Tag: 1990s
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‘Tremors II: Aftershocks’ is a Better-Than-Average Direct-to-Video Sequel — Which Isn’t Saying Much
Beyond not being irredeemably terrible, ‘Tremors 2’ doesn’t have too much to distinguish itself from its lots-of-fun predecessor.
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‘Miami Blues’ is a Cockeyed Procedural
Adapting George Willeford’s 1984 novel, writer-director George Armitage doesn’t lacquer this material over with the commonly romanticized gloss of a crime procedural.
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‘I Can’t Sleep’ Isn’t Your Average Serial-Killer Thriller
You wouldn’t expect anything less from Claire Denis.
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‘eXistenZ’: Sins of the Flesh
‘eXistenZ’ is the closest Cronenberg has come to making a nifty, economic thriller meant above all to be escapist.
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‘Cool World’ is Thoroughly Inept
I’m curious to see how Bakshi’s movie might have played out sans tampering.
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You Never Aren’t Feeling ‘Bringing Out the Dead”s Anguish
Even looking at ‘Bringing Out the Dead’ is unpleasant.
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‘Rosewood’ is One of John Singleton’s Best
For his fourth movie, a still-not-yet-30 Singleton went in a direction in which he hadn’t yet gone and never would again.
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‘What Happened Was…’ Puts the Cringe in Cringe Comedy
This movie that hurts in a good way is worth seeking out.
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‘I’ll Take You There’ is a Rom-Com That Avoids Convention
‘I’ll Take You There’ never feels less than empathetic.
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‘Made in Hong Kong’: A Breakthrough for Fruit Chan
Made in Hong Kong’s absence of convincing emotional specificity makes it more admirable than truly affecting.
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‘Sudden Manhattan’: A Charming Debut from Adrienne Shelly
‘Sudden Manhattan’ is one of the best elucidations of being in your mid-20s and thinking everything is hopeless — including yourself — I’ve seen in a long time.
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‘Big Girls Don’t Cry … They Get Even’ Reminds You How Much More Joan Micklin Silver Was Capable Of
This is a pleasant, diverting movie, though it’s distractingly a bit at war with itself.
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