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Directed by Tim Story
Starring Cedric the Entertainer, Ice Cube
Delivering a great cast and a solid plot. The
Barbershop is worth more than the cost ol a
shave and a haircut. Cedric the Entertainer gives
a wonderful performance by carrying the
comedic weight of the movie while simultane
ously playing the role of mentor. Ice Cube, one
of today’s most underrated actors, also delivers a
strong perfonnance. The supporting cast includ
ing Sean Patrick Thomas and rapper Eve, who
provides a solid performance.
In this film. Ice Cube’s character, Calvin,
feels weighed down and chained to the barber
shop that he inherited from his father. He teels
as though he is being held captive by his South
Side Chicago barbershop until he sells it to a
crooked business man. It is only then that Calvin
is able to see the value of the it as a community
treasure. From this point on, Calvin opens his
eyes to the everyday events going on in the bar
bershop, thus increasing the value of it in his
eyes. He then struggles to find a way to regain
his inheritance.
The beauty of this movie lies in the conversa
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the barbershop. Another delightful surprise is
that The Barbershop manages to avoid cliched
characters and plot lines. Through the dialogue
of its characters. The Barbershop creates a story
that anyone can relate to while creating a place
that is somehow familiar to its audience. This is a
movie that is definitely worth seeing in theaters
and adding to the home viewing selection when it
comes out on DVD and VHS.
comedic timing, Witherspoon proves you re
can take the girl out of the South, but never-
the South out of the girl.
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date movie that is sure to leave viewers with
smile and thoughts of finding that one true
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Swimfan
Twentieth Century Fox
Directed by John Poison
Starring Erika Christensen,
Jesse Bradford
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Sweet Home Alabama
Touchstone Pictures
Directed by Andy Tennant
Starring Reese Witherspoon
The war between the North and the South has
never fully ended, and in Sweet Home Alabama it
chooses Melanie Carmichael’s (Reese
Witherspoon) love life as its newest battlefield.
After becoming engaged to Andrew (Patrick
Dempsey) in New York City, Melanie must return
home to Alabama to divorce her husband Jake
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thing about. Back on her home territory, Melanie
finds her past and future colliding in this roman
tic comedy.
Having not been home in seven years,
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ly and the past she’d tried to leave behind. She
ends up torn between the sophisticated New York
fashion designer she has become and the down-
home trouble-maker she used to be, complete
with the men each life includes.
Witherspoon brings an honesty to this charac
ter that has rightfully earned her the title of
“America’s New Sweetheart.” With excellent
A movie labeled by critics as "FatalAtm:
in a high school setting,” Swimfan strugglesioi
afloat.
Beo Cronin (Jesse Bradford), a starswin®
with the perfect girlfriend (Shiri Appleby),fo.
himself in trouble after cheating on her withm
new girl in school, Madison Bell (Erika
Christensen). Unfortunately for Ben, thesecra
lover turns out to be an ob^issive psycho.
The plot is fairly predictable - psycho gets
rejected by boy. psycho tries to ruin boy’s life
add more fuel to the fire. Ben was a drug-abu;;
thief before becoming a Stanford-worthy athki
making it easier for Madison to pull off herev
schemes.
Swimfan has some awkward lines and as-'
lack of depth, turning some of the apparentli
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laughs.
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