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Short Cuts
Drama 1993
Writer Raymond Carver and director Robert Altman are a creative marriage made in heaven. (Of necessity, in one tragic sense — Carver died in 1988.) In this ghostly collaboration, Carver’s short stories and Altman’s trademark ensemble style bring out the best in one another. “Neighbors,” “They’re Not Your Husband,” “Vitamins,” and “Will You Please Be Quiet Please?” are the most well-known of the nine stories adapted. Read the rest of this entry »
All About Eve
Drama 1950
Director Joseph Mankiewicz’s masterpiece is a study in stealth and cunning, and a far more frightening film in this era of stalking than it was when it premiered. It’s also one of Hollywood’s wittiest efforts — with George Sanders brilliant in his Oscar-winning role as theatre critic Addison de Wit. Anne Baxter more than holds her own against a fine cast as the scheming Eve Read the rest of this entry »
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Comedy 2000
Peter Segal (Director),
Eddie Murphy (Professor Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/Mama Klump/Papa Klump/Ernie Klump/Grandma Klump),
Janet Jackson (Denise Gains),
Jamal Mixon (Ernie Jr.),
Larry Miller (Dean Richmond),
John Ales (Jason).
Reviews: Bigger isn’t always better. That’s a lesson the filmmakers behind Nutty Professor II: The Klumps should take to heart. The long-awaited follow-up to Eddie Murphy’s 1996 surprise blockbuster [...]
The Replacements
Comedy 2000.
Howard Deutch (Director),
Keanu Reeves (Shane Falco),
Gene Hackman (Coach Jimmy McGinty),
Brooke Langton (Annabelle Farrell),
Orlando Jones (Clifford Franklin),
Daniel Bateman (Daniel Bateman),
Rhys Ifans (Nigel Gruff),
Faizon Love (Jamal Jackson),
Michael Taliferro (Andre Jackson),
Jack Warden (Edward O’Neil),
Art LaFleur (Christopher Barnes),
Brett Cullen (Eddie Martel),
Reviews: As fashionable as it is to bash his squint stoicism and surfer dude exclamations, Keanu Reeves [...]
Space Cowboys
Adventure Drama 2000.
Clint Eastwood (Director),
Clint Eastwood (Frank Corvin),
Tommy Lee Jones (Hawk Hawkins),
James Garner (Tank Sullivan),
Donald Sutherland (Jerry O’Nell),
James Cromwell (Bob Gerson),
Marcia Gay Harden (Sara Holland),
Loren Dean (Ethan Glance),
Courtney B. Vance (Roger Hines),
William Devane (Eugene Davis),
Barbara Babcock (Barbara Corvin),
Rade Serbedzija (General Vostov),
Blair Brown (Dr. Anne Caruthers).
Reviews: As the leader of a geriatric space mission, Clint Eastwood [...]
Psycho Beach Party
Comedy Horror 2000
Robert Lee King (Director),
Lauren Ambrose (Chicklet/Florence Forrest),
Thomas Gibson (Kanaka),
Nicholas Brendon (Starcat),
Kimberley Davies (Bettina Barnes),
Charles Busch (Capt. Monica Stark),
Kathleen Robertson (Rhonda),
Nathan Bexton (T.J.),
Beth Broderick (Mrs. Forrest).
Reviews: The slasher horror movie is hardly the richest of genres, and therefore thin grist for the parody mill indeed. But bad ideas have never stopped indie filmmakers (particularly [...]
Hollow Man
Sci-Fi Thriller 2000
Paul Verhoeven (Director),
Andrew W. Marlowe (Screenwriter),
Jost Vacano (Cinematographer),
Kevin Bacon (Sebastian Caine),
Elisabeth Shue (Linda Foster),
Josh Brolin (Dr. Matthew Kensington),
Kim Dickens (Sarah Kennedy),
Joey Slotnick (Frank Chase),
Mary Randle (Janice Walton),
Greg Grunberg (Carter Abbey),
Rhona Mitra (Sebastian’s Neighbor),
William Devane (Dr. Chambers).
Reviews: Like it or not, Kevin Bacon’s penis has become something of a minor celebrity, and those [...]
Everything Old is New Again
Even if one could go back in time and attend the 1939 world premiere of Gone With the Wind to see what David Selznick really had in mind in terms of its sound, color, and general presentation, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer classic would still be no better or worse a film than it is. [...]
