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2010s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller

Parasite (2019)

After two films done primarily in English in 2013’s Snowpiercer and the 2017 Netflix release Okja, Bong Joon-ho returns to purely Korean-language filmmaking for the first time since 2009 with his black comic satire, Parasite, arguably...

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2000s / Comedy / Fantasy

Fred Claus (2007)

The proverbial lumps of coal (boy, isn’t this phrase becoming a trite cliché for movie critics?) called the family Christmas movie get trotted out toward the end of almost every year. For every good...

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1990s / Comedy

Fathers’ Day (1997)

Fathers’ Day is yet another American remake of a French comedy that falls flat on its face from an absence of quality humor.  Perhaps most of the humor is lost in translation or perhaps the...

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1970s

The Longest Yard (1974)

Showing once and for all that Burt Reynolds can act if he shaves off his mustache, The Longest Yard is a mixture of two genres, the sophomoric sports film, and the sadistic prison flick, both...

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2000s / Thriller

Confidence (2003)

The con game has been a frequently visited subject in the realm of film, but it has almost become its own genre in the last couple of years.   Heist, Nine Queens, Ocean’s Eleven, The Score come readily...

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1990s / Drama / Thriller

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...

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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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1990s / Comedy / Thriller

Out of Sight (1998)

A notorious bank robber (Clooney) busts out of prison with the help of a former inmate (Rhames) but kidnaps a female US Marshal (Lopez) on the escape route. The Marshal escapes and the two felons make their...