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Dec 2024

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)::rating::3::rating::3::rating::3

E yes Wide Shut is a confounding experience: The story is overlong, but it's never exactly boring. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman deliver some of their most impassioned work, even…

Dec 2024

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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)::rating::3

T he Long Kiss Goodnight is an ungainly hybrid, wherein a lean, mean Cold War thriller mingles with a big, dumb 90s action epic. Every scene practically dares you take…

Nov 2024

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Grindhouse (2007)::rating::3

Death Proof (2007) O n paper, the Grindhouse double feature looks dangerously like a vanity project from two cocky film directors. And make no mistake, Robert Rodriquez and Quentin…

Nov 2024

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The Exorcist (1973)::rating::5

E ven after fifty years, The Exorcist stands as the pinnacle of the horror genre. Everything about it has attained iconic status, from the acting and makeup effects to the directing…

Oct 2024

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An American Werewolf in London (1981)::rating::3

A n American Werewolf in London lands in a weird no man's land. As a comedy, it's fitfully amusing, but never particularly funny. As a horror flick, it's ambitious and…

Oct 2024

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The Faculty (1998)::rating::2.5

T he Faculty is a passable teen comedy trapped in the body of dumb, disposable horror epic. It delivers a steady stream of pop culture riffs from a cast of angsty…

Sep 2024

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The American President (1995)::rating::3.5

T he American President doesn't belong to another era. It belongs to another universe. Aaron Sorkin's sparkling screenplay depicts a quaint fantasyland wherein practical idealists can still rise high and…

Sep 2024

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Air Force One (1997)::rating::3

I first saw Air Force One at the Admiral Twin drive-in, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As movie-going experiences go, this was about as American as it gets: Harrison Ford, playing a…

Aug 2024

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Frost/Nixon (2008)::rating::4

I n the sprawl and sweep of American history, Richard Nixon endures as a towering and tragic figure. He had all the makings of a great leader, housed within the…

Aug 2024

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The Game (1997)::rating::3.5

T o be successful, every movie requires at least some suspension of disbelief. And for the most part, audiences are willing to oblige such a big ask--up to a point. …

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