Dan DiNicola
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Army of Darkness (1992) |
It's a product designed by men who will themselves into an adolescent state of mind and reach for the art of spoof and slapstick. It works for a while, but soon it's easy to be bored, if not turned off, by the self-congratulatory little jokes. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Mar 31, 2023
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Boys on the Side (1995) |
All these small moments, all these pleasures, do not add up to a satisfying emotional whole. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Mar 14, 2023
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9 to 5 (1980) |
I would not bet against it being a hit, but I will take issue with its flippant and simple-minded approach. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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Thelma & Louise (1991) |
Together Davis and Sarandon are an unforgettable duo. It is fun to watch them work. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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Godzilla (1998) |
A cartoonish explosion -- a monster show designed to make us gape in awe at such technical wizardry. It's all stomping and romping, which will eventually tire out some viewers and pass the testosterone test for others. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Wild Things (1998) |
There's good trash and bad trash. As trash goes, Wild Things is pretty good. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Feb 02, 2023
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The Winter Guest (1997) |
A dull, plodding exercise directed by actor Alan Rickman. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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The Wedding Singer (1998) |
[Drew Barrymore is] developing into a fine actress, but most of all, some of the bits will send you rolling in the aisles. This is one sweet and pleasant comedy. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Wag the Dog (1997) |
The idea sags near the end, but for some time, it is right on. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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U.S. Marshals (1998) |
Like most sequels, this one is sharp and fast-paced, but it's a formula nevertheless. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Twilight (1998) |
Like its hero, it's cool and laid-back. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Sphere (1998) |
An undersea, sci-fi, paranoid thriller which packs tension but cannot release the powerful payoff we have a right to expect. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Senseless (1998) |
It's the kind of movie funnier in the planning stages than on film. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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The Replacement Killers (1998) |
This film might be the ultimate temp job, but stars Chow Yin-Fat and Mira Sorvino deserve better work. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Palmetto (1998) |
The film's plot doesn't always hang together and is hampered by unlikely surprises. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Mr. Magoo (1997) |
The movie lives from gag to gag, with the barest of plot... A perfect diversion for little ones. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Mouse Hunt (1997) |
The real fun is watching what the special-effects team does with the mouse -- or mice -- who are for the most part trained. The kids giggle while moms and dads roar right along with them. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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My Life in Pink (1997) |
Has the good sense not to preach or treat its characters with frivolity. It is in the truest sense of the word a family film. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) |
A clever and funny movie about a desperate lie that grows out of control. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Jackie Brown (1997) |
To enjoy this you have to be into it for the kicks. It baits us, but does not completely reel us in. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Hard Rain (1998) |
The first candidate for one of the worst films of 1998. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Half Baked (1998) |
Though billed as Cheech & Chong of the '90s, this movie is not funny. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Great Expectations (1998) |
The film has a defining contemporary hipness, and features good work by Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow. But it's more a meditation on its source than a filming of it. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Good Will Hunting (1997) |
A terrifically warm, tender and entertaining story... In significant ways, the "Rocky" of the '90s. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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The Gingerbread Man (1998) |
Altman lays compelling groundwork for a story that eventually turns on deadly clichés, and Kenneth Branagh lacks the star power needed to overcome shortcomings of character and plot. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Dark City (1998) |
The movie's design is its only redeeming feature. This is one movie which seems to have been made almost exclusively for members of a Dungeons & Dragons fan club. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Caught Up (1998) |
The movie is so full of story twists, its narrative is equivalent to a badly made pretzel. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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The Borrowers (1997) |
A terrific family treat based on the novel by Mary Norton. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) |
Skip the film and buy the soundtrack. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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As Good as It Gets (1997) |
A charming romantic comedy that will make you laugh and feel good. Excellent performances all around. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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The Apostle (1998) |
Instead of reducing his minister to an Elmer Gantry hypocrite, Duvall gives us a flawed man who nevertheless has a deep, loving religious conviction. This is the finest movie ever made about a minister or priest. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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The Big Lebowski (1998) |
You're into this not so much for the plot but for the kicks and L.A. ambiance. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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The Wings of the Dove (1997) |
Sensuous, intelligent and moving, this is one of the best of the year. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Titanic (1997) |
One of the greatest disaster films ever and certainly the one truly genuine blockbuster movie of the '90s. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Starship Troopers (1997) |
It's not as serious as it is a comic variation on old-fashioned ideas. Kids won't get the tongue-in-cheek approach, but part of the appeal is that the movie works on both levels. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Soul Food (1997) |
This movie could have sunk to soap opera melodrama. But Tillman really cares about each multidimensional character. As a result, the film resonates. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997) |
Too sluggish and fares better as a travelogue than a drama. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Scream 2 (1997) |
This sequel to the highly successful original is wittier and just as scary. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997) |
The great director Francis Ford Coppola takes a John Grisham novel and shows us and directors of other Grisham adaptations how things should be done. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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One Night Stand (1997) |
A fine, perceptive drama starring Wesley Snipes as a married man who realizes he has been living a life of self-deception. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) |
Julia Roberts makes a glorious return in this romantic comedy... The screenplay is filled with bright dialogue and clever twists. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) |
No dominant sense of style, no evocation of classic Southern charm or presence of a Gothic sensibility. This one meanders for more than two hours and we emerge tired and unfulfilled. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Men in Black (1997) |
This is a hilarious, deadpan sci-comedy comedy about special G-men who keep resident aliens from outer space in line. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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L.A. Confidential (1997) |
The best and richest crime-cop drama in decades... This is an instant classic. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Kiss the Girls (1997) |
Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd both deserve better than this mediocre, muddled, dark and only at times engrossing psychodrama. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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The Jackal (1997) |
Sidney Poitier is the FBI deputy director and the only one in the cast to lend this movie credibility. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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In & Out (1997) |
An amiable and wickedly funny comedy. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) |
This is a fun, energetic and scary movie by Jim Gillespie. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Home Alone 3 (1997) |
No surprises here as far as the plot, just changes in casting keep this sequel lively. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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The Game (1997) |
Douglas works hard, and even if it's at first enticing, the movie is shallow and much ado about nothing. - The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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