kids right now, so this is a perfectly decent movie to take the family to and get away for a couple hours. Personally, I would go for the rats, but you may like this one, I don't know.
KAGAN: I'll go for the junior CIA agent, how about that, and we can all get along.
LEATHERMAN: Like I said, there are a lot of war stuff going on. The movies are great thing to escape to, so go check out a movie.
And I'll see you next week, because you know it's the last week before the Oscars. If you want to check out one of the contenders you might want to do that because we're running out of time.
KAGAN: I think I've seen everything, but we will see you next week out there. Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, thank you so much.
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