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'On the Big Screen'

Aired February 13, 2004 - 10:47   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.


DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are back together on the big screen in the romantic comedy "50 First Dates." Besides that, there are some Oscar contenders you might want to check out if you haven't already. Film reviewer Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, is here with his picks for weekend entertainment.
Russ, good morning. It's been a while.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": What's up, party girl?

KAGAN: Well, I'll tell you what's up? Valentine's Day. It's tomorrow.

LEATHERMAN: It's my birthday, by the way.

KAGAN: And it's your birthday?

LEATHERMAN: It is my birthday, so if you want to send a gift, I prefer jewelry, just so you know.

KAGAN: There you go. That's why you're such a romantic guy, Russ.

LEATHERMAN: All the bling-bling for me.

KAGAN: Yes, bling-bling for you.

Hey, I know you don't like the chick flicks, you don't like romantic comedies, but because tomorrow is Valentine's Day, we need to start with that, and what looks like an adorable movie with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler.

LEATHERMAN: Well, Drew Barrymore is adorable, and in fact really sort of saves this movie. She's fantastic. She's lovable. She's wonderful. You sort of just saw the movie. In the preview that we showed, he plays the average, everyday guy he always plays. She plays a Hawaiian who has short-term memory loss. He falls in love with her. Every first date is like a brand new date, and the romantic parts of this movie really work well. I really like the chemistry. He's a nice guy, she's a nice person, you can tell. But they always seem to go back to like the walrus puking on the person jokes, really the animal tricks, low-brow humor, and I really don't think they need that here.

KAGAN: You love that stuff, Russ.

LEATHERMAN: I do, but what's weird is I so like the romantic chemistry between these two, I felt like I was getting thrown out of the movie a little bit. It just seemed like they were throwing it in there for the 12 to 14-year-old boys, to make sure they go see the movie. I just wish they would have trusted the romance part of it a little more, but I liked it. These are two very sweet people in a sweet movie.

KAGAN: Russ, do me a favor. Put your hand up to your forehead. Are you feeling OK? You liked the romantic part of it, but you don't like the gross, teenage boy stuff. I don't know.

LEATHERMAN: I like it in context, Daryn, in context.

KAGAN: How about "The Dreamers?" What's that about? And do you like that?

LEATHERMAN: Well, this is a very interesting movie. This movie is rated NC-17, the first one in seven years. It's by Bernardo Bertolucci, and it's a story of these two French kids who are film buffs. They love film. Their lives revolve around. They meet this young American. All three get together in sort of this menage trois situation, only you discover that two of them are brother and sister. They're twins.

KAGAN: Oh, that' that's so lovely.

LEATHERMAN: Well, by the way, it's weird. The neat thing about this -- the neat thing about the incestuous movie. The thing about the movie is that you're sort of intrigued by it, it makes you think, it blurs the lines, and it's a thinking person's movie. You have to think about it more than really any other movie on the market right now.

Now the thing that amazes me, Daryn, this movie is rated NC-17. Quentin Tarantino can lob the heads off 50 people in 60 seconds, yet you show two wienies and a hoo-ha, and you get an NC-17.

KAGAN: I was waiting for us to cross the line. They're telling me I have 30 seconds left. A Lot of people are playing Oscar catchup. The Oscars on February 29th. If you go to the movies and if you rent a DVD, what are the two movies you should see before Oscar Sunday?

LEATHERMAN: You got to see "Lord of the Rings" at the theater, fantastic. It's certainly a contender. "Mystic River," you might want to go check that out. Really, one of those two movies will most likely win. And on DVD right now, you can go check out "Lost in Translation," which has a really longshot chance of winning the Oscar, but fantastic movie, Bill Murray doing his best work. So you can go rent that if you can't make to it the theater this weekend.

KAGAN: All right, thanks for the tips. Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone. Thank you, and you have a great weekend.

LEATHERMAN: Daryn, two wienies and a hoo-ha.

KAGAN: Yes, Yes. Go. Bye -- bye, bye, bye.

