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Next Entries »Duets (2000) – Movie Review
Friday, September 22nd, 2000Karahokey [xrr rating=2.5/5] Duets. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Lochlyn Munro, Angie Dickinson, and Andre Braugher. Cinematography by Paul Sarossy. Edited by Jerry Greenberg. Music by David Newman. Screenplay by John Bynum. Directed by Bruce Paltrow. (Hollywood Pictures/Seven Arts Pictures, 2000, Color, 112 minutes. MPAA Rating: R.) The origins […]
The Fountainhead (1949) – Movie Review
Tuesday, July 27th, 1999Of Underdogs and Übermensch [xrr rating=4/5] The Fountainhead. Starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull, Ray Collins, Moroni Olsen, and Jerome Cowan. Cinematography by Robert Burks, A.S.C. Edited by David Weisbart, A.C.E. Music by Max Steiner. Screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel. Directed by King Vidor. […]
American Beauty (1999) – Movie Review
Sunday, June 6th, 1999Look Closer: Hectoring, Moralizing, Stridency [xrr rating=2.5/5] American Beauty. Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Chris Cooper, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Roberts, and Barry Del Sherman. Screenplay by Alan Ball. Directed by Sam Mendes. (Dreamworks SKG, Color, 122 minutes. MPAA Rating: R.) American Beauty opens and […]
Psycho (1998) – Movie Review
Friday, December 4th, 1998Psychobabble [xrr rating=2.5/5] Psycho. Starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, and Philip Baker Hall. Cinematography by Christopher Doyle. Edited by Amy E. Duddleston. Music based on an original score by Bernard Herrmann. Orchestrated and conducted by Steve Bartek. Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert […]
Citizen Ruth (1996) – Movie Review
Friday, December 20th, 1996Ruthlessly On-Target [xrr rating=4/5] Citizen Ruth. Starring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place, Kelly Preston, and M.C. Gainey. Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. Directed by Alexander Payne. (Miramax Films/Independent Pictures, 1996, Color, 102 minutes. MPAA Rating: R.) One of the most oft-repeated clichés of the pro-choice movement is […]
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