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MARY JANE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE

By | October 2000

“Is this really a sincere, heartfelt tale of teenage sexual awareness?” After recently watching it another time around, my memories held up. It’s still the same bleak, poorly produced piece of dredge…

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MARY JANE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE

Four years ago, I attended the 1996 IFFM (Independent Feature Film Market) at New York City's Angelika Film Center. Here, hundreds of small and...

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SAY ANYTHING

At first, Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) doesn't seem to have a hell of a lot going for him. Most of his friends are girls, he lives with his bitter sister...

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RISKY BUSINESS

John Hughes built his considerable reputation and wealth by dissecting and giving voice to the minds and hearts of Chicago's upper class suburban youth....

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RIVER'S EDGE

"River's Edge" opens with a twelve-year-old kid tossing his little sister's prize doll into the river. It doesn't even remotely get any more uplifting....

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HEATHERS

"Did you hear? School's been cancelled today because Kurt and Ram killed themselves in a repressed gay suicide pact!" I'm actually pretty truly shocked...

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BEDAZZLED

Brendan Fraser was surprisingly funny in "George of the Jungle," a film that was much smarter than its dumb brand of humor would have you believe. Fraser...

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PAY IT FORWARD

That thumping sound you just heard was me taking off the kid gloves to throw down the gauntlet. This ain't gonna be pretty. I'm sure the studio and the...

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ANIMAL FACTORY

Scripted by cult author and ex-con Eddie Bunker ("Straight Time") from his original novel, "Animal Factory" is actor/director Steve Buscemi's sophomore...

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THE SECOND CIVIL WAR

Originally produced for HBO, Joe Dante's satirical movie "The Second Civil War" examines what happens when network media, guns, and extreme right-wing...

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THE MARCORELLE AFFAIR

As a rule, French cinema is among the most dangerous in the world. Notoriously avant garde fare, it is often steeped in a "unique" sense of art that proves...

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