Daily Archives: October 4, 1996

Bound - * * 1/2*

Posted on October 4, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Bound is a Hitchcockian piece of film noir (that’s good), mixed with an Eszterhasian piece of lesbian chic (that’s not so good). Corky (Gina Gershon) is a lesbian ex-con fresh out of prison. She lands a job renovating an apartment … Continue reading →

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That Thing You Do - * * *

Posted on October 4, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Tom Hanks directs this gleeful salute to rock-and-roll, innocence and fame. Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) is an ordinary guy who works in his father’s appliance store by day, and plays drums and listens to jazz albums at night. When … Continue reading →

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The Glimmer Man - 1/2*

Posted on October 4, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

The Glimmer Man is a truly disgraceful outing that amounts to little more than an unbelievable Steven Seagal self-love fest. Steven Seagal is Detective Jack Cole, a special forces operative in Vietnam who went native, and is now working under … Continue reading →

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