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By | November 1997
Not since “Peacemaker” have we witnessed such a battle of wits…
The godfather of the Russian mafia loses his brother to a crackdown by Russian police and the FBI. He wants revenge. Whose he gonna call? Master...
Two girls travel the country in search of a simple answer to the question "What is the American dream?" They talk to everyone from George Stephanopolous,...
Teen violence has been an unfortunate staple of news headlines in recent years, but unlike the usual case with of-the-moment, hot-button, real-life issues,...
There is a certain sense of déjà vu attached to New Line's extravagant two-disc edition of Boogie Nights ; it is New Line's second go-round at a Platinum...
A slightly more satisfying presentation for the DVD player, on the other hand, is on the disc of a more traditional animated feature, Fox's well-done 1997...
While far from exceptional, Miramax's Life is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella) disc is beautiful enough. The not-so-bad English dub of Roberto Benigni's...
What we have here is the first, true American John Woo movie. After watching Robert Rodriguez steal from him, Tarantino steal from him, and everyone else...
John Malkovich just isn't getting the scripts he used to get, but what do you expect after "Portrait of a Lady" and "Mary Reilly"? Our boy, Nic Cage is...
Something not only survived, it flourished! Steven Speilberg's big noisy follow up to "Jurassic Park" is destined to be an even bigger money maker. It's...
Work of art or pretentious tripe? I'm not sure yet. After speaking with writer Wallace Shawn, of "My Dinner With Andre" fame, I'm really not sure. Here's...
