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neg/cv000_29416.txt | plot : two teen couples go to a church party , drink and then drive .
they get into an accident .
one of the guys dies , but his girlfriend continues to see him in her life , and has nightmares .
what's the deal ?
watch the movie and " sorta " find out . . .
critique : a mind-fuck movie for the teen generation tha... | neg |
neg/cv001_19502.txt | the happy bastard's quick movie review
damn that y2k bug .
it's got a head start in this movie starring jamie lee curtis and another baldwin brother ( william this time ) in a story regarding a crew of a tugboat that comes across a deserted russian tech ship that has a strangeness to it when they kick the power back ... | neg |
neg/cv002_17424.txt | it is movies like these that make a jaded movie viewer thankful for the invention of the timex indiglo watch .
based on the late 1960's television show by the same name , the mod squad tells the tale of three reformed criminals under the employ of the police to go undercover .
however , things go wrong as evidence ge... | neg |
neg/cv003_12683.txt | " quest for camelot " is warner bros . ' first feature-length , fully-animated attempt to steal clout from disney's cartoon empire , but the mouse has no reason to be worried .
the only other recent challenger to their throne was last fall's promising , if flawed , 20th century fox production " anastasia , " but disn... | neg |
neg/cv004_12641.txt | synopsis : a mentally unstable man undergoing psychotherapy saves a boy from a potentially fatal accident and then falls in love with the boy's mother , a fledgling restauranteur .
unsuccessfully attempting to gain the woman's favor , he takes pictures of her and kills a number of people in his way .
comments : stalk... | neg |
neg/cv005_29357.txt | capsule : in 2176 on the planet mars police taking into custody an accused murderer face the title menace .
there is a lot of fighting and not a whole lot of story otherwise .
john carpenter reprises so many ideas from his previous films , especially assault on precinct 13 , that the new film comes off as his homage ... | neg |
neg/cv006_17022.txt | so ask yourself what " 8mm " ( " eight millimeter " ) is really all about .
is it about a wholesome surveillance man who loses sight of his values after becoming enmeshed in the seedy , sleazy underworld of hardcore pornography ?
is it about the business itself , how , bubbling just beneath the surface of big-town am... | neg |
neg/cv007_4992.txt | that's exactly how long the movie felt to me .
there weren't even nine laughs in nine months .
it's a terrible mess of a movie starring a terrible mess of a man , mr . hugh grant , a huge dork .
it's not the whole oral-sex/prostitution thing ( referring to grant , not me ) that bugs me , it's the fact that grant is ... | neg |
neg/cv008_29326.txt | call it a road trip for the walking wounded .
stellan skarsg ? rd plays such a convincingly zombified drunken loser that it's difficult to spend nearly two hours of screen time in his smelly , boozed-out presence .
yet this ever-reliable swedish actor adds depth and significance to the otherwise plodding and forgetta... | neg |
neg/cv009_29417.txt | plot : a young french boy sees his parents killed before his eyes by tim roth , oops . . . i
mean , an evil man .
he vows revenge on that man and is taught the ways of the musketeer by some old dude who used to be one himself ?
anyway , fourteen years go by and . . . arrgh , well , you know the rest . . . swish-swis... | neg |
neg/cv010_29063.txt | best remembered for his understated performance as dr . hannibal lecter in michael mann's forensics thriller , manhunter , scottish character actor brian cox brings something special to every movie he works on .
usually playing a bit role in some studio schlock ( he dies halfway through the long kiss goodnight ) , he'... | neg |
neg/cv011_13044.txt | janeane garofalo in a romantic comedy -- it was a good idea a couple years ago with the truth about cats and dogs but is almost excruciating in the matchmaker .
this is a by-the-books movie that plods along on a predestined course with no surprises and very few laughs .
it also jumps on the ever-popular political sat... | neg |
neg/cv012_29411.txt | and now the high-flying hong kong style of filmmaking has made its way down to the classics , and it isn't pretty .
this time out the nod to asia goes by way of france in the excruciating bland and lukewarm production of the musketeer , a version of dumas's the three musketeers .
by bringing in popular asian actor/st... | neg |
neg/cv013_10494.txt | a movie like mortal kombat : annihilation works ( and must be reviewed on ) multiple levels .
first , there's the rampant usage of randian subtext that pervades the entire movie .
but occasionaly , almost as if making an ironic , self-depreciating remark , the movie tosses in clearly marxist imagery .
no no . . .
