Daily Archives: June 21, 1996

Lone Star - * * * 1/2*

Posted on June 21, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

John Sayles directs this complex and finely detailed drama about a Texas border town and the people who live there. The film opens with the discovery of a skeleton in the desert, which may be the 40 year old remains … Continue reading →

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame - * * * *

Posted on June 21, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Highly entertaining and inventive animated adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel. Tom Hulce provides the voice for Quasimodo, the title character. As a babe, his gypsy mother is slain by the evil Judge Frollo (Tony Jay), but the archdeacon (David … Continue reading →

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Eraser - * * *

Posted on June 21, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Enjoyable, but by-the-numbers action pic. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as U.S. Marshall John Kruger, an agent in charge of enforcing the Federal Witness Protection Program. He erases the identities of witnesses to protect them from those they are testifying against. His … Continue reading →

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