OCTOBER SKY

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OCTOBER SKY

This small, well-crafted, coming-of-age docudrama is a real life "Revenge of the Nerds" by way of "Stand By Me." Set during the late 1950s (the dawn of the...

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PREACHING TO THE PERVERTED

The kinky world of bondage and discipline gets an affectionate wrapping in soft red and blue hues by writer/director Stuart Urban -- obviously influenced...

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PAYBACK

America's favorite Australian sheepherder is back in the movie with the tagline, "GET READY TO ROOT FOR THE BAD GUY." Not necessarily the bad guy, per se,...

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SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE

In this romantic comedy, Sarah Michelle Gellar (a.k.a. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") has the magical ability to whip up mood food -- ala "Like Water for...

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GLORIA

Type-casting is insidious. Leonard Nimoy, for instance, will always be Mr. Spock. Loretta Swift will always best be known as M*A*S*H's "Hot Lips" Hoolihan....

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THE MINUS MAN

Owen Wilson plays "Vann" the ever charming wanderer with a smile the size of Texas. Armed with only his charm and polite air, he proves to be an extremely...

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TWIN FALLS, IDAHO

One of the highlights of the American Spectrum section of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, Twin Falls Idaho is perhaps one of the most original ideas to...

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HAPPY, TEXAS

Perhaps the most commercial film to ever come out of Sundance, this year's most talked about film is a high concept comedy that owes more to "Some Like It...

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CHI GIRL

The winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Slamdance Film Festival, Heidi Van Lier's "stalkumentary" is a compelling low budget indie film that is as...

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PLAYING BY HEART

Sophomore writer/director Willard Carroll weaves together an all-star cast in interlocking parallel stories about finding love in Los Angeles. The film's...

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