AMELIE

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AMELIE

"Times are hard for dreamers." So muses one character in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's new film. Apart from being the sad truth, it's a neat summation of why...

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THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

Suggested alternate title, possibly for overseas distribution: "The Script That Wasn't There". One might think that the Coen brothers, having made films...

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OUT COLD

Not even ten years have passed since "Aspen Extreme," and Disney is once again exploiting winter sports for a cheapo comedy. Snowboarding is the focal...

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BLACK KNIGHT

Whenever he really wants to be--as in, say, his hosting stint on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam"; his Fox sitcom; or the film "Bad Boys"--Martin Lawrence can be...

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SPY GAME

With the title "Spy Game" and the presence of director Tony Scott, one would expect a slam-bang thriller. What one gets instead, however, is less Bond...

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THE TOWN IS QUIET

French filmmaker Robert Guediguian's all-time favorite film must be Robert Altman's epic portrait of country music and American life in the 1970s,...

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THE STRAIGHT STORY

Well, you can have Disney release a real David Lynch film, but you can't really expect a Disney film released from David Lynch (or, uh, something to that...

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THE MATRIX

While all the world has their eyes on the prize known as "The Phantom Menace", prepare to be blind-sided first by this stunning achievement in film, which...

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BLOOD SIMPLE (DIRECTORS CUT)

Before "Fargo," "Raising Arizona," "Miller's Crossing," "The Hudsucker Proxy," or "The Big Lebowski" came a little ol' film from Texas called "Blood...

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CECIL B. DEMENTED

Who's had a career like John Waters? If the name Film Threat ever applied to anyone, it's Baltimore's favorite anarchist. "Pink Flamingos" and "Desperate...

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