j... | neg |
neg/cv014_15600.txt | she was the femme in " la femme nikita . "
he was the baldwin in " backdraft , " " sliver , " and " fair game " ( with cindy crawford ) .
together , anne parillaud and william baldwin conspire to make " shattered image " the biggest piece of hooey since the stallone/stone " thriller " " the specialist . "
the film p... | neg |
neg/cv015_29356.txt | john carpenter makes b-movies .
always has ( " halloween , " " escape from new york , " " the thing " ) and , by the looks of it ( " they live , " " escape from l . a . , " " vampires " ) , always will .
carpenter's latest horror opus with a science fiction bent ( or science fiction outing with a schlock horror bent ... | neg |
neg/cv016_4348.txt | i'm really starting to wonder about alicia silverstone .
sure , she is one of the most beautiful creatures on god's green earth ( second only to that movie critic at large guy ) , but when it comes to choosing what movies she stars in , she always strikes out .
the crush was a slow-moving , predictable piece of fluff... | neg |
neg/cv017_23487.txt | so what do you get when you mix together plot elements from various successful sci-fi films such as close encounters of the third kind , 2001 : a space odyssey , apollo 13 and contact ?
well , whatever it is , you'd sure as hell hope that it would be a thousand times better than this shoddy attempt at such a melange ,... | neg |
neg/cv018_21672.txt | the law of crowd pleasing romantic movies states that the two leads must end up together by film's end .
if you're not familiar with this law , then maybe you've seen the trailer for this film which shows that the two leads are together by film's end .
now if you're a regular reader of mine , you've heard me say this... | neg |
neg/cv019_16117.txt | mighty joe young blunders about for nearly twenty minutes before we actually get to see a great big gorilla .
his entrance , however , is a grand one : out from the trees he leaps , gargantuan and imposing , sporting hands big enough to crush a volkswagen bug , and a pair of feet much larger than any pro basketball pl... | neg |
neg/cv020_9234.txt | " spawn " features good guys , bad guys , lots of fighting , bloody violence , a leather-clad machine gun chick , gooey , self-healing bullet holes , scatological humor and a man-eating monster .
it not only appears to have been tailor made for a swarm of 12- and 13-year-old boys , it appears to have been made by the... | neg |
neg/cv021_17313.txt | " in dreams " might keep you awake at night , but not because of its creepy imagery , bizarre visual style or story about a clairvoyant madman who lures young girls to their untimely deaths .
no , the source of potential sleeplessness here lies within the movie's brutally squandered potential , the least of which is ... | neg |
neg/cv022_14227.txt | " knock off " is exactly that : a cheap knock off of an action movie .
it's also the worst movie i have seen thus far this year .
i figured it would be at least a couple of months before i saw the worst film of 1998 , but alas , it has already been found .
jean-claude van damme stars as ( i think ) a designer jeans... | neg |
neg/cv023_13847.txt | " snake eyes " is the most aggravating kind of movie : the kind that shows so much potential then becomes unbelievably disappointing .
it's not just because this is a brian depalma film , and since he's a great director and one who's films are always greeted with at least some fanfare .
and it's not even because thi... | neg |
neg/cv024_7033.txt | forgive the fevered criticism but the fervor of the crucible infects .
set in 1692 at salem , massachusetts , the crucible opens with a group of teenage girls passionately singing and dancing around a boiling cauldron in the middle of a forest under the glow of a full moon .
they beckon the names of men as the target... | neg |
neg/cv025_29825.txt | one might expect a cathartic viewing experience walking into a new jean-luc godard film .
after all , he was a founding member of the highly influential french new wave .
he is also an esteemed film critic , lending intelligence and historical perspective to us in much of his writing .
however , his latest creation ... | neg |
neg/cv026_29229.txt | america loves convenience .
after all , we're the culture that invented the cell phone , the 24-hour atm , and my most beloved , the remote control .
yet perhaps this time , with ghosts of mars , we have taken our love of convenience to far .
ghosts of mars stars natasha henstridge as a tough as nails , pill-poppin'... | neg |
neg/cv027_26270.txt | reindeer games is easily the worst of the three recent films penned by ehren kruger ( scream 3 and arlington rd are the others , each derivative in their own special way ) .
the guy can't seem to write believable dialogue ( sample from reindeer games : " rule #1 : never put a car thief behind the wheel " ) , create mu... | neg |
neg/cv028_26964.txt | a follow-up to disney's live-action " 101 dalmatians " that's better , more entertaining than the first ?
just as unlikely .
with " 102 dalmatians , " the disney studios have proven that when it comes to going to the dogs , more is definitely * not * the merrier .
