Elmore Leonard, a giant among crime novelists, has had terrific movies made from his books (Out of Sight, Jackie Brown, Get Shorty), but this is definitely not one of them. The Big Bounce was royally screwed up by Hollywood in 1969 with Ryan O'Neal as the star. Now it's Owen Wilson who drops the ball as Jack, a con artist living in Hawaii who gets involved in a series of double- and triple-crosses orchestrated by a real estate developer (Gary Sinise), his wife (Bebe Neuwirth) and his mistress (Sara Foster), not to mention a judge (Morgan Freeman) and his cronies (Harry Dean Stanton and a nonsinging Willie Nelson). Fine actors all, and director George Armitage is a hero of mine just for Miami Blues and Grosse Pointe Blank. But except for a rare scene of shaggy charm, nothing works. Nothing.

“Youth Knows No Pain”

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”