THE CORRUPTOR

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THE CORRUPTOR

Forget "The Replacement Killers", this is the real American Chow Yun-Fat debut. Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) is the first Chinese-born immigrant in the NYPD...

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BABY GENIUSES

You know, usually I expect the studios to dump all their cinematic turds in January but, man, it's March already and I'm still sitting through this stuff....

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JOY IN THE STRUGGLE: A LOOK AT JOHN MILIUS

At the week-long Cinequest '99 in San Jose (February 25-March 3), nearly 60 films screened. In addition, there were appearances by such notables as Rod...

Features

SWEET 'TARDS

They say, "The Lord loves an idiot," but not nearly as much as Tinseltown. Throughout the years, the big movie machine has displayed an amazing love affair...

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CRUEL INTENTIONS

Writer/director Roger Kumble follows in the footsteps of Roger Vadim, Milos Forman, and Stephen Frears by making adaptation number four of Choderlos do...

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LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS

As the wave of Tarantino-style films have ebbed, a new wave of insipid teen films have risen to take its place. Thankfully, the Brits have given us a...

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JAWBREAKER

My high school NEVER had uber-babes like the four beauties who rule Ronald Reagan High in "Jawbreaker", and I bet yours didn't either. Perfect bodies,...

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SIMULATING HISTORY: VIDEO ARTIST LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON

I met up with the director of "Conceiving Ada," Lynn Hershman Leeson, at San Francisco's CafE Puccini in North Beach. We discussed her new work, the...

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ANALYZE THIS

As a tough guy Robert DeNiro has been an indomitable cinematic presence over the years. When he's strayed beyond the genre ("Awakenings" and "Midnight...

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THE OTHER SISTER

After putting her life in order, Juliette Lewis has returned from the abyss. Apparently Hollywood has decided she hasn't been humiliated enough, so she...