Tag: 1990s
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Goo
Two great Peter Jackson movies.
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Nightmares
‘Cujo,’ ‘Children of the Corn,’ and ‘Pet Sematary,’ reviewed.
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‘Popcorn’: An Underappreciated Horror Satire
In a 2017 interview with The A.V. Club, Dee Wallace described the making of ‘Popcorn’ as a ‘true adventure’ — chaotic because of ever-shifting producers, directors, and questionable shooting conditions. But you can’t feel any of the bedlam in the finished product.
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Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur Give You More Than Enough Reasons to Watch ‘Poetic Justice’
On John Singleton’s followup to ‘Boyz n the Hood.’
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‘Spice World’ is a Lot of Fun
These five had a good time with what they once had. The film allows us to dwell in that pocket of time once more.
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‘Trees Lounge’ is Great at Being a Bad Time
What’s most evocative about ‘Trees Lounge’ is that there are no obvious arcs, no excuses for the character, no bouts of for-the-sake-of-misery misery — it has an alive, slice-of-life quality about it that haunts.
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The Growing Pains of ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’
Todd Solondz has fashioned a great cinematic Bildungsroman.
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Maggie Cheung Gives One of Her Best Performances in ‘Center Stage’
But the movie is made shakier because of its distrait presentation.
Peterson Reviews 