Tag: 1990s
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‘Lisa’ is a Hidden Slasher-Movie Gem
The lived-in mother-daughter relationship at the center of co-writer and director Gary Sherman’s 1990 movie eclipses its conventional slasher-movie B plot.
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‘Habit’ Isn’t Your Average Vampire Movie
The 1997 not-quite-horror film, written, directed, and edited by star Larry Fessenden, is intriguingly slippery.
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The Stupid Pleasures of ‘Malice’
Though this twisty-turny domestic thriller gets increasingly ridiculous, it’s never boring.
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The Charming Trashiness of ‘Wild Things’
John McNaughton’s overheated Florida noir benefits from not taking itself too seriously.
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A Playing-Against-Type Danny Glover (Mostly) Holds ‘Switchback’ Together
Otherwise, this crime thriller is cluttered and overly complicated.
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‘Cool Runnings’ Makes Sports-Movie Clichés Slightly More Bearable
The Disney-sanctioned account of how Jamaica’s first bobsleighing team came together packs few surprises, but you mostly don’t mind.
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‘Cliffhanger’ Keeps You on Edge
This Renny Harlin-directed Sylvester Stallone vehicle is ridiculous action-filmmaking gold.
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‘Now and Then’ is an Underrated Coming-of-Age Movie
Lesli Linka Glatter’s feature-length debut is the rare coming-of-age film to foreground the mundane moments of female friendship.
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‘The Grifters’ is Elevated by Its Female Leads
This 1990 adaptation of the 1963 Jim Thompson novel wouldn’t make as much of an impression without Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening.
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‘Love at Large’ is a Seductive, Off-Kilter Noir
Alan Rudolph’s stylish neo-noir has one foot in the past and the other in the present.
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The Homemade Charms of ‘Bugged’
Notable for being a rare monster movie with a nearly all-Black cast, this 1996 horror comedy’s lack of budget is mostly more of a feature than a bug.
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‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Comes Close to the Original’s Glory
The glamorous fun of the 1968 classic is nearly matched in the enjoyable 1999 remake.
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