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Gross Misconduct (1993)

Reviewed on Jan 2, 2001

TV movie material. Smits is unimpressive, but Watts is one hot Australian chick.

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The plane crash was horrifyingly fantastic, the long takes and silence on the island helps create a sense of isolation. Hanks is good, giving the the movie the most subtle touch of comedy. His physical transformation is remarkable. Zemeckis has always been a pioneer of CGI, but a few effects…

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Frequency (2000)

Reviewed on Dec 23, 2000

It bothers me when I enjoy plots as implausible as this one so much. Not a bad movie, almost touching. Lots of Back to the Future-like photo and headline changes. Great make-up jobs on the aging. The old Quaid looks fantastic.

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Snatch. (2000)

Reviewed on Nov 22, 2000

Ritchie is definitely making a name for himself. A lot like his Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. Similar storyline (drugs, guns, money, and the recovery of a single, valuable object), similar characters (idiotic criminals, conniving bastards, careless gamblers, and some real bad-asses), lots of playful camera tricks, and many…

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Titan A.E. (2000)

Reviewed on Nov 17, 2000

Another animated movie with a young, male star right out of N’ Sync. The Tron-ish Drej are one of the cooler alien races I’ve seen. Those evil-looking but friendly bats were cool. Gune was great. Predictably annoying over-exaggerated expressions on everyone. Inconsistent animated lighting. Lots of modelling (ice fields) mixed…

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Coyote Ugly (2000)

Reviewed on Nov 16, 2000

Any movie poster with beautiful women draped across it as central characters will make me very skeptical of the film itself. I expected a crappy movie about gorgeous women who are unrealistically righteous and totally unreal, and that’s exactly the kind of bullshit that I got. All of the secondary…

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Chopper (2000)

Reviewed on Nov 15, 2000

An interesting story about an articulate, intelligent guy with his own brand of justice, a craving for celebrity, and a bit of an insecurity problem. But the story ended too soon. Not enough happened. A few funny moments. It gets it’s appeal by being the biography of a real person,…

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What Lies Beneath (2000)

Reviewed on Nov 14, 2000

Well-made classic horror. Got a Hitchcock quality to it. Nice, leisurely long takes and very little score helps to make it scary. A few nice camera movements, and a few Kubrickian shots. Unsettlingly creepy. A good haunted house movie. The bathtub sequence was great. Ford plays a seedy fucker for…

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Space Cowboys (2000)

Reviewed on Nov 13, 2000

Good story, and the old guys do a good job. They seemed very comfortabe with each other, and it looked like they were having fun. Good story, like a cross between The Right Stuff and Grumpy Old Men. Based in reality and very plausible, which makes it a lot more…

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Double Impact (1991)

Reviewed on Nov 6, 2000

Same formula as the Jackie Chan movies. Very 80’s. Crummy story. Why are they both fighting for a tunnel that only Frankie gives a shit about? A few slo-mo kicks and punches, but the action is lacking. And the pathetic acting doesn’t compensate. Van Damme’s got a nice body. Too…

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