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Dead Man on Campus - * 1/2*

Posted on August 21, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

Dead Man on Campus is a black comedy dealing with college life and a rather gruesome, but fictitious, urban legend. However, for a black comedy, the humor here is well on the bland side, and definitely not worth the price … Continue reading →

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The Slums of Beverly Hills - * * *

Posted on August 14, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

The nostalgia wave for the 1970s rolls on, this time in the guise of a coming of age comedy entitled The Slums of Beverly Hills. The Slums of Beverly Hills follows the path of a destitute family of transients who … Continue reading →

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BASEketball - * * 1/2*

Posted on July 31, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

The first film to take advantage of the South Park craze has hit the big screens. Starring the creators of Comedy Central’s crudely funny animated show, BASEketball is a hamhanded attempt to merge their brand of offbeat insult humor with … Continue reading →

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Mafia! - *

Posted on July 24, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

Director Jim Abrahams was one of the original trio who ushered in the nonstop-joke spoof genre with their seminal film Airplane! However after eighteen years and countless clones, the genre has lost its luster. Abrahams latest film, Mafia!, isn’t the … Continue reading →

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There’s Something About Mary - * * * 1/2*

Posted on July 9, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

Peter and Bobby Farrelly (the creators of Dumb and Dumber, and Kingpin) have turned their sights onto a romantic comedy. And in There’s Something About Mary, the masters of bad taste have managed to create a surprisingly good film, their … Continue reading →

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Dr. Dolittle - *

Posted on June 26, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

Given the success of Babe, it’s easy to see why Hollywood would be eager to remake Dr. Dolittle. But, though they remembered the talking animals, someone forgot to give this movie a sense of humor. Even as a young boy, … Continue reading →

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Dirty Work - 1/2*

Posted on June 12, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

Like so many other former Saturday Night Live-ers before him, Norm Macdonald attempts to make the jump to feature films…and falls flat on his face. Dirty Work is an embarrassingly bland comic failure. Macdonald stars as Mitch Weaver, a pathetic … Continue reading →

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Almost Heroes - [No Tickets]

Posted on May 29, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

It’s sad…Chris Farley’s last film is also his worst. It’s a bad epitaph, and a worse movie. Matthew Perry stars as Leslie Edwards, an explorer whose goal is to beat Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean. To achieve this … Continue reading →

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Bulworth - * *

Posted on May 15, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

After a longer than usual absence from the big screen, Warren Beatty has returned in a chancy political comedy. And while it’s not bad when he’s aiming for laughs, the movie switches gears halfway through, attempting to be an earnest … Continue reading →

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Woo - *

Posted on May 8, 1998 by Madeleine Williams

Daisy v.S. Mayer directs this blind date comedy that’s more uncomfortable than a bad date. Boring, uninteresting and pointless, the film wastes both its talent and your time. Woo is the name given to Jada Pinkett Smith’s free-spirited character. Beautiful … Continue reading →

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