Monthly Archives: October 1998

SOLDIER

By | October 1998

To its credit, “Soldier” does offer a few good mano-e-mano, testosterone moments, and the set designs are ultra-cool, but there’s too little character development and no reason to care…

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SOLDIER

From the pen of David Webb Peoples, acclaimed scriptor of "Blade Runner," "Unforgiven" and "Twelve Monkeys," you'd expect something edgy, macabre and...

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A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY

Another "Saturday Night Live" skit-to-screen comedy. This one isn't as abysmal as "The Coneheads" or "It's Pat," but it's certainly not on par with...

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LOVE IS THE DEVIL

I really HATE movies about ARTISTS. "Basquiat", "Basketball Diaries"... all CRAP. Filmmakers always want to show you how an artist "suffered" through...

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CHOW BELLA

It's a fun concept: A substitute food critic writes a scathing review of a mob-owned restaurant and, as a result, gets abducted to be "taken care of." ...

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THE CRUISE

This documentary chronicles the life of an eccentric tour guide (Timothy "Speed" Levitch), who loquaciously offers an intriguing cultural history of New...

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CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST

There's lots of snappy, engaging, witty dialogue in "Chocolate for Breakfast." Lots and lots of snappy, engaging, witty dialogue. In fact, so much of the...

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PLEASANTVILLE

Every now and then, a movie comes along that does the motion picture industry proud. No, I'm not talking about "Saving Private Ryan," but rather...

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WESTERN

This movie pissed me off! It was so good right up until the last shot. Then it blew it. Screwed up. Dropped the ball. Choked. Tanked. Gee, ya suppose I...

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WENT TO CONEY ISLAND ON A MISSION FROM GOD…BE BACK BY FIVE

Not only does this film have the coolest title ever, but this bittersweet, multi-layered comparison of life's realities versus life's potential is as...

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MY MOTHER'S EARLY LOVERS

Maple and her sisters are helping their crotchety old dad pack up and move out of the family home after their mother's death. When she finds a trunk...

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