1996's " 101 dalmatians " certainly wasn't the great... | neg |
neg/cv029_19943.txt | one-sided " doom and gloom " documentary about the possible annihilation of the human race as foretold by the bible .
orson welles narrates and appears in the film in which he , along with best-selling author hal lindsey , discusses various prophecies from the bible and relates them to recent ( well for 1976 anyway ) ... | neg |
neg/cv030_22893.txt | play it to the bone , the newest addition to ron shelton's sports - themed repertoire fails in numerous ways .
like most of shelton's other great films ( bull durham , white men can't jump ) , this dud unsuccessfully attempts to use athleticism as a method of connecting characters and creating interesting subplots .
... | neg |
neg/cv031_19540.txt | some movies i should just skip .
my daughter and i had a really vile time at my favorite martian a few weeks back , and here comes another disney effects-filled live-action flick based on an old tv program .
true , the probgram is only 15 years old this time , and it's a cartoon .
but it's a cartoon i liked , and i ... | neg |
neg/cv032_23718.txt | hong kong cinema has been going through a bad spell .
the last few productions have been effect laded action adventures that combine both the best and worst of american filmmaking with the same qualities of hong kong films .
in a nutshell , the current crop of films from hong kong has been maddeningly convoluted and ... | neg |
neg/cv033_25680.txt | i wish i could have been in the pitch meeting for this ridiculous notion of a sports film .
i bet it was some hotshot warner brothers agent with an dark armani suit and manicured fingernails saying , " it would be a very light comedic version of any given sunday , and we could throw in the hoosiers angle with the cast... | neg |
neg/cv034_29446.txt | if you're into watching near on two hours of bored , foul-mouthed florida teens having sex , doing drugs , having sex , listening to eminem , having sex , playing video games , having sex , and killing one of their peers , then " bully " 's for you .
based on jim schutze's novelization of a true-life event , " bully "... | neg |
neg/cv035_3343.txt | sean connery stars as a harvard law professor who heads back into the courtroom , by way of the everglades , to defend a young , educated black man ( blair underwood ) .
the guy is on death row for the murder of a white girl , and says that his confession was coerced from the region's tough , black cop ( lawrence fish... | neg |
neg/cv036_18385.txt | among multitude of erotic thrillers , that had been released in the early 1990s , woman of desire is interesting only because it was directed by robert ginty , star of the b-grade action films of the previous decade .
those who tend not to be nostalgic about 1980s can find very good reason in the type of movies that m... | neg |
neg/cv037_19798.txt | " lake placid " marks yet another entry in the series of " predator pics " that were a screen staple in the late 1970s ( post- " jaws " ) and were revived recently by the godawful " anaconda . "
" placid " claims to be a " horror/comedy " -it's directed by the same guy who did " house " -but its attempts at humor ar... | neg |
neg/cv038_9781.txt | capsule : where are you tonight , leni rienfenstal ?
starship troopers is an expensive , hateful and unenjoyable piece of violent pornography -- and bad pornography , at that .
it is not good cinema , not good storytelling , and not even stupid fun : it's so cynically , calculatedly bone-headed that even the least de... | neg |
neg/cv039_5963.txt | the classic story & the production which ruined it
marking the centennial anniversary of the 1896 h . g . wells classic , new line cinema , armed with a stellar cast and expert make-up effects man stan winston ( alien , predator , terminator etc ) churns out yet another hollywood film based on the classic novel .
of ... | neg |
neg/cv040_8829.txt | lengthy and lousy are two words to describe the boring drama the english patient .
great acting , music and cinematography were nice , but too many dull sub-plots and characters made the film hard to follow .
ralph fiennes ( strange days , schindler's list ) gives a gripping performance as count laszlo almasy , a vic... | neg |
neg/cv041_22364.txt | out of sight director steven sorderbergh baffles the hell out of us all in the limey , a cold , uninvolving , confusing new thriller .
though the plot description may at first seem like it came from the pen of elmore leonard ( author of out of sight , as well as jackie brown , get shorty and pulp fiction ) , after you... | neg |
neg/cv042_11927.txt | a pseudo-intellectual film about the pseudo-intellectual world of art magazines , high art is as wasted as its drug-addled protagonists .
