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	Josie and the Pussycats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Josie and the Pussycats (comic), also titled She's Josie or Josie, a comic book produced by Archie Comics from 1963 to 1982.
		Josie and the Pussycats (album), a short-lived bubblegum pop music group that recorded songs for both the show and a Capitol Records LP in 1970.
		Josie and the Pussycats (film), a live-action motion picture which was released in 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Josie_and_the_Pussycats (206 words)

	Josie and the Pussycats (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Josie and the Pussycats is a 2001 comedy film released by Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
		Josie soon realizes that the music has subliminal messages, and with Val and Mel, go to the studio to investigate, where their suspicions are confirmed.
		Josie and the Pussycats are based in Midvale in the comics, not Riverdale (home town of Archie and the gang) as portrayed in the movie.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Josie_and_the_Pussycats_(movie) (931 words)

	DVD Review: Josie and the Pussycats
		"Josie and the Pussycats", in this time period where pop music rules the charts, may not have been as bad of an idea as it sounded like it was going to be.
		SOUND: "Josie and the Pussycats" is presented in both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio, but the movie itself is rather lacking in sound use overall and neither format provides a really engaging surround-sound experience.
		Final Thoughts: "Josie and the Pussycats" could maybe have been a sharp, funny film in the hands of different filmmakers and it's unfortunate that Elfont and Kaplan haven't seemed to build upon their previous effort.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews3/josiedvd.html (1290 words)

	DVD Review: Josie and the Pussycats
		Josie and the Pussycats is the story of three girls who play in a local rock band who haven’t quite made the big time yet.
		Josie and the Pussycats isn‘t a particular good film but I don‘t think it deserves the harsh rap it got from critics during it‘s theatrical release either.
		Josie and the Pussycats is based on an Archie Comic book series of the same name and being such there are a few characters who are in the movie just because they were in the comic.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviewsmark/josiedvd2.html (2741 words)

	DVD Review - Josie And The Pussycats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Josie and the Pussycats soon discover a sinister plan by Fiona and Wyatt, which threatens the world, but more importantly, may tear apart the band.
		The film is presented in an anamorphic widescreen and has been letterboxed at 1.85:1.
		I don’t know if this was their intention, but I came away from this commentary with the impression that "Josie and the Pussycats" was a low-budget film, where nothing was properly planned, and the producer wound up directing half of the movie.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/josie_and_the_pussycats.shtml (1834 words)

	Metaphilm - Josie and the Pussycats
		Josie is so bold as to state plainly that Fiona is not a lone madwoman but a mere agent of the U.S. government, which is the driving force behind her schemes.
		Josie recognizes this fact by presenting the business/media conspiracy as the work not simply of a cabal of sinister gray suits (as in the similar film Zoolander), but as a policy of the United States government to keep the economy going—and, by implication, to perpetuate the consumer culture that is accepted and expected by Americans.
		Josie and the Pussycats says to America and a world facing the triumph of consumer capitalism that the future depends on human wisdom, not on political or economic revolution.
	metaphilm.com /philms/josie.html (1313 words)

	Josie
		A spin-off from the Archie comic book series, Josie and The Pussycats is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon along the lines of Scooby Doo, an early 1970s attempt to cash in on the youth market.
		Josie, a clean-cut redhead, is the leader of a trio of rockin' teen girls, and the frequent victim of jealous rival Alexandra.
		Josie is played by Rachael Leigh Cook in the 2001 feature film version of Josie and the Pussycats.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/josie.html (197 words)

	JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
		The film, which is surprisingly funny, begins at an airport where the world's hottest boy band is being mobbed by their squealing teenage fans as they board their private jet.
		Enter The Pussycats, a struggling band from Riverdale (it was Midvale in the comic, but who's counting) who perform to unenthusiastic bowlers at the local alley.
		Films that make product placement integral to the plot (like Mystery, Alaska) think they've found a way around being labeled as sellouts, but their activity is completely shameful.
	www.sick-boy.com /josie.htm (613 words)

	JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
		I understand I may be somewhat out of the demographic for this film, but if it wasn't made for me – someone who actually saw and loved the original cartoon – it's attempt at satire is surely going to be lost on those still affected by Brittny and her teenage counterparts.
		The film begins with the juxtaposition of Josie and the Pussycats local Riverdale gig where no one shows up and the arrival of boy band of the moment Du Jour as they kick off their concert tour in Riverdale.
		Josie tries to inject reason into the proceedings, but the chance to be rock stars is just too exciting to turn down.
	crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsJ/f_josie.html (1150 words)

	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Josie and the Pussycats
		In 1970, Hanna-Barbera did an animated version for CBS that tweaked the concept a little — Josie and her friends formed a rock'n'roll band and went on tour, having adventures and solving mysteries wherever they stopped.
		Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space was basically the same show, but with a slight change of venue.
		They were being adapted into a live-action feature film with Rachel Leigh Cook in the title role (it was released April 11, 2001, and subsequently forgotten), and the 80-year-old cartoonist demanded his financial due as Josie's creator.
	www.toonopedia.com /josiepus.htm (628 words)

