Category Archives: 1996

Black Sheep - *

Posted on February 2, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Black Sheep is an innefective pseudo-sequel to Tommy Boy, that plays like one long, worn out, Saturday Night Live skit. Chris Farley plays Mike Donnelly, the bumbling brother of gubernatorial candidate Al Donnelly (Tim Matheson). Of course, Mike can’t do … Continue reading →

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Screamers - * *

Posted on January 26, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Screamers is a science fiction thriller that actually manages to produce a couple of surprising plot twists (amid many all-too predictable ones). The story is set nearly one hundred years in the future, on the desolate planet Sirius 6B. A … Continue reading →

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Bed of Roses - * * 1/2*

Posted on January 19, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Bed of Roses is a rather idealistic romance that suffers from its overabundant perfection. Mary Stuart Masterson is Lisa, an overworked and underloved woman. She meets her ideal man in Lewis King (Christian Slater), a florist. Lewis happens to be … Continue reading →

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From Dusk Til Dawn - * *

Posted on January 19, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino have produced an exquisite bloodbath of a horror film, which revels in gore and violence. If that first sentence hasn’t already scared you away, be warned that although better than many other films of its … Continue reading →

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Two if by Sea - * * 1/2*

Posted on January 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Nice, but predictable, romantic comedy by Sandra Bullock and Denis Leary. Leary is Frank, a two-bit Boston thief. Bullock is Roz, his hopelessly romantic girlfriend, who longs for a better life. Frank takes a job stealing a painting and driving … Continue reading →

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Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace - 1/2*

Posted on January 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Horrendous sequel to what was a dubious movie in the first place. The first film dealt with Jobe, a retarded man who had a job mowing lawns (hence the title). After being dosed with experimental drugs, and subjected to virtual … Continue reading →

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Eye for an Eye - * 1/2*

Posted on January 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Director John Schlessinger presents a film about grief, justice and revenge that feels lifted from the TV-movie of the week. Sally Field and Ed Harris star as the parents of two daughters. When their eldest is raped and murdered in … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood - *

Posted on January 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is a parody film, in the tradition of Airplane, The Naked Gun, and I’m Gonna Get You Sucka…unfortunately, most of the time the film seems to … Continue reading →

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Bio-Dome - [No Tickets]

Posted on January 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Wanna-be comedy falls way flat. Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin star as Bud and Doyle, two brainless junior college students who mistake the local biosphere-like scientific experiment (the Bio-Dome) for a new mall. They find themselves stuck inside with five … Continue reading →

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