in the only notable part of the movie , ally sheedy and radha mitchell deliver nice performances in the two leading roles , not that lisa cholodenko's script or direction makes you ... | neg |
neg/cv043_16808.txt | " party camp , " is one of the most mindnumbingly brainless comedies i've seen in awhile .
a late rip-off of the " meatballs " series , the film follows a group of young camp counselors at camp chipmunk .
that's really about all that can be said about the " plot " because nothing much happens , except that the main ... | neg |
neg/cv044_18429.txt | i'm currently accepting all future names for drew barrymore characters .
in _the wedding singer_ , she was julia gulia .
in _never been kissed_ , she's josie grossie .
future db character names include : janet granite , janey grainy , and for that nc-17 project in the works , jo-jo . . .
aw forget it .
i'll stick ... | neg |
neg/cv045_25077.txt | when it comes to the average teenage romantic comedy , i expect negative reviews from critics left and right .
predictable , unoriginal , and forgettable will most likely be the three adjectives to haunt the down to you's and the drive me crazy's released by the dozens these last couple of years .
what i really look ... | neg |
neg/cv046_10613.txt | all through its production and into the early days of its initial , aborted pre-release publicity , hard rain bore the appropriate moniker of the flood .
ultimately , however , paramount pictures , nervous that this movie would be confused with 1996's other , underperforming disaster films ( dante's peak , volcano ) ,... | neg |
neg/cv047_18725.txt | instinct is the kind of movie that inexperienced moviegoers will undoubtedly label as " powerful " or " touching " .
i have a name for it myself : " gross " .
this is the sort of film where somebody stands up to a bully , the bully looks at the " rebel " threateningly , about to hurt him , and then everyone else whom... | neg |
neg/cv048_18380.txt | sydney lumet is the director whose work happens to be of varied quality .
he is praised for some of the most important films of the previous decades , like twelve angry men , serpico or the verdict .
but , in the same time , almost any of such pearls is followed by stinkers that hamper lumet's reputation .
a strange... | neg |
neg/cv049_21917.txt | " the world on land -- it's just too big for me . "
starring tim roth , pruitt taylor vince , bill nunn , clarence williams iii .
rated r .
the legend of 1900s is the year's most absurd movie , a rambling , nonsensical piece of seafaring garbage that goes nowhere fast .
it stars thespian extraordinaire tim roth , ... | neg |
neg/cv050_12128.txt | my giant is two movies for the price of one , but neither is worth the cost of admission , even if you get in free .
as lamely directed by michael lehmann , the picture tries to be a comedy by using and reusing every giant joke in the book .
( " without goliath , david is just some punk throwing rocks . " )
languid... | neg |
neg/cv051_10751.txt | talk about a movie that seemed dated before it even hit the theaters !
spice world is the feature film debut of the pre-fabricated pop band , the spice girls .
it's intended as a sort of hard day's night , but ends up simply hard to watch .
when watching the spice girls , i'm reminded of an old saturday morning cart... | neg |
neg/cv052_29318.txt | this feature is like a double header , two sets of clich ? s for the price of one .
not only do we get the usual tired sports chestnuts , but the banal rich girl-poor boy love story is tossed in for good measure .
an original moment in this loser is as rare as a chicago cubs world series appearance .
the screenplay ... | neg |
neg/cv053_23117.txt | one of the responses those that enjoy " detroit rock city " ( probably kiss fans , mostly ) might have upon first glance at the rating i've given the film might be something like : " oh , that casey's gone and become a jaded critic on us .
just what did he expect out of a dumb teenage rock n' roll movie like this ? " ... | neg |
neg/cv054_4101.txt | has it really been two decades since walter matthau coached the bad news bears ?
nineteen years and two mighty ducks later , the formula is still going strong .
police academy graduate steve guttenberg stars as a small-town deputy sheriff corralled into co-coaching the school's hastily formed soccer team .
his partn... | neg |
neg/cv055_8926.txt | funny how your expectations can be defeated , and not in good ways .
the ghost and the darkness promised ( at least , it seemed to me to promise ) a hemingwayesque showdown between men and nature .
what it delivered was mystery science theater 3000-level material -- an inadvertently hilarious story that made me screa... | neg |
neg/cv056_14663.txt | unfortunately it doesn't get much more formulaic than one tough cop .
there's the renegade cop with the loser partner who has to many problems to explain .
