Premiere July/August 2003

SPECIAL SECTION
Sex and the Movies
50 Watts Happening
BY FRED SCHRUERS
In Mulholland Drive, Naomi Watts proved that she could act. Hard. In The Ring, she proved that she could open a movie. Wide. Now, the Aussie star of Le Divorce can relax: She's made it. Big.
56 Everything I Know About Sex I Learned From the Movies
BY LIBBY GELMAN-WAXNER
This guide to cinema's schwingiest sex scenes comes with a warning: Try this at home.
62 The Wheel Thing
BY TIM SWANSON
Take a spin with 2 Fast2 Furious star Paul Walker—car junkie, surfer, and king of d udedom—as he gears upfora new stage in his life: superstardom.
68 How to Shoot a Sex Scene
BY BRANTLEY BARDIN
Basic Instinct director Paul Verhoeven's do-it-yourself tips.
70 Big Boobs, Small Plots, and Major Masturbation
BY OLIVER JONES
The evolution of the teen sex comedy: Porky's, Private School, American Pie, and beyond.
76 The 10 Hottest Sex Scenes Ever
BY GLENN KENNY
From frisky foreplay to postcoital ennui, here are our picksforfilm's mosttitillating romps and rolls.
80 Switching Sides
When it comes to same-sex crushes, some celebs aren't afraid to wish-and-tell.
82 What's Sexy Now: Kristanna Loken
BY BROOKEHAUSER
This year's Terminator is new and improved. In other words, it's... female.
84 Hot ... Believe It or Not!
BY KELLY BORGESON AND BROOKE HAUSER
George Clooney ... Brad Pitt ... Pete Postlethwaite? Here's to Hollywood's unsung sex symbols.
FEATURES
86 Id Could Happen to You
BYTOM ROSTON
He's mean, he's green, and he's computer-generated. Who knows if comic-bookfanswill get pumped about The Hulk, but with Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, and Nick Nolte in the leads and Ang Lee at the helm, it'll definitely have some muscle. An inside report.
92 Man on the Run
BY FREDSCHRUERS
A shot-by-shot look at an explosive sequence from S. W.A. T., one of this summer's hottest action flicks.
94 Horse Power
BY MICHAEL O'RORKE
Here it comes, rounding the turn: Seabiscuit, the Depression-era tale of a horse, a jockey, and a nation that triumphed over adversity.
DEPARTMENTS
12 Letter Box
14 Backstory
17 Previews
Whale Rider is a shore bet: Lara Croft returns; and director Stephen Frears talks Dirty.
22 Reviews
28 Days Later is bloody scary; The Magdalene Sisters puts the ire back in Ireland; and The Secret Lives of Dentists has bite.
29 Action
Brave Heart
Nick Stahl takes on the Terminator.
Party Boy: Full Throttle
Jackass's Chris Pontius joins the Angels.
Happy Campers
Stagedoor's famous alumni: Natalie Portman, Robert Downey Jr., and more.
The PREMIERE Crossword Puzzle
Get clued in.
Scene Stealer: Joe Pantoliano
He wears the pants again in Bad Boys II.
Indy-pendent Filmmakers
How three fans remade Raiders of the Lots Ark.
40 Indie Exposure
Girl Trouble
BY HAZEL-DAWN DUMPERT
An antidote to th¢ sugarcoated teen movie, Thirien shows what it really feels like fora girl.
42 First Look
Ray Romano, Zooey Deschanel, and Hank Azaria deliver Eulogy; inside Disney's new Haunted Mansion; and Matthew Perry hangs Ten.
46 If You Ask Me
Starlet Express
BY LIBBY GELMAN-WAXNER
Cute matters: the effective foreign policy of Whata Girl Wants and The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
101 Home Guide
Gangs of New York rumbles onto DVD; Marilyn Monroe's luminous filmography; and the latest in on-the-go movie-watching.
120 Idol Chatter
Harrison Ford
BY BRANTLEYBARDIN
The Hollywood Homicide star on Indy's return, those pesky Ewoks, and being an accidental hero.