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Jeff Shannon

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Boys on the Side (1995) 73% 3/4 EDIT “Considering Hollywood's tendency for homogenizing this kind of material, Ross has achieved a mainstream breakthrough while pursuing his time-honored and risk-free formula for tugging at heartstrings.” – Seattle Times Mar 14, 2023 Full Review The Girl (2012) 70% EDIT “Both actors transcend mere mimicry, inhabiting their characters with consummate precision. For its efficiently plotted 90-minute running time, The Girl is never less than fascinating.” – RogerEbert.com Aug 4, 2020 Full Review Airborne (1993) 31% EDIT “Oddly enough "Airborne" is tasty cotton candy for the screen.” – Seattle Times Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Street Fighter (1994) 11% 0.5/4 EDIT “While de Souza's arrested development makes him a likely suspect to adapt a video game for movies, the result (like The Super Mario Brothers movie before it) is an empty exercise in hyper-stimulation. Or, to put it bluntly, a complete waste of time.” – Seattle Times Apr 25, 2019 Full Review The Cable Guy (1996) 57% 2.5/4 EDIT “While not the truly incisive film it could have been, this cautionary tale proves that there's more to Carrey than stupidity with an inflated price tag.” – Seattle Times Dec 12, 2018 Full Review Dr. Giggles (1992) 23% 1/4 EDIT “The doctor's incessant giggling is supposed to represent the outlet of childhood psychological trauma, but don't expect Dr. Giggles to give Drake's performance a sympathetic or tragic dimension.” – Seattle Times Dec 4, 2018 Full Review Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) 0% 1/4 EDIT “If you have any inexplicable desire to see Car 54, take this advice: wait for its imminent release on video, and then consider renting something else instead.” – Seattle Times Mar 21, 2017 Full Review Antonia's Line (1995) 69% 3/4 EDIT “Antonia's Line is a Dutch treat that unfolds like a generous novel, surrounding you with its indelible sense of time, place and character.” – Seattle Times Oct 4, 2016 Full Review Rudy (1993) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “The film is so effective because Rudy is never seen as mock-heroic, and he's never lifted toward unrealistic achievement. He simply does the very best he can.” – Seattle Times Aug 23, 2016 Full Review Hocus Pocus (1993) 42% 3/4 EDIT “Hocus Pocus remains a delightful family comedy, spooky but never scary as it romps its merry way through the graveyard.” – Seattle Times Aug 15, 2015 Full Review The Crying Game (1992) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “Seeing the film twice reveals two completely different viewer perspectives -- a kind of "before and after" syndrome -- and like any good film The Crying Game grows richer as it sinks into your thoughts.” – Seattle Times Mar 9, 2015 Full Review House (1977) 90% 3/4 EDIT “For connoisseurs of the bizarre, House's revival is long overdue.” – Seattle Times Feb 6, 2015 Full Review Light Sleeper (1992) 87% 3/4 EDIT “Dafoe completely inhabits the character, appearing in virtually every scene and developing a fascinating psychological profile.” – Seattle Times Sep 9, 2014 Full Review Maverick (1994) 67% 2/4 EDIT “By the time Donner crowds his climactic poker game with a bevy of veteran Western character actors, decades of movie tradition have been reduced to window dressing, and Maverick leaves you hungry for the real thing.” – Seattle Times Sep 2, 2014 Full Review My Boyfriend's Back (1993) 13% 1/4 EDIT “Simply put, absolutely none of it works. The movie utterly fails to set a foundation for its dark fantasy, effectively turning every character into a moron.” – Seattle Times Jul 15, 2014 Full Review The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) 14% 2/4 EDIT “There's nothing wrong with The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag that isn't wrong with about a thousand other commercially homogenized comedies of its kind.” – Seattle Times Jul 11, 2014 Full Review Father Hood (1993) 10% 1.5/4 EDIT “Despite its best intentions, Father Hood is destined to become leftovers in the video store.” – Seattle Times Jul 8, 2014 Full Review Striptease (1996) 11% 2.5/4 EDIT “Bergman, who made The Freshman and Honeymoon in Vegas, provides quotable one-liners for everyone (especially Rhames), and a bevy of strippers lend colorful albeit stereotypically ditzy support.” – Seattle Times Jun 18, 2014 Full Review Once Upon a Forest (1993) 22% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's a good thing this breezy animated adventure lasts only slightly more than 70 minutes. Children will no doubt enjoy its simple tale, but would probably grow restless if it went on for a minute longer.” – Seattle Times Jun 17, 2014 Full Review The Professional (1994) 76% 2.5/4 EDIT “Like Quentin Tarantino, Besson has a singular style and directorial sensibility that keeps you watching.” – Seattle Times Jun 4, 2014 Full Review Chungking Express (1994) 89% 3/4 EDIT “I've never been a big fan of technique that calls attention to itself, but Wong's frenetic blend of slow motion, pixilation, rushing backgrounds and frozen foregrounds (or vice versa) is as integral to this movie as its bubbly story and characters.” – Seattle Times May 28, 2014 Full Review A League of Their Own (1992) 82% 2.5/4 EDIT “League wants you to laugh more than anything else, and Hanks makes sure that you will.” – Seattle Times May 6, 2014 Full Review Cool World (1992) 4% 2/4 EDIT “Bakshi's world is typically subversive, anti-nostalgic and, at times, a brilliantly conceived grafting of two and three dimensions. Unfortunately, its ingenuity matrix seems to have short-circuited.” – Seattle Times May 4, 2014 Full Review Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) 7% 2/4 EDIT “The film benefits greatly from the use of three totally authentic ship replicas, but the real thing -- as presented in the PBS series about Columbus -- is still much more inspiring.” – Seattle Times May 3, 2014 Full Review Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) 11% 2/4 EDIT “Landis relies on routine action -- and cameos by such noted filmmakers as George Lucas, John Singleton, Martha Coolidge and others -- to hide the fact that there's no engine under his movie's hood.” – Seattle Times May 2, 2014 Full Review
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