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Spin (1995)
Very interesting. Watching this film helped me decide that I definitely don’t want a career in broadcast jounalism or TV. TV just has too much BS. It’s not in-depth, and there’s too much concern for political correctness.
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Strange Days (1995)
Definitely influenced by James Cameron with all that blue lighting at night. It almost looks like Bladerunner city the way they shot it. I think that a few more day shots would have made it a bit more real, and not so surreal like Bladerunner was. Cool how they did…
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Swimming with Sharks (1994)
I wonder if this film was made to release frustration or to help other young filmmakers survive the business. It might have been made by someone who got dicked around quite a bit when he got started and has a score to settle with the film industry. Spacey’s got great…
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Toy Story (1995)
The story was decent. A big budget movie about toys that come alive had to be made eventually. Very simple, obviously made for kids. It’s obviously a special effects piece rather than a story piece. The animation is neat. Human action looked a bit fake. And just like Star Wars,…
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Trainspotting (1996)
Reminded me a bit of Kids, except that it’s heroin instead of sex. That artistic heroin scene was pretty gross, but not as gross as the one in Pulp Fiction. A few cool scenes, especially the one where he falls into the carpet and is lost in his own little…
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Twelve Monkeys (1995)
This film had the same kind of “please believe me that I am a time traveler from the future” plot that I had always thought about, and it was done very convincingly. It had more neat twists than a piece of chala. Sometimes it got a little weird, but in…
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2 Days in the Valley (1996)
The story is OK, and I can see how it resembled Pulp Fiction like people are saying, but it wasn’t quite as good. I really think they should have expanded on the massage parlour scene, easliy the funniest part of the movie. That could have been a great romantic comedy…
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The Big Squeeze (1996)
Silly. Nothing significant happens. The same music throughout, and while it isn’t bad, it gets annoying. Reminded me a lot of Get Shorty. Same hustler character, same kind of whimsical direction. The main character could have been really cool if they got a star actor in the role and gave…
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The Birdcage (1996)
Pretty dumb. Pretty stupid story for film, which I guess could be attributed to the fact that it came from a play. Lane did a great job, especially considering the fact that he is straight in real life.
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Bound (1996)
Great story, great direction (a lot of great shots), good characters and performances, with a little artsy temporal disjunction thown in for good measure. Great use of music, both in song and in score. Takes place over only 2-3 days, but still seems rushed. What if the movie was about…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,375 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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