Author: Vincent Leo

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1990s / Animation / Fantasy

Princess Mononoke (1997)

While there are many films of late with much more impressive visuals in the animation department, Princess Mononoke may be unrivaled for its original story and compelling emotional climax.  For many American viewers, this may...

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1990s / Comedy

Office Space (1999)

Due to a hypnotic suggestion, a young office worker decides not to go into work anymore while his company is in the process of laying off unnecessary employees. Then, to his surprise, he is...

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2000s / Adventure / Thriller

The Beach (2000)

After his monumental breakthrough in Titanic and The Man in the Iron Mask, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first film after taking about a year off from acting doesn’t quite prove worth the wait. This one puts him back in...

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1990s / Comedy

Dick (1999)

DICK is the fictional tale of two fifteen year old girls on a class trip in Washington DC in 1973 become unwittingly witness to the real-life Watergate scandal. They become Nixon’s official dog-walkers and...

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1990s / Animation / Family / Science Fiction

The Iron Giant (1999)

A giant robot (voiced by Vin Diesel, Saving Private Ryan) falls to Earth from outer space and startles the people of a small Maine town called Rockwell in 1957. A young boy (Marienthal, American Pie) encounters the gigantic...

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1990s / Horror / Thriller

The Haunting (1999)

A grandiose mansion called Hill House is the setting for Dr. Marrow’s (Neeson, The Phantom Menace) experiments on insomnia, thinking it is one’s fears that keeps them awake, and if they can sleep while in a...

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2000s / Comedy / Thriller

Snatch (2000)

“Mr. Madonna”, Guy Ritchie, follows up his splash debut to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels with another wryly comic (and violent) crime piece with Snatch.  Like the previous film, it features a cast of almost two...

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1990s / Action / Comedy / Superhero

Mystery Men (1999)

In a city of comical superheroes, its most prominent, Captain Amazing (Kinnear, As Good As It Gets), gets captured by its most feared villain, Casanova Frankenstein (Rush, Elizabeth). A fledgling crew of ineptitude band together to...

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1990s / Comedy / Thriller

Conman 1999 (1998)

Why my review of this film seems to be the only negative one I can find is a mystery to me.  I’m actually quite surprised myself, since the other films stemming from the God of...

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2000s / Horror / Science Fiction

Supernova (2000)

What starts out as intriguing if derivative sci-fi soon descends into meaningless horror and in the end a real letdown from a cast and crew of professionals who should know better. From the fact...