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July 31' 01: Lahore-- there has been a lot happening on the movie front. I have been slightly behind the movies' scene though. I have got to catch up quick--so much to see, so little time! Here's a list of some of the movies I saw this summer. It is by no means a complete list...its a work in progress.

Hannibal--an okay movie. A bit gruesome in places. It wasn't as good as the first - "Silence of the lambs". They left a place right at the end for another sequel. Dr. Hannibal the Cannibal was still chilling to watch in action though.

Someone like you--soppy/romantic comedy. Boy meets girl. Boy dumps girl. Girl heartbroken--forms cow theory. Becomes famous. Finds true love with boy next door. Understands finally people are not cows. An okay movie. Good for a few laughs.

Evolution--David Duchovny, J. Moore--alien protoplasm lands on earth with a meteor shower...this spawns a whole new evolution of life. This is worse than alien invasion. The only way to kill this new life is to use head and shoulders shampoo! Funny and satirical. Pokes fun at Darwin's evolution theory. I enjoyed it.

Mummy returns--action. Felt like a roller coaster ride. Enjoy. Not bad for a sequel. Saw it three times. Loved the action. Felt sorry for the mummy. Poor thing. His girl friend dumps him right at the end. They could have done better than that.

Lara Croft--Tomb raider: action, thriller. A few original action sequences. Script is okay too. Not bad as far as video games to live movie action goes.

American sweethearts--poor fat younger sister gets her man when she loses weight. An okay film I guess. I am not sure what I am supposed to think--it wasn't really all that funny even though Billy Crystal tried so hard. Good acting though. Everyone did a good job. Weak story.

Shrek--funny and entertaining : unexpected end. Not your usual fairy tale...

Heartbreakers--funny. Good script. Good acting.

Legally Blonde--It was a typical movie about teenage, peer pressure, school, and life but what the heck, I loved the movie. I liked the tongue in cheek humor. Good fun.

More later...

The American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Movies

The American Film Institute selected the 100 Great Movies which represent some of the best films of all time. Selections were awarded by vote by members of the American Film Institute. Movie fans have their own favorite movies, but almost everyone will agree that these movies span nearly 75 years of movie making history and each movie is worth

viewing and viewing and . . .

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

2. Casablanca (1942)

3. The Godfather (1972)

4. Gone With The Wind (1939)

5. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

6. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

7. The Graduate (1967)

8. On The Waterfront (1954)

9. Schindler's List (1993)

10. Singin' In The Rain (1952)

11. IT'S (1946)

12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

13. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)

14. Some Like It Hot (1959)

15. Star Wars (1977)

16. All About Eve (1950)

17. The African Queen (1951)

18. Psycho (1960)

19. Chinatown (1974)

20. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

21. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)

22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

24. Raging Bull (1980)

25. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

26. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

27. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)

28. Apocalypse Now (1979)

29. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

30. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)

31. Annie Hall (1977)

32. The Godfather Part II (1974)

33. High Noon (1952)

34. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

35. It Happened One Night (1934)

36. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

37. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

38. Double Indemnity (1944)

39. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

40. North By Northwest (1959)

41. West Side Story (1961)

42. Rear Window (1954)

43. King Kong (1933)

44. The Birth Of A Nation (1915)

45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

46. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

47. Taxi Driver (1976)

48. Jaws (1975)

49. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)

50. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

51. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

52. From Here To Eternity (1953)

53. Amadeus (1984)

54. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

55. The Sound Of Music (1965)

56. M*A*S*H (1970)

57. The Third Man (1949)

58. Fantasia (1940)

59. Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

60. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

61. Vertigo (1958)

62. Tootsie (1982)

63. Stagecoach (1939)

64. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)

65. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

66. Network (1976)

67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

68. An American In Paris (1951)

69. Shane (1953)

70. The French Connection (1971)

71. Forrest Gump (1994)

72. Ben-Hur (1959)

73. Wuthering Heights (1939)

74. The Gold Rush (1925)

75. Dances With Wolves (1990)

76. City Lights (1931)

77. American Graffiti (1973)

78. Rocky (1976)

79. The Deer Hunter (1978)

80. The Wild Bunch (1969)

81. Modern Times (1936)

82. Giant (1956)

83. Platoon (1986)

84. Fargo (1996)

85. Duck Soup (1933)

86. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)

87. Frankenstein (1931)

88. Easy Rider (1969)

89. Patton (1970)

90. The Jazz Singer (1927)

91. My Fair Lady (1964)

92. A Place In The Sun (1951)

93. The Apartment (1960)

94. Goodfellas (1990)

95. Pulp Fiction (1994)

96. The Searchers (1956)

97. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

98. Unforgiven (1992)

99. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)