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3/4
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77%
|
The Lady in Question is Charles Busch (2006) |
"
Affectionately observed, nimbly edited (and perhaps a mite overly reverent) documentary."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Apr 14, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
55%
|
Adam & Steve (2005) |
"
Plays as urban farce, but thanks to first-time director Chester's light touch and affectionally observant eye and ear, it's also a genuinely affecting love story."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Apr 7, 2006
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3/4
|
63%
|
Fighting Tommy Riley (2005) |
"
If it fails to land its big final punch, it's still a contender."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted May 6, 2005
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|
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62%
|
Kika (1997) |
"
It doesn't matter that Kika doesn't make sense -- doesn't even try to make sense. It's just so much fun to watch."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
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64%
|
Little Buddha (1994) |
"
Though uneven, the film is engagingly moving and often humorous."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
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88%
|
The Paper (1994) |
"
Thanks to a caffeinated cast and hyperactive script, director Ron Howard delivers The Paper with a bang."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
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71%
|
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) |
"
A quick check of the exiting audience found many smiling -- and still clutching tissues."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
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95%
|
Red Rock West (1999) |
"
Director John Dahl and his brother Rick Dahl co-wrote the intelligent and off-handedly witty script; they're like the Coen brothers, but with a sense of fun and a coherent, entertaining story to tell."
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Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
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57%
|
The Underneath (1995) |
"
Downbeat, laconically funny, arty (maybe a touch too arty), it's simmering, smoldering lowlife fun, like a good episode of Twin Peaks without the self-conscious weirdness."
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Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
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23%
|
Dennis the Menace (1993) |
"
Beyond the booby traps and plentiful pranks, Dennis the Menace is truly a treat for all ages."
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Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
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36%
|
Boomerang (1992) |
"
Murphy gives his most appealing performance to date, using his smug, self-satisfied, sly smile as a joke on his own well-known screen persona."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
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79%
|
Darkman (1990) |
"
A frenetic funhouse ride that has you laughing and screaming at the same time."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
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86%
|
My Life's In Turnaround (1994) |
"
[An] endearingly lackadaisical, merrily aimless little movie."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
60%
|
Wayne's World 2 (1993) |
"
The sequel to last year's breakaway hit offers more of the same, but it's somehow fresher, funnier and more endearing than the airheaded original."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
19%
|
Navy Seals (1990) |
"
Like a real Navy SEAL, it does what it's supposed to do and gets out of there quickly, and doesn't remain in your memory for long."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
73%
|
New York Stories (1989) |
"
A novel and fascinating foray into highly stylized, highly personal filmmaking."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
81%
|
Clueless (1995) |
"
Parents are traditionally invisible and/or lame in teen flicks, but Dan Hedaya, as Silverstone's sharklike litigator dad, does a drop-dead Robert Shapiro, biting off some of the best lines in the movie."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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|
|
98%
|
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |
"
Brutally beautiful, darkly comic sci-fi"
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
75%
|
Class Action (1991) |
"
Apted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
75%
|
The Mask (1994) |
"
Even without the state-of-the-art, boundary-busting computerized effects from Industrial Light & Magic, Carrey's a human cartoon, and his spontaneous, Avery-esque, anything-for-a-laugh outrageousness makes this otherwise blank Mask a must-see."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
50%
|
Kindergarten Cop (1990) |
"
[Director Reitman's] got a way with kids, and found a remarkable ensemble of 30 antic urchins to work with, cashing in on kindergarten's comic terrain and the blurted brutal honesty of the kids."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
94%
|
Presumed Innocent (1990) |
"
Competent, resolutely unflashy."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
61%
|
The Rocketeer (1991) |
"
Based on a comic book, deliciously corny but not campy, "The Rocketeer" is the movie Dick Tracy and Batman wanted to be."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
82%
