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Taxi Driver (1976)

Reviewed on Oct 10, 2002

De Niro is perfect as a skinny, pale freak. For a change, he plays a normal guy going nuts rather than a guy who’s nuts to begin with. Keitel is marvelously faggoty. Foster is incredibly composed for a young girl. Nice snapshot of the 70’s. The main theme is way…

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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Reviewed on Oct 5, 2002

Boyz In The Hood meets The Professional. A horribly slow and boring long rap video interspersed with cryptic and idiotic samurai sayings. One of the worst character studies ever. Why does everyone like him? Does he have a girlfriend? All he does is walk around and think. A lot of…

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One Hour Photo (2002)

Reviewed on Sep 30, 2002

An OK thriller. Doesn’t quite have enough of anything to be great. The Kubrickian dream (and the Kubrickian moments throughout the film) were great.

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Three Kings (1999)

Reviewed on Sep 24, 2002

Three kings, but there were really four of them, no? Wahlberg and Clooney are engaging. But why would they take the idiot with them, and even leave him in charge for a few moments? Nice tension. Interesting vidual effects and great set design.

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Amélie (2001)

Reviewed on Sep 22, 2002

A harmony of charm, style, cuteness, and light humor about life’s little things. This is a movie about nothing, but the richness of its characters is almost enough to keep it afloat for the entire two hours. I really like what Jeunet did with this one. Brilliant writing and wonderful…

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Hysterical Blindness (2002)

Reviewed on Sep 17, 2002

An authentic slice of life from the 80’s. Very well-written, well-acted, and well-directed. Interesting in that is just follows the two main characters through their daily lives without the single, life-changing, dramatic event that most other movies have. The result is a story that is unpredictable and characters that are…

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Revenge (1990)

Reviewed on Sep 16, 2002

Pretty good. Definitely a Costner vehicle, and he runs with it. He sure likes to show off his bum. Quinn is great, and Stowe is sexy. Scott loves to use those sky filters. Nice bridge with Top Gun. That cat claw scene was hilarious.

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Reviewed on Sep 15, 2002

Story’s kinda cool, but the dialogue is a bit old and stunted, and the effects just don’t compare to today’s. Didn’t realize they stole the “Next Generation” score from the Star Trek movies.

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