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| Contact | **** | Much better than the book. |
| Lost In America | *** | The Organization Man leaves the Organization and can't hack it in the Cold. Some clever interplay with Easy Rider. Typical Brooks. |
| Easy Rider | ** | Maybe I missed the point. But, if there is a point, is it relevant today? Or was it ever relevant? |
| Working Girls | **** | Interesting and disturbing. |
| L. A. Confidential | ***** | Best movie I've seen in a long, long time. A tribute to film noir and a damn good story to boot. The acting, period feel, and cinematography are all superb. |
| The Cable Guy | **** | You better be up on your film and TV. Tons of references. A lot of thought went into this one. |
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Das Boot The Director's Cut |
***** | This is one of my top 10 favorite movies. The director's cut is longer but the essence is still there. |
| Army of Darkness | *** | Good, mindless entertainment. The hand sequence is my favorite. |
| Videodrome | *** | Something for the S & M set. Very 80's. |
| Exit to Eden | ** | Something for the B & D set. Dana Delany is looking mighty fine though. |
| The Jerk | *** | Still fresh after all these years. |
| The Lonely Guy | ** | I'm not too keen on Neil Simon scripts. Martin and Groden saved this movie. |
| Prince of Darkness | * | Glacially slow. Keep this movie on hand as a tranquilizer. |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | **** | Fun movie. Especially if you like film noir. |
| Laura | **** | Some interesting twists. |
| Double Indemnity | **** | Great dialogue. A watershed for later movies. |
| Chinatown | ***** | Riveting. Doesn't go soft at the end like L. A. Confidential. Straight down the line. |
| Boogie Nights | **** | Humorious and entertaining for those who can get past the subject matter. You'll either like it or hate it. |
| Sword of Blood | ** | Falls apart at the end. Graphic for a Samauri film. |
| The Asphault Jungle | ***** | Outstanding. Another noir great. |
| Young Frankenstein | **** | Funny. A must see if only to be tuned into pop culture. I think Yankees like it better than Southerners. |
| Jackie Brown | **** | Excellent plot and characterization. It's a long movie. Probably would be just as good if edited down to two hours. |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | **** | Classic Bond with a dash of Jackie Chan. |
| Titanic | *** | Corny. Predictable. Way too long. Rent it for the computer simulation of the sinking. Use fast-forward often. |
| Triumph of Will | *** | Typical political convention booster movie. You'd have to be pretty sick to consider this threatening. |
| The Seventh Seal | ***** | Brilliant exposition of the Existentialist's predicament. |
| Flesh Gordon | *** | Campily Camp but enjoyable. |
| Indecent Exposure | **** | Surprisingly good tale of how Howard Stern got into radio. |
| Crumb | ***** | Outstanding documentary on Harry Crumb, creator of Zap comics. Makes you feel really, really normal. |
| The Truman Show | **** | Multilayered and very interesting. Cary's best so far. |
| The X Files Movie | **** | Decent two hour episode. Doesn't go overboard with big screen effects. |