Sling Blade (1996)
It’s the movie that made Billy Bob Thornton a star, and an unlikely vehicle to be one of the better films of 1996. Sling Blade also garnered a best screenplay Oscar for Thornton, who not only plays...
Category: 1990s
Best Laid Plans (1999)
Alfred Hitchcock dubbed the Master of Suspense for his ability to play the audience like a piano. Hitchcock also made masterpieces. It seems many of today’s filmmakers are more interested in playing the audience...
The Three Swordsmen (1994)
It’s pretty difficult to give you a plot summary of a film that is not only faithless to its own plot, but at times does not even remember what it is. I’ll give it...
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Eye of the Beholder is the perfect example of why it’s a disaster to try to make an art film out of a standard thriller. Stephan Elliott, acclaimed for his work on The Adventures of...
Stigmata (1999)
Some strange occurrences are going on in a church in Brazil, where a Madonna statue is weeping blood, and a Vatican priest (Byrne) known for his skepticism is sent in to investigate. One of the...
Sabrina (1995)
While this slight romantic comedy is easy to watch and amiable enough for an enjoyable evening, considering Harrison Ford’s (Clear and Present Danger, The Fugitive) involvement while still a superstar at the box office, it’s...
Victim (1999)
Victim marks a return of sorts back to Hong Kong for director Ringo Lam that can be viewed either as a success or a failure, depending on your point of view. It’s a success because...
All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodovar’s career as a filmmaker has been one of the strong female characters, homosexuals, transvestites, and realistic emotional truths. All About My Mother, one of his more serious works, is no exception in...
200 Cigarettes (1999)
200 Cigarettes is set on New Year’s Eve, 1981, in the East Village of NYC. Several young people are heading to a New Year’s Eve party with their problems and stories, many of them crossing...
Boogie Nights (1997)
Although Boogie Nights isn’t his first film, this is Paul Thomas Anderson’s (Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia) breakthrough and the first exposure many of us may have to his fine work. As evidenced within the film and also in...