Well, we got 4... yes count 'em 4 big movies opening this week, and what a varied selection we got... we've got movies about self discovery (AI), movies about life itself (Baby Boy)...Teen Drama (Crazy/Beautiful)... and...um... an MTV Outing (Pootie Tang). I predict AI to be this weeks big winner, I may expect to see Baby Boy and Crazy/Beautiful in the Top 5.... Pootie Tang... don't know, honestly... but it'll most likely be in the Top Ten, even if it's not for very long... And, to note: Baby Boy opens on Wednesday, where as the other 3 open on Friday....

Well, here's the run down on this weekend's flicks:

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
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Science Fiction/Fantasy and Drama.
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and violent images.

Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards and William Hurt.
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Bonnie Curtis.
Written by Steven Spielberg.

Distributor: Warner Brothers More Credits



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Release Date: June 29, 2001 Nationwide

Synopsis

Sometime in the distant future, after the polar icecaps have melted, major flooding has devastated most major cities and the world is now run by robots with highly sophisticated artificial intelligence. In the midst of it all stands one boy and a robotic teddy bear who long for something more...

Baby Boy (2001)
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Drama.
Rated R for strong sexuality, language, violence, and some drug use.

Starring: Tyrese Gibson, Ving Rhames, Omar Gooding, Taraji Henson and Calvin Broadus.
Directed by John Singleton.
Produced by John Singleton and Paul Hall.
Written by John Singleton.

Distributor: Columbia Tristar

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Release Date: June 27, 2001 Nationwide

Synopsis

From director John Singleton (BOYZ N THE HOOD) comes BABY BOY, starring Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Doggy Dog. The film picks up where BOYZ left off, following the daily life, relationships, and conflicts of a young man who's unemployed, living with his mother, with two love interests: his wife and his girlfriend.

crazy/beautiful (2001)
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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving teens, drug/alcohol content, sexuality and language.

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Taryn Manning, Keram Malicki-Sanchez and Bruce Davison.
Directed by John Stockwell.
Produced by Harry Ufland, Mary Jane Ufland and Rachel Pfeffer.
Written by Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay.

Distributor: Touchstone Pictures

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Release Date: June 29, 2001 Nationwide

Synopsis

Kirsten Dunst stars in this teen drama about a romance between two teenagers at an L.A. high school. Dunst plays a bored and rebellious rich girl. Her romantic interest, a hardworking poor kid from East L.A., is played by Jay Hernandez. Directed by John Stockwell, CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL proves the road to true love is often a rocky one.

Pootie Tang (2001)
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Comedy.
Rated PG-13 for sex related material, language and drug content.

Starring: Lance Crouther, Chris Rock, J.B. Smoove, J D Williams and Jennifer Coolidge.
Directed by Louis C.K..
Produced by Dave Becky, Ali LeRoi, Cotty Chubb, David Gale and Michael Rotenberg.
Written by Louis C.K..

Distributor: Paramount Pictures More Credits

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Release Date: June 29, 2001 Nationwide

Synopsis

In this comedy starring Chris Rock, children worship Pootie Tang, even though he has an odd speech impediment that makes him impossible to comprehend. Pootie Tang is determined to protect kids from an capitalizing pig, Dick Lecter, who tries to hook kids on bad habits like smoking and drinking.


....and that's all she wrote.