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Aired February 13, 2004 - 10:47   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are back together on the big screen in the romantic comedy "50 First Dates." Besides that, there are some Oscar contenders you might want to check out if you haven't already. Film reviewer Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, is here with his picks for weekend entertainment.
Russ, good morning. It's been a while.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": What's up, party girl?

KAGAN: Well, I'll tell you what's up? Valentine's Day. It's tomorrow.

LEATHERMAN: It's my birthday, by the way.

KAGAN: And it's your birthday?

LEATHERMAN: It is my birthday, so if you want to send a gift, I prefer jewelry, just so you know.

KAGAN: There you go. That's why you're such a romantic guy, Russ.

LEATHERMAN: All the bling-bling for me.

KAGAN: Yes, bling-bling for you.

Hey, I know you don't like the chick flicks, you don't like romantic comedies, but because tomorrow is Valentine's Day, we need to start with that, and what looks like an adorable movie with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler.

LEATHERMAN: Well, Drew Barrymore is adorable, and in fact really sort of saves this movie. She's fantastic. She's lovable. She's wonderful. You sort of just saw the movie. In the preview that we showed, he plays the average, everyday guy he always plays. She plays a Hawaiian who has short-term memory loss. He falls in love with her. Every first date is like a brand new date, and the romantic parts of this movie really work well. I really like the chemistry. He's a nice guy, she's a nice person, you can tell. But they always seem to go back to like the walrus puking on the person jokes, really the animal tricks, low-brow humor, and I really don't think they need that here.

KAGAN: You love that stuff, Russ.

LEATHERMAN: I do, but what's weird is I so like the romantic chemistry between these two, I felt like I was getting thrown out of the movie a little bit. It just seemed like they were throwing it in there for the 12 to 14-year-old boys, to make sure they go see the movie. I just wish they would have trusted the romance part of it a little more, but I liked it. These are two very sweet people in a sweet movie.

KAGAN: Russ, do me a favor. Put your hand up to your forehead. Are you feeling OK? You liked the romantic part of it, but you don't like the gross, teenage boy stuff. I don't know.

LEATHERMAN: I like it in context, Daryn, in context.

KAGAN: How about "The Dreamers?" What's that about? And do you like that?

LEATHERMAN: Well, this is a very interesting movie. This movie is rated NC-17, the first one in seven years. It's by Bernardo Bertolucci, and it's a story of these two French kids who are film buffs. They love film. Their lives revolve around. They meet this young American. All three get together in sort of this menage trois situation, only you discover that two of them are brother and sister. They're twins.

KAGAN: Oh, that' that's so lovely.

LEATHERMAN: Well, by the way, it's weird. The neat thing about this -- the neat thing about the incestuous movie. The thing about the movie is that you're sort of intrigued by it, it makes you think, it blurs the lines, and it's a thinking person's movie. You have to think about it more than really any other movie on the market right now.

Now the thing that amazes me, Daryn, this movie is rated NC-17. Quentin Tarantino can lob the heads off 50 people in 60 seconds, yet you show two wienies and a hoo-ha, and you get an NC-17.

KAGAN: I was waiting for us to cross the line. They're telling me I have 30 seconds left. A Lot of people are playing Oscar catchup. The Oscars on February 29th. If you go to the movies and if you rent a DVD, what are the two movies you should see before Oscar Sunday?

LEATHERMAN: You got to see "Lord of the Rings" at the theater, fantastic. It's certainly a contender. "Mystic River," you might want to go check that out. Really, one of those two movies will most likely win. And on DVD right now, you can go check out "Lost in Translation," which has a really longshot chance of winning the Oscar, but fantastic movie, Bill Murray doing his best work. So you can go rent that if you can't make to it the theater this weekend.

KAGAN: All right, thanks for the tips. Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone. Thank you, and you have a great weekend.

LEATHERMAN: Daryn, two wienies and a hoo-ha.

KAGAN: Yes, Yes. Go. Bye -- bye, bye, bye.

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