Tagged: Mary Kay Place

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1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Science Fiction

Explorers (1985)

Another Spielberg-ian family film from director Joe Dante, although unlike his previous film, Gremlins, it isn’t produced by Steven Spielberg’s production house, despite it being obviously influenced in its wide-eyed sense of discovery, optimism, and...

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1970s / Drama / Musical / Romance

New York, New York (1977)

In my opinion, New York New York is the most underrated of Scorsese’s films.  Coming after Taxi Driver, critics probably grew restless looking for more signs of a genius filmmaker that they thought Scorsese to be within...

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1980s / Science Fiction / Thriller

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Following on the success of E.T., there were quite a few clones involving a being that changes the lives of ordinary families for the better, only to have scary government agents out to destroy the...

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1980s / Comedy / Fantasy

Modern Problems (1981)

I’m wondering if the creators of Modern Problems thought that Chevy Chase could ad-lib enough laughs to save this dud from falling apart and that they didn’t just film without a script save to set...

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1990s / Comedy / Drama

Citizen Ruth (1996)

There is a George Carlin routine in which he states that given the right context, there really is no taboo subject for comedy. He states that even something as serious as rape can be...

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1990s / Comedy / Fantasy

Being John Malkovich (1999)

If, as Andy Warhol quipped, everyone is famous for 15 minutes, why does it have to also cost $200?! Perhaps the most original comedy to come out in the 90s, Being John Malkovich is another in...

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1990s / Comedy / Drama

Pecker (1998)

A young Baltimore lad nicknamed Pecker (Furlong, Terminator 2) spends his time taking picture with his thrift store camera of his weird friends and family and displays them in his own photography exhibit. His photographs...

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1990s / Drama / Thriller

The Rainmaker (1997)

A young lawyer (Damon, Courage Under Fire) goes to work for a crooked ambulance-chasing firm, and tries not to drown in his first case against a highly successful insurance company and their formidable team of lawyers....