|
After Dark, My Sweet (1990) |
"
Foley has brought the novel subtly up to date, and does a good job of maintaining Thompson's artful ambiguity."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
100%
|
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) |
"
Harrowing and funny, a fine film on its own, Hearts leaves us with a new appreciation for the Vietnam War epic it documents."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
44%
|
Timecop (1994) |
"
In spite of its glitches, Timecop is lots of fun, a blast from the past."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
64%
|
Scrooged (1988) |
"
This is not a 'good movie' -- in fact, it's a sprawling mess -- but I like it."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
75%
|
The Firm (1993) |
"
Cruise was born to play company man, and the role is an opportunity to sum up his old roles and transcend them with his most potently emotional work."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
74%
|
Maverick (1994) |
"
Affectionate, amiable, eager-to-please, in a TV-movieish sort of way."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
65%
|
Another Woman (1988) |
"
The storytelling is fluid and dramatic -- almost theatrical -- the film glows with light and the design is economically artful."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
68%
|
Kiss of Death (1995) |
"
Caruso's acting is vivid, but amazingly quiet and internal, and it's fascinating to watch the kaleidoscopically conflicted emotions battle beneath his controlled surface."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
74%
|
Unlawful Entry (1992) |
"
Entry is acted more intelligently than is usual in this type of cookie-cutter shocker."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
81%
|
Carnival of Souls (1962) |
"
Carnival of Souls works well enough as chill-up-the-spine cinema."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/4
|
6%
|
Testosterone (Testosteroni) (2004) |
"
Heavy on the eye candy, light on plot and logic."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 22, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
53%
|
Bulgarian Lovers (2003) |
"
Well acted, and its Faustian dynamic of mutual exploitation would be absorbing enough, but as Kyril draws Daniel into ever shadier situations, the film loses its tone and devolves into absurd political farce."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 10, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
8%
|
Carlos Castaneda - Enigma of a Sorcerer (2004) |
"
This documentary might have been better off as an audio book."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted May 20, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
35%
|
Neil Young - Greendale (2004) |
"
Sitting through Greendale in a Dolby-equipped theater, at high volume with bone-penetrating bass, is an ideal way for Young fans to experience the rustic grandeur of the master's latest album."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 12, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
30%
|
Confessions of a Burning Man (2003) |
"
It's like being trapped at a fascinating party with a boring guide."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 24, 2003
|
|
|
26%
|
Threesome (1994) |
"
A tedious, toilet-talking, try-sexual tease."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
67%
|
Prospero's Books (1991) |
"
Ravishing but incomprehensible."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
22%
|
Hudson Hawk (1991) |
"
To say this megamillion Bruce Willis vehicle doesn't fly is understatement in the extreme."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
56%
|
Three of Hearts (1993) |
"
A two-hour anticlimax, Three of Hearts manages to offend just about everyone -- women, men, lesbians, heterosexuals, prostitutes and, most of all, moviegoers."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
60%
|
The Addams Family (1991) |
"
An otherwise very funny scene featuring Thing amounts to an extended ad for Federal Express, and the rap beats from Hammer's new album boom from passing cars in several scenes -- nothing will date this movie faster."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
59%
|
The Doors (1991) |
"
You get a buzz, all right, but you're left woozy and hung over, and probably won't remember much of what you've seen."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
19%
|
Boxing Helena (1993) |
"
Helena might have been salvageable as a so-bad-it's-good camp goof -- if only it weren't so boring."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
50%
|
The Endless Summer 2 - The Journey Continues (1994) |
"
Pretty hard to sit through, because Brown's incessant beach boy prattle is endlessly irritating."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
60%
|
Serial Mom (1994) |
"
Offensively tame and almost (gasp) tasteful."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
63%
|
Bitter Moon (1992) |
"
During 2 1/2 hours of choppy waters, soured love affairs and seasickly moods, the controversial director's Lust Boat becomes the Loathe Boat. By then, it's way too late for Dramamine."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
46%
|
The Basketball Diaries (1995) |
"
A movie for masochists, an unrelentingly ugly 'Just Say No' propaganda movie, it might have been bankrolled by Nancy Reagan."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
23%
|
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) |
"
Romeo is most notable for being the first film of the year to cash in on post-Bobbitt fears of castrating (and worse) females."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
67%
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