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U-571
Cast: Matthew McCaughey Studio: Universal Rating: 6/10 There are a limited number of options for a movie about a submarine. In general, men in a claustrophobic space are chasing or are being chased by the enemy. This variation on a theme was explored by Crimson Tide, The Hunt For Red October, and of course, the…
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Videodrone – Interview
So, I guess you’ve got me to start off your day. Yeah. We played last night with Orgy and I’m a little hung over (laughs), but we’ll do fine. I’ve actually got to go to practice pretty quick. Does it feel like starting with a whole new band with the name change and new album?…
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Varsity Blues
Cast: James Van Der Beek Studio: Paramount Rating: 4/10 Though it would seem that Varsity Blues is only a football movie, you’ll soon realize that it’s really about being young and struggling to do the right thing now before the rest of your life finds you with regrets. The movie’s target audience is obviously teens,…
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Jakob The Liar
Cast: Robin Williams Studio: Tristar Rating: 2/10 Robin Williams has established himself as one of the most bankable actors to date. His history in film covers a wide spectrum of outrageous comedy and some downright serious drama. After an Academy Award nomination for his role in Dead Poet’s Society, it seems he has found his…
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Jawbreaker
Cast: Rebecca Gayheart Studio: Tristar Rating: 2/10 Never has a movie so wanted to be a movie it wasn’t. Jawbreaker wishes more than anything that it could be Heathers. Sometimes it wants to be Clueless. Strangely, I think it even wanted to be Grease. Instead, Jawbreaker is a Frankenstein of better high school movies, unable…
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Idle Hands
Cast: Devon Sawa Studio: Columbia Rating: 3/10 Idle hands are the devil’s workshop. That is what Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa) discovers when he wakes up Halloween morning. The thoughtless teen, only interested in porn and dope and clueless to the world around him, he discovers that a murderer is on the prowl in his hometown.…
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Here On Earth
Cast: Chris Klein Studio: Fox Rating: 5.5/10 Two of Hollywood’s rising young stars team up in this story of two teens from different social backgrounds brought together by a twist of fate. Kelly Morse (Chris Klein) just graduated valedictorian from his prep school in Boston and is heir apparent to his father’s huge corporation. Everything…
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Hideous Kinky
Cast: Kate Winslet Studio: Columbia Rating: 6/10 A little girl runs through a dark cavern screaming frantically for her mother. As the girl falls, Julia (Kate Winslet) awakes from the dark nightmare to find that her daughter, Lucy (Carrie Mullan), is asleep close to her. The picturesque scene begins in an exotic room with colorful…
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Hollow Man
Cast: Kevin Bacon Studio: Columbia Rating: 2/10 “It’s amazing what you can do when you don’t have to look at yourself in the mirror anymore.” That’s the quote of all quotes from this summer’s special effects extravaganza, Hollow Man, perfectly spoken by Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Caine. Even though he parades through half of the…
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The Haunting
Cast: Liam Neeson Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 3/10 It must be disheartening for the makers of The Haunting to hear that the lobby poster is more frightening than the movie. A remake of the 1963 film based on Shirley Jackson’s 1959 book, the 1999 version is not much more than an embarrassment to the legacy. Directed…
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