	Movie Spoiler for the film - Josie and the Pussycats
		The Pussycats have been playing in a local bowling alley where no one listens to them and as they’re leaving, they are almost hit by a van being driven by Alan Cummings.
		Josie and the Pussycats go to New York where they are already a hit.
		Josie is on stage with her boyfriend and the Pussycats.
	www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/josieandthepussycats.html (723 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Josie and the Pussycats"- Comments1
		A comic masterpiece of its generation, Josie and the Pussycats, based on that cartoon series (lightly), pokes so much fun at today's teens and pop culture, you would be surprised a major studio agreed to release it.
		Josie and the Pussycats was about as good as it could have been.
		Josie and the Pussycats was at its best as a very funny satire of how disposable the current era of bubble gum teen pop culture is. The movie lost steam whenever the hackneyed moralizing that one has to believe in one's self and "we all just want to belong" was in the forefront.
	www.joblo.com /josieandthepussycats1.htm (2127 words)

	Comics2Film: Josie and the Pussycats
		Josie and the Pussycats was written and directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan.
		Josie and the Pussycats, which is due in theaters on April 11, will get a boost from internet video kiosks in 32 shopping malls across the U.S. The Centerlinq system, which provides touch-screen access to the Internet will be used to promote the movie.
		Josie, Melody and Val are three small town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top -- while remaining true to their own look, style and sound.
	www.comics2film.com /Josie.shtml (1830 words)

	Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
		Plot: Josie McCoy and her two friends Melody and Valerie are struggling to make it as a rock group, Josie and the Pussycats.
		But unknown to the Pussycats, the record company head Fiona has really found a means of brainwashing today's youth into compulsively buying by placing subliminals in the music and has evil intentions for the Pussycats.
		Although in a film like this which has used the same tactics to sell itself you aren't entirely sure whether the film is being subversive, whether it doesn't see the apparent double standard, or that it is just being ironic.
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/josie&pussycats.htm (649 words)

	EI > Reviews > Josie and the Pussycats (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It's difficult to consider Josie and the Pussycats a true remake because the characters are of such insignificant origin that you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who is substantially aware of it.
		Josie and the Pussycats is still a fun movie -- probably more fun than you think it is -- given all of the weighty, unwieldy themes that Kaplan and Elfont have set out to incorporate into their film.
		This may be why their last film to attempt to subvert teenage culture, the 1998 romantic comedy Can't Hardly Wait, was more successful -- because it focused on a smaller, more primal ritual of teenage living, the last hurrah of senior year of high school.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/archives/josieandthepussycats.php (823 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Josie and the Pussycats
		What Josie doesn't realise is her music has been laced with subliminal messages in a secret government plot to control teen trends.
		Anyone who has watched ten minutes of MTV will appreciate the movie's satirical barbs, and the risible Du Jour (deftly played by "Buffy" 's Seth Green and Breckin Meyer, among others) is a brilliant parody that will have the Backstreet Boys consulting their lawyers.
		"Josie and the Pussycats" is released in UK cinemas on Friday 24th August 2001.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2001/08/07/josie_and_the_pussycats_2001_review.shtml (356 words)

	MISFITS - Tim Wick - Josie and the Pussycats Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Josie comes off as a wide - eyed innocent who seems incapable of recognizing that sometimes things are just too easy (oh, she notices, but then she ignores it).
		Posey is part of the satire as she shows up in a film that makes fun of every reason why she tends to stick to Indy films.
		"Josie and the Pussycats" might not be as great as we all thought, but it sure isn't as bad as a lot of critics think, either.
	www.misfit.org /views/2001/04/twick20010416.htm (992 words)

	Review: Josie and the Pussycats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This time, the victim is "Josie and the Pussycats", whose characters began life in the pages of the "Archie" comic book before being given their own short-lived animated TV show three decades ago (it lasted only 16 episodes).
		Magoo prevents Josie and the Pussycats from claiming the dubious title of worst cartoon TV-to-live-action film translation of all time (and there are plenty of competitors, with more - such as Scooby Doo - to come).
		Josie and the Pussycats reminded me strongly of Spice World, but without the British accents and all the cameos to hold one's flagging interest (Alan Cumming has the dubious distinction of appearing in both pictures).
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/j/josie.html (815 words)

	Josie and the Pussycats Review At DVDwolf.com
		Synopsis: Josie, Melody and Val are more interested in creating their own home-grown rocker chic fashions and singing their own kind of rock music from their garage, while dreaming that one day they will make it big.
		The songs within the film are a blast, tongue in cheek and unlike other 'band' movies they could probably have been pop hits on their own.
		Although the Josie and the Pussycats video (Three Small Words) was pretty well on view within the film itself, they have included two videos by the fictitious boy band within the film Du Jour.
	www.dvdwolf.com /templates/dsp_movie.php?u_movieid=72373 (882 words)

