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HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (DVD)

By | March 2002

DVD REVIEW! John Cameron Mitchell has defied expectations and crafted a stellar film that works on so many levels it takes multiple viewings to get those levels straight…

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HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (DVD)

As much as I want it to, the Hedwig and the Angry Inch phenomenon just can't be summed up by my 600 words or so. The stage play, debuting in 1998, has...

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HEARTS IN ATLANTIS (DVD)

Based on the book by Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis is a film so understated and full of emotion that most of the wonderful themes will pass right by...

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SEXY BEAST (DVD)

There's nothing quite like a good British gangster film. From the accents, the clothes, the attitude, and the execution, nothing is sacred and everything...

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STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE (Director’s Cut DVD)

One can only imagine the myriad of enthusiasm surrounding the first Star Trek film in 1979. After "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"...

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SHREK (DVD)

"Shrek" is the DreamWorks Animation blockbuster that "Antz" or "The Prince of Egypt" just couldn't be. It hits on all the right cylinders and is nothing...

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RESIDENT EVIL

The late, great film critic Gene Siskel had an interesting test for movies: Is the film on-screen as interesting as a documentary would be, on the same...

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ICE AGE

Watching "Ice Age," Fox's attempt at breaking the lucrative computer animated feature market, is like watching a greatest hits reel of recent successful...

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SHOWTIME

Eddie Murphy first utters the signature catchphrase "It's showtime!" within the first ten minutes of "Showtime," but audiences will spend the entire film...

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SIX IN AUSTIN

Compilation films, no matter how esoteric the thread that binds them, are always a double-edged sword. On the one hand, a compilation like "Six in Austin"...

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THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET

We humans seem to expect that, if the aliens aren't coming here to kill us, they must be here to save us. "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "E.T." and...

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