Flatliners (1990)
Flatliners is a difficult film to pigeonhole. It’s sci-fi, but not really, and it’s horror, but not really that either. It’s more like a supernatural drama/thriller that dabbles with the question of the afterlife,...
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Mirror, Mirror (2012)
The Brothers Grimm classic gets dusted off yet one more time, the first of two Snow White adaptations done in 2012 alone (Snow White and the Huntsmanbeing the other). The story starts with the...
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Gibson plays cabbie Jerry Fletcher, a self-proclaimed conspiracy theorist, who finds government involvement in nearly everything, including assassinations, constant surveillance, and even water pipes breaking in the middle of the city. In addition, Jerry...
Closer (2004)
Some dramas which revolve around relationships, especially with people who speak from raw emotion, make me feel like a voyeur, peeking in on private conversations and intimate moments I wouldn’t ever see otherwise. Then...
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Everyone Says I Love You continues the long streak of light Woody Allen comedies in the 1990s, and although this doesn’t really rank as one of his finest works, it is definitely a departure...
I Love Trouble (1994)
Nick Nolte stars as Peter Brackett, Chicago’s most popular reporter, and eligible bachelor. Brackett has been coasting for years off of his own image and reputation, regurgitating his older material and trying to pass...
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Chuck Barris is perhaps best known as the host of “The Gong Show,” a talent show of the weirdest and wildest amateur acts from around the country. To a lesser extent, he is known...
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
The amazing Steven Soderbergh is at it again, showing a mastery of a new genre with almost every film he’s made. After the Academy Award nominated films Erin Brockovich and Traffic, Soderbergh goes for a fun and...
America’s Sweethearts (2001)
As good an actress as Julia Roberts may be, she has done about as many bad films as good during the span of her career. Following what may have been her finest performance in...
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Based on a true story. Erin Brockovich (Roberts) is a struggling mother of three who bulldozes her way into working for a small law firm, and uncovers a possible coverup involving a powerful multi-billion dollar...