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THE PLEDGE (DVD)

By | July 2001

For once the talent–Sean Penn directs, Jack Nicholson toplines–seems incidental to the story of a cop obsessed with finding a killer…

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THE PLEDGE (DVD)

Franchise Pictures needs to pay more attention to the content rather than the cast, as the emphasis lay on in one of their more interesting (if still...

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SUMMER CATCH (DVD)

Freddie Prinze Jr. and frequent co-star Matthew Lillard in a baseball movie. That alone should tell you whether or not this film is for you--if you swoon...

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CLIMAX

Oh, great. This is just what we need; another self-serving film from a twenty-something white male showing us how other twenty-something white males see...

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LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA (DVD)

How shameful it is that it took an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to get Sony to see the light and give a theatrical release to...

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NEVER AGAIN

It might seem like a pretty cool deal at first blush. By day, Christopher (Jeffrey Tambor) is merely a divorced exterminator. By night, however, he's a...

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THE BROTHERS

Gary Hardwick's relationship comedy The Brothers was most certainly a success during its theatrical run (a $28 million gross vs. a $5.5 million budget),...

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BROTHER BORN AGAIN

It's a bit easier to understand why humans have religious wars after viewing a documentary like director Julia Pimsleur's "Brother Born Again." The Jewish...

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HEAD OVER HEELS (DVD)

"Head Over Heels" technically marks teenybopper fave Freddie Prinze Jr.'s first "adult" starring role--a fact that may or may not be a reason for the...

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ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (DVD)

Reaction to Oliver Stone's ambitious examination of all aspects professional football was, like that to virtually all of the director's films, wildly...

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SUGAR AND SPICE (DVD)

As far as the generally homogenized teen film genre goes, the premise for "Sugar & Spice" is pretty unique: a bunch of perky high school cheerleaders...

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