the renegade has to prove his good name and is trapped between the good guys , the bad guys and some woman who really has nothing to do with the story other than ... | neg |
neg/cv057_7962.txt | supposedly based on a true story in which the british drive to build a rail bridge deep in africa grinds to a halt after a pair of lions start killing off the workers in 1898 .
john patterson ( val kilmer ) , the bridge building expert set to oversee the operation , tried to rid his operation of the lions , but fails ... | neg |
neg/cv058_8469.txt | of course i knew this going in .
why is it that whenever a tv-star makes a movie it's always a romantic comedy , and then they say on entertainment tonight or something , that they were " attracted to the characters .
they were really original . "
original ? ! let me give you a run-through of picture perfect : chara... | neg |
neg/cv059_28723.txt | louie is a trumpeter swan with no voice .
in order to woo his lady love serina , louie makes friends with a young boy , sammy , who persuades teacher mrs . hammerbottom ( carol burnett ) to allow louie to attend class .
louie learns to read and write and returns to his flock , but is laughed at once again when no oth... | neg |
neg/cv060_11754.txt | one of the most respected names in american independent filmmaking is john sayles .
he has built a strong reputation with films like matewan and the secret of roan inish , and one of his best was his last film , lone star .
after sayles gave us this complex and unconventional look at ethnic tensions on the us-mexico ... | neg |
neg/cv061_9321.txt | 'traffic violation' dr . daniel's review of u-turn
dr . d's rating : critical condition (
okay , here's the deal .
i'll be the first one to grant that everybody needs a day off now and then .
i'll even go so far as to say that a vacation is a necessary part of doing any job well .
i mean , hey , i've been known to... | neg |
neg/cv062_24556.txt | there are two things the american film industry should avoid at all costs .
one is letting an ambitious actor convert one of his or her favorite novels into a feature film .
two is never greenlight a sci-fi film starring john travolta .
to wit , we present the disaster that is battlefield earth .
a science-fiction ... | neg |
neg/cv063_28852.txt | would you believe -- in real life , i mean -- that if you were julia roberts , that you'd be the ugly underdog to your sister , the creepy catherine zeta-jones ?
let me tell you what reality is .
reality is that you are megastar julia fricking roberts and your brother is eric roberts , and he picks up whatever crumbs... | neg |
neg/cv064_25842.txt | rated : r for strong violence , language , drug use , nudity , and some sexuality .
starring : wesley snipes , anne archer , michael chaykin , donald sutherland , marie matiko .
running time : 117 minutes
directed by : christian duguay
i've never fully understood wesley snipes's career .
he has his ups and downs ,... | neg |
neg/cv065_16909.txt | movie reviewers have an obligation to see the good , the bad , and the despicable .
i originally wrote this review for my college newspaper back in '95 , but i wanted to re-write it because not all retro reviews should be about the classics .
we need to be warned about some truly awful films , too .
this picture was... | neg |
neg/cv066_11668.txt | mr . nice guy is the latest jackie chan film , so you should know what to expect .
a weak plot , terrible dialogue , very little acting ability , but some jaw-dropping action sequences that nearly make the rest of it worthwhile .
however , mr . nice guy lacks the sparkle of jackie's best efforts , and its weaknesses ... | neg |
neg/cv067_21192.txt | " first rule of fight club is , don't talk about fight club . "
this quote deals directly with my opinion of this film , because quite frankly , it's not even worth mentioning .
director david fincher ( seven ) has completely gone over the edge .
with crude humor , an intolerable script and 2 hours and 19 minutes o... | neg |
neg/cv068_14810.txt | note to screenwriters and self : when you hit the big time , and the studios come knocking for those scripts that are sitting in your bottom drawer , tell ? em all to hit the road .
gilligan wrote the arbitrarily-titled home fries ten years ago ; it was shelved until he found success as one of " the took a second look... | neg |
neg/cv069_11613.txt | the recent onslaught of film noir that has popped up in multiplexes , with everything ranging from " l . a . confidential " to " palmetto " to " the big lebowski , " has proved to be an artistic commodity for veteran , talented directors .
with this particular genre , directors are able to collate the sleazy underworl... | neg |
neg/cv070_13249.txt | it rocks-actually , lots of rocks fly at us or from us , in slow or fast motion , at several points in the film .
they seem like dangerous rocks because they kind of twirl through the air instead of just propelling forward , and when they land-once in a while , when we need a break from the space sequences-they cause ... | neg |
neg/cv071_12969.txt | there's a 1 , 000-foot tidal wave at the end of deep impact .