	Josie and the Pussycats
		Josie is one such box-office bomb; it didn't make back the $22 million it cost to make it in theaters.
		Rosario Dawson is okay; she hasn't had that many roles in big films yet, but is in the upcoming Men In Black sequel.
		The weak 'romance,' if one can deem it such, between Josie and her yokel boyfriend (Gabriel Mann), who for some reason is named Allen M (not Allen, but Allen M...evidently I missed the significance of that) gets very little screen time and feels completely devoid of heart and soul.
	tobybaldwin.tripod.com /long/josie.html (810 words)

	Josie and the Pussycats Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Since a dumb original increases the chance of a feature-film fiasco, the odds were firmly against Josie and the Pussycats, a live-action updating of the goofy, giggly, and just plain stupid '70s animated TV series.
		As in the 'toon, Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Val (Rosario Dawson), and Melody (Tara Reid) are best friends and band-mates who foil criminal shenanigans while racing around Scooby-Doo-style to their own jangly tunes.
		When Josie discovers the evil afoot ("I'm a trend pimp!"), she vows to unshackle kids everywhere from Fiona's musical mind-control, and it is this consumer-critiquing angle that is Josie's most consistent source of laughter.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=131682 (1199 words)

	MGC Review - Josie and the Pussycats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Josie is obviously in love with local hunk Alan M. (Gabriel Mann), and he's in love with her, but neither can bring themselves to confess their feelings.
		This is especially true when juxtaposed with the mediocre relationship material, where the Pussycats try to maintain their friendships amid the onslaught of publicity and popularity, and where Josie and Alan M. try to tell each other how they really feel.
		It almost seems like they started with a sharp and clever script satirizing conformity and consumption, and then a talentless hack was hired to clumsily shove in a bunch of stale, by-the-numbers exchanges in a misguided attempt to humanize the characters.
	moviegeek.homestead.com /files/josie.htm (1870 words)

	Josie and the Pussycats
		"Josie and the Pussycats"' star Rachel Leigh Cook admits she was a fan of the comics on which the film is based.
		Josie is in love with mellow songwriter Alan M. (Gabriel Mann) who seems to think of her as buddy material and although snobby girls tease the trio, they valiantly wail on.
		On the whole, however, "Josie" is a cute, melodic adventure that should appeal to any of us who ever wanted to be "On the cover of the Rolling Stone".
	www.agirlsworld.com /rachel/beat-street/reviews/Josie.html (743 words)

	Film review - 'Josie and the Pussycats' \| LJWorld.com
		Granted, 'N Sync's unintended self-parody was pretty amusing, but "Josie and the Pussycats" takes the joke and turns it into a flashy, over-the-top joyride.
		The plot of "Josie and the Pussycats" is hardly original just a couple of months ago there was an almost identical "Simpsons" episode (featuring guest voices by 'N Sync, natch).
		Luckily, there's plenty of good stuff in "Josie and the Pussycats." It takes a lot of work to be funnier than pseudo-soulful remakes of bad '80s songs, but this movie actually pulls it off at least until the Backstreet Boys do an album of Lionel Richie covers.
	www.ljworld.com /section/mag_film/story/48970 (858 words)

	DVD.net : Josie and the Pussycats - DVD Review
		The Pussycats of now are a garage band with a fun line in grungy agit-pop, stuck playing gigs to those who couldn’t care less at the Riverdale Pin Palace.
		Josie and the Pussycats is one heck of a workout for any system, and the 5.1 mix on this disc (sorry, there's no 3DX Surround Sound as featured in the film) manages to do it the justice it deserves.
		The soundtrack consists mainly of songs by Josie and the Pussycats, all in a catchy girlie pop/rock sort of Veruca Salt meets No Doubt meets Elastica via The Go-Gos' kind of style, which in actuality were performed by a bunch of session musos.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=1103 (1741 words)

	Subliminal message - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Recently found in the Vancover Film fesival, artist Stanley Moonaky has given in and told all that every minute and eleven seconds "Eat Beef" is quickly splashed across the screen of his underground documentary "Vegetarians for Less".
		The movie Josie and the Pussycats described a long lasting plot whereby the US government was controlling trends by inserting subliminal messages in popular music.
		The words "Josie and the Pussycats is the best movie ever" are then spoken rapidly in voice-over and displayed quickly onscreen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subliminal_message (2680 words)

	Josie and the Pussycats (2001) - A Review by David Nusair
		But as the movie kicks in, and we're introduced to the punk stylings of Josie and the Pussycats, the ridiculously familiar plot also kicks in.
		By the time Josie's been brainwashed into ditching her band mates, you'll be rolling your eyes in disgust.
		Josie and the Pussycats, while never quite dipping into the realm of complete suckiness, is nevertheless somewhat disappointing and ultimately forgettable.
	www.reelfilm.com /josie.htm (468 words)

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