Which of HE’s top 21 films released in 1999 have I re-watched more than a couple of times? Just four — Election, The Limey, The Insider and Malkovich. I re-watched Lola in an AMC plex a couple of months ago…loved it. I’ve actually re-watched American Beauty three times, come to think. I’ve re-watched Al Pacino’s “ inches” speech from Any Given Sunday 17 or 18 times.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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