i'd say it pretty accurately represents the towering flood of the last two years worth of disaster movies , which are getting more irwin allen- esque with every release .
the early wave of this revival , while just as cheesy and laughable , at least knew t... | neg |
neg/cv072_5928.txt | " there will be another , " the ads for this sequel proclaimed , and why not ?
true , brandon lee is dead , but there would be no reason for him to appear in a followup to 1994's the crow , anyway .
the idea of spinning artist james o'barr's original comic book series into a sequel franchise revolves around the noti... | neg |
neg/cv073_23039.txt | late in down to you , the lead female character ( julia stiles ) states her greatest fear is having an " artificial conversation " with her boyfriend ( freddie prinze jr . ) .
the irony of this statement will not be lost on audience members who have not yet walked out , fallen asleep , or otherwise given up on this pa... | neg |
neg/cv074_7188.txt | for better or worse , the appearance of basic instinct in the movie marketplace gave the greenlight to a whole slew of overheated , oversexed , underwritten thrillers .
apparently not having joe eszterhas as the writer doesn't change a thing , since body of evidence wasn't written by him , but has a puzzling eszterhas... | neg |
neg/cv075_6250.txt | it was with great anticipation that i sat down to view braveheart last week as it premiered on american cable .
the academy award winning film had been highly acclaimed .
it also featured the music of one of my favorite film composers , james horner .
what i was in for was a disappointing and overlong film which was... | neg |
neg/cv076_26009.txt | susan granger's review of " the watcher " ( universal )
just what we need : another lurid , trashy serial killer saga .
this time , keanu reeves plays an elusive homicidal maniac who engages in a gruesome ticking-clock cat-and-mouse game with james spader , a burnt-out fbi agent who has suffered a traumatic nervous b... | neg |
neg/cv077_23172.txt | ahh yes .
the teenage romance .
an attractive young cast is pitted into an unlikely scenario that could only happen in the movies , and in the end , the guy always gets the girl .
and with the arrival of the breakout hit `she's all that' last year ( followed by a long catalogue of imitators including `10 things i ha... | neg |
neg/cv078_16506.txt | " virus " is the type of cliched , vacuous film that has been recylcled so many times before that you wonder why anyone would even bother putting work into making it .
strangely enough , on the same mid-january weekend last year , another film was released like this , " deep rising , " about an ugly monster on a crui... | neg |
neg/cv079_12766.txt | over 40 years ago , a japanese production company called toho introduced the land of the rising sun to gojira , a reptilian creature of immense proportions created by mankind's nuclear testing .
partly flight of fancy , partly commentary on the exploitation of atomic power and weaponry , gojira emerged from the ocean ... | neg |
neg/cv080_14899.txt | before the remake of psycho appears , we've got to suffer through this remake of an earlier hitchcock film , dial m for murder .
as usual , hollywood has filled it with glitz and big name stars , and it all amounts to a loud sounding nothing .
the film opens with emily ( paltrow ) and david ( viggo mortensen ) 'havin... | neg |
neg/cv081_18241.txt | coinciding with the emerging popularity of movies that deal with anything related to serial killers , relentless , 1989 low budget thriller about lapd detective sam dietz , played by character actor leo rossi , spawned three more sequels .
relentless 3 , third in the row , features sam dietz again , but this time dete... | neg |
neg/cv082_11979.txt | edward burns tackles his third picture with no looking back , and like his previous two , it is a working-class relationship picture .
however , unlike his previous work , the film dwells on a more personal story , and with a female protagonist .
and in no looking back , he stumbles , making a slow , boring film with... | neg |
neg/cv083_25491.txt | i don't expect much from eddie murphy these days .
for the past four years , the gods of cinema--or the expansive payrolls of studio conglomerates--have allowed him to make one bad movie after another .
such films as metro , doctor dolittle , holy man , life , and bowfinger have reduced a once great comedic persona t... | neg |
neg/cv084_15183.txt | brian de palma , the director who bought us carrie , dressed to kill and mission : impossible is back , and has bought all his technical expertise with him .
sadly , he forget to bring a good story and believable characters .
nic cage plays rick santaro , a fast talking cop who is watching a boxing match with his fri... | neg |
neg/cv085_15286.txt | it's now the anniversary of the slayings of julie james' ( jennifer love hewitt ) best friends .
still besieged by nightmarish memories of the man responsible for it all , she seems to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown .
she can't concentrate on her schoolwork , can't get a good night's sleep , and is even frigh... | neg |
neg/cv086_19488.txt | lucas was wise to start his star wars trilogy with episode 4 : episode 1 is a boring , empty spectacle that features some nice special effects .
after the familiar 'a long time ago . . . . '
opening , the film starts with the opening yellow crawl that features in every star wars movie and computer game .
the plot is... | neg |
neg/cv087_2145.txt | five girls spend a day in a closed building doing inventory when a strange box gets delivered there ( is this starting to sound familiar ? ) by mistake .
the girls accidentlly open the box ( big surprise , huh ! ) and release an evil spirit of a killer that kills the girls off one by one ( betcha didn't see that one c... | neg |
neg/cv088_25274.txt | the first film produced by adam sandler's happy madison production company ( clever title eh ? ) is essentially a one joke movie , much like the movies sandler stars in himself .
however the difference here is that this one joke just isn't very funny .
rob schneider stars as the title character , a scruffy fish tank ... | neg |
neg/cv089_12222.txt | tectonic plates is an incredibly painful motion picture experience that nearly prompted me to walk out 20 minutes into the movie .
the film ( which opened in canada during 1992 but was never released in the united states ) is based on a 1988 stage play by canadian auteur robert lapage , and , while it's evident that t... | neg |
neg/cv090_0049.txt | various films seen at the seattle film festival :
it's all true/three men on a raft ( u . s . a . , 1942/1986 ) director : orson welles
a recently uncovered one-fourth of orson welle's planned " docu-drama " of amazing stories around the world named it's all true , this short dealt with welle's attempts to document t... | neg |
neg/cv091_7899.txt | capsule : the weakest and least engaging of the alien movies , dragged down by an uninvolving story and no real tension .
alien 3 ( the " 3 " should be in superscript ) is a sad and wan entry in what was shaping up as one of the best sf sagas ever put on screen .
it continues the story of ripley , the space-trucker-t... | neg |
neg/cv092_27987.txt | " from the director of " the nightmare before christmas " it said in the previews , which i'm guessing was said to get people to go see the movie , obviously it hasn't worked since the $75 million dollar movie has yet to break $5 million .
to each it's own however , since " monkey bone " is not only a bad movie all t... | neg |
neg/cv093_15606.txt | numerous comparisons can be made with this movie to past sci-fi , suspense thrillers .
soldier is a multi ? crossbreed between the likes of terminator , aliens and offspring .
the problem with such mixed genes is that the final product is a real mongrel ? not well made and should have been put down before production ... | neg |
neg/cv094_27868.txt | a documentary from the twin hughes brothers , allen and albert ( dead presidents , menace ii society ) , about street pimps , all of whom are african-american .
an offscreen interviewer questions them about their lives and profession .
it is mostly the pimps who do the talking for their ho's , and the egotistical and... | neg |
neg/cv095_28730.txt | gord brody ( tom green ) is an aspiring animator approaching thirty who still lives in parents jim ( rip torn ) and julie's ( julie hagerty , " airplane " ) basement .
as dad declares all out war , gord secures a job in a cheese sandwich factory in far off la and sets off to make his dreams come true .
gord doesn't m... | neg |
neg/cv096_12262.txt | much ado about nothing .
ah , how sweet the irony !
it's accepted wisdom in some circles - among english literature nuts , mainly - that whenever a critic knocks shakespeare they are only doing so through ignorance .
he just doesn't " understand " shakespeare , you will hear them say .
the bard's work is apparently... | neg |
neg/cv097_26081.txt | another formula 'feel good' quirky comedy from the british isles , much like " waking ned devine , " and a host of other popular low budget movies that turned a nifty profit off a thin story line .
it is filled with likable establishment types living in a quaint town , such as tolerant vicars and policemen , plenty of... | neg |
neg/cv098_17021.txt | " love to kill " starts off aimlessly and gets progressively less coherent as time passes .
at the outset , the movie appears to be about tony danza , who's an illegal distributor of guns , trying to establish a relationship with an unsuspecting woman .
danza sets up a double date with her , her sister , and a colle... | neg |
neg/cv099_11189.txt | whether you like the beatles or not , nobody wants to see the bee gee's take on some of the fab four's best known songs .
well , maybe that's not true .
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maybe you're curious , the way you have to look in your hanky after you blow your nose .
you just have to know how bad bad can be .
if that's the case , re... | neg |
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