Cape Fear (1991)
Martin Scorsese’s lucrative follow-up to Goodfellas sees the director in more of an experimental mood, and the result is intriguing, beguiling and frustrating at the same time. It’s a remake of a noir-ish 1962 thriller starring...
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
You’ve probably heard all about how bad The Adventures of Pluto Nash is, and those who found little in entertainment value during the 95 minute running length, I really do understand. However, I do have to...
Goodfellas (1990)
Characterizations are the key to this fantastic mob story, perhaps only rivaled by The Godfather as the best of them all. Violent, compelling, daring and rich, Scorsese (The King of Comedy, The Last Waltz) crafts Nicholas Pileggi’s...
Ghost World (2001)
Five years after giving us the quirky Crumb, director Terry Zwigoff delivers another batch of off-beat goodness in Ghost World. The film is based on the small press comic book of the same name by Daniel Clowes,...
Stir of Echoes (1999)
A blue collar man (Bacon) undergoes hypnosis as a prank, and a suggestion is left that he have an open mind. Shortly thereafter he begins to see frightening visions involving a young girl named Samantha...
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Based on the bestseller by Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle is nothing but 2+ hours of missed opportunities. First and foremost, director Luis Mandoki does not seem to realize that to have an effective tearjerker,...