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Monthly Archives: February 1999
8MM
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Have you been dying to know just how sick, twisted and decayed the human soul can become? Well, look no further. 8MM is a prime example of bleak vérité. But, though it has bleakness in spades, 8MM lacks anything worthwhile … Continue reading
200 Cigarettes
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From the title of 200 Cigarettes, one might assume that it is either a propaganda film from the tobacco lobby, or a comical entry for the Guinness Book of World Records. However, in actuality, the film turns out to be … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Janeane Garofalo, Jay Mohr, Kate Hudson, Martha Plimpton, Paul Rudd
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The Other Sister
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It is apparent that the makers of The Other Sister intended their film to be a thoughtful comedy-drama exploring the subjects of love and mental retardation. But, the film’s depiction of mental retardation never rises above a simple gimmick. The … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Diane Keaton, Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Tom Skerritt
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Analyze This
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Analyze This at first seems like the perfect example of a high concept comedy, able to be summarized in a mere sentence fragment: mob boss seeks therapy. But, on further analysis, the movie proves to be atypical. It’s actually funny. … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Billy Crystal, Chazz Palminteri, Comedy, Crime, Robert DeNiro
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Jawbreaker
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The high school comedy seems to be a hot genre of the moment. With She’s All That and Varsity Blues behind us, and several more set for release later in the year, the teen comedy seems to be experiencing its … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Julie Benz, Rebecca Gayheart, Rose McGowan
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Office Space
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It was only a matter of time before a Dilbert-esque office comedy hit the screens. However, rather than coming from Dilbert creator Scott Adams, Office Space is instead based on the work of another animator, Mike Judge, creator of Beavis … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Comedy, Gary Cole, Jennifer Aniston, Ron Livingston
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The Whole Nine Yards
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Jonathan Lynn directs this comedy from Mitchell Kapner’s script. Bruce Willis stars as mobster Jimmy “The Tulip”, who enters the witness protection program. When his suburban neighbors learn of his identity, they are unwittingly seduced by the life of organized … Continue reading
Posted in 2000, Movie Reviews
Tagged Amanda Peet, Bruce Willis, Comedy, Crime, Harland Williams, Kevin Pollak, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Rosanna Arquette
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My Favorite Martian
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Another day, another nostalgic sitcom movie adaptation. But, with My Favorite Martian, Hollywood is truly scraping the bottom of the barrel. (Well, one could argue that the barrel scraping started with Car 54, Where Are You? and McHale’s Navy, but … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Christopher Lloyd, Comedy, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Jeff Daniels, Science Fiction
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Blast From the Past
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Blast From the Past is a cute one-joke comedy, without the cuteness. Its elaborate premise quickly gets wearisome, and the few amusing moments sprinkled here and there are well short of the amount needed to carry this lump of a … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Alicia Silverstone, Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken, Romantic Comedy, Sissy Spacek
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The King and I
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The King and I at first seems like simply an animated adaptation of the Broadway musical. But, upon closer inspection, it is a actually only partially an adaptation, mixing in new “kid-friendly” (and very familiar) characters and subplots. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading