Tag: 1990s
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The Infectious Optimism of ‘Better Than Chocolate’
Anne Wheeler’s 1999 ensemble comedy is fun without undermining the struggles of its characters.
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‘Yumeji’ is an Unwieldy, Gorgeously Shot Quasi-Biopic
Seijun Suzuki’s movie about the eponymous painter and poet is almost completely incomprehensible — which proves to not be that bad a thing.
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Jeffrey Wright is the Reason to Watch ‘Basquiat’
Julian Schnabel’s 1996 biopic is handsomely mounted, well-cast, and a little hollow.
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‘Deep Blue Sea’: A ‘Jaws’ Riff for the Post-‘Jurassic Park’ Era
Renny Harlin’s creature feature gives you the goods without changing the formula too drastically.
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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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