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I admit that I don't particularly like Jennifer Love Hewitt. She has never before been able to leave behind her terrible role in the long suffering, now-defunct series "Party of Five." However, as Paige in "Heartbreakers," Hewitt is delightful. She and Sigourney Weaver play a mother-daughter con artist team who may be in trouble with the IRS if they don't make some money quickly. So, they go after a tobacco magnate who may be on the way out thanks to his own cigarettes. Gene Hackman is hilarious as Tensey, the tobacco king of phlegm. The real reason anyone should see this film, though, is Jason Lee as Jack. He's so adorble as the bartender Hewitt falls for/scams. Ray Liotta, who I haven't seen in a while, is really fun as the latest of Weaver's jilted husbands.

"Heartbreakers" is probably not for guys, unless they REALLY want to see Jennifer Love Hewitt in some VERY VERY short, tight dresses and high high heels. But for all you romantics, this is a must-see!

Brian Gibson's Still Crazy was not a film on my list. However, one afternoon I was channel surfing on a satellite dish and came across this AMAZING film about a 1970's rock & roll band who comes back together twenty years after their disasterous final concert. For keyboard player Tony (Stephen Rea), guitar player/backup singer Les (Jimmy Nail), lead singer Ray (Bill Nighy), drummer Beano (Timothy Spall), "road dog" Hughie (Billy Connolly), and manager Karen (Juliet Aubrey), a second chance is a God send. Unfortunately, they are lacking two players, Keith, who died of a drug overdose two years before the Strange Fruit's final concert, and Brian, his brother, a stunning guitar player who was the genious and the glue of the band. Still Crazy is a fabulous mixture of British comedy, damn fine music, and superb performances, especially by Bill Nighy as the pathetically egotistical Ray Simms. Helena Bergstrom is also hilarious as Ray's over-protective wife, Astrid. Watch especially for a couple of poignant scenes between Juliet Aubrey and Bruce Robinson, who appears in a touching cameo. Out of 10 stars, I give this hilarious and sweet rock & roll resurrection film a good, solid 10!

Bounce is an awful movie. I can think of about five ways to make this flick better without involving Jennifer Grey, Alcoholics Anonymous, a hearing, Johnny Galecki, and real estate.

Don't see it. It's a waste of 2 hours and Don Roos' talent.