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'On the Big Screen'

Aired December 12, 2003 - 10:50   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: No, no Viagra.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I just need to be sure, because I put nitroglycerin in your drip, and if you had taken Viagra, the combination could be fatal.

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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: The new film "Something's Gotta Give" is one of the new movies out this weekend, and Russ Leatherman, AKA Mr. Moviefone is with us now from Los Angeles to review it and a few other holiday releases.

Hey, Russ. That was a pretty funny clip.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Hey, Heidi, how is it going?

COLLINS: Collins.

LEATHERMAN: It is a pretty funny clip. He plays -- we are talking about "Something's Gotta Give," Jack Nicholson plays a Viagra- popping music executive, who will date nothing but women half his age or a third his age. There you see Amanda Peet, and she plays his girlfriend. They go out to the beach cottage, they start sort of having a little funny business, he has a heart attack, and she, Diane Keaton, has to then nurse him back to health, and he discovers all the wonders and beauty of an older woman, and comes to appreciate her.

This is really Diane Keaton's movie. She does a really, really good job. Jack Nicholson is sort of doing the thing he always does.

The movie is by Nancy Myers (ph), who did "What Women Want" and "The Parent Trap," so she sort of knows hot to make these movies work, so it's a nice, romantic comedy.

I have to tell you, though, there are some boobies in this movie, but sadly, they are Jack Nicholson's, but that's a whole different deal, you really couldn't tell the difference.

It's a really nice romantic comedy, not great, but it's OK. So go check it out.

COLLINS: OK, very good. What about the next one, "Stuck on You," anything good here? LEATHERMAN: Well, this is the Farrelly Brothers, who have really become the experts at mixing sort of this off-color humor sort of stuff with nice sentiment. It is Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear. They play conjoined twins, who are stuck together, obviously. They live in this small town. One of them wants to be an actor and go to the big city, Hollywood, and make it big, and it's sort of a one-note movie. I mean, this is what you see. But it's amazingly funny in a way that only the Farrellys can do. They did "Something About Mary," "Dumb and Dumber," "Shallow Hal." They really figured out how to take these sort of crass subject matters or taboo subject matters, and really make them heartwarming.

So I didn't love this movie, but I thought it was pretty funny. So if you are up to a good laugh, I say stuck on you is a good one to check out.

COLLINS: Russ, we always have a lot of funny movies out this time of year. I mean, "Elf" is out there right now, too. It seems like a lot of comedy.

LEATHERMAN: There is a lot of comedy. You know, I love this time of year, because there's comedy, there is "Elf," there's "Stuck on You," "Bad Santa" I thought was a really funny movie.

But there is also the very serious dramas. You've got "21 Grams," you've got all of the big, epic motion pictures out there. So it's really a fantastic time for movies, and I should mention that Wednesday, the mother of all movies, comes out. We're talking about "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King." This movie is fantastic. We can talk more about that later, but it's just -- it's really unbelievable fantasy moviemaking. It's sort of a nerd alert. You're going to be sitting next to the biggest group of goofballs you've ever sat with in your life.

But aside from that, the movie is unbelievably good. It's three and a half hours long, so it's a tad bit long, but people who have loved the franchise are going to love this movie. We'll talk more about that next week.

COLLINS: All right, sounds very good. A lot of people are going to be checking out the movies, I'm sure. Russ Leatherman, thanks so much for your time today. Sure do appreciate it.

LEATHERMAN: You're welcome. Have a great weekend.

COLLINS: All right. You, too.

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Aired December 12, 2003 - 10:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: No, no Viagra.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I just need to be sure, because I put nitroglycerin in your drip, and if you had taken Viagra, the combination could be fatal.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: The new film "Something's Gotta Give" is one of the new movies out this weekend, and Russ Leatherman, AKA Mr. Moviefone is with us now from Los Angeles to review it and a few other holiday releases.

Hey, Russ. That was a pretty funny clip.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Hey, Heidi, how is it going?

COLLINS: Collins.

LEATHERMAN: It is a pretty funny clip. He plays -- we are talking about "Something's Gotta Give," Jack Nicholson plays a Viagra- popping music executive, who will date nothing but women half his age or a third his age. There you see Amanda Peet, and she plays his girlfriend. They go out to the beach cottage, they start sort of having a little funny business, he has a heart attack, and she, Diane Keaton, has to then nurse him back to health, and he discovers all the wonders and beauty of an older woman, and comes to appreciate her.

This is really Diane Keaton's movie. She does a really, really good job. Jack Nicholson is sort of doing the thing he always does.

The movie is by Nancy Myers (ph), who did "What Women Want" and "The Parent Trap," so she sort of knows hot to make these movies work, so it's a nice, romantic comedy.

I have to tell you, though, there are some boobies in this movie, but sadly, they are Jack Nicholson's, but that's a whole different deal, you really couldn't tell the difference.

It's a really nice romantic comedy, not great, but it's OK. So go check it out.

COLLINS: OK, very good. What about the next one, "Stuck on You," anything good here? LEATHERMAN: Well, this is the Farrelly Brothers, who have really become the experts at mixing sort of this off-color humor sort of stuff with nice sentiment. It is Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear. They play conjoined twins, who are stuck together, obviously. They live in this small town. One of them wants to be an actor and go to the big city, Hollywood, and make it big, and it's sort of a one-note movie. I mean, this is what you see. But it's amazingly funny in a way that only the Farrellys can do. They did "Something About Mary," "Dumb and Dumber," "Shallow Hal." They really figured out how to take these sort of crass subject matters or taboo subject matters, and really make them heartwarming.

So I didn't love this movie, but I thought it was pretty funny. So if you are up to a good laugh, I say stuck on you is a good one to check out.

COLLINS: Russ, we always have a lot of funny movies out this time of year. I mean, "Elf" is out there right now, too. It seems like a lot of comedy.

LEATHERMAN: There is a lot of comedy. You know, I love this time of year, because there's comedy, there is "Elf," there's "Stuck on You," "Bad Santa" I thought was a really funny movie.

But there is also the very serious dramas. You've got "21 Grams," you've got all of the big, epic motion pictures out there. So it's really a fantastic time for movies, and I should mention that Wednesday, the mother of all movies, comes out. We're talking about "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King." This movie is fantastic. We can talk more about that later, but it's just -- it's really unbelievable fantasy moviemaking. It's sort of a nerd alert. You're going to be sitting next to the biggest group of goofballs you've ever sat with in your life.

But aside from that, the movie is unbelievably good. It's three and a half hours long, so it's a tad bit long, but people who have loved the franchise are going to love this movie. We'll talk more about that next week.

COLLINS: All right, sounds very good. A lot of people are going to be checking out the movies, I'm sure. Russ Leatherman, thanks so much for your time today. Sure do appreciate it.

LEATHERMAN: You're welcome. Have a great weekend.

COLLINS: All right. You, too.

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