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Tag Archives: Drama
Feeling Minnesota
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Feeling Minnesota is a rather plain wanna-be-quirky drama. Sam Clayton (Vincent D’Onofrio) is the accountant of the local mob boss, Red (Delroy Lindo). When he reveals to Red that a woman named Freddie (Cameron Diaz) has stolen $10,000, Red forces … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Cameron Diaz, Delroy Lindo, Drama, Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio
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The Spitfire Grill
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The Spitfire Grill is a thoroughly sappy and manipulative drama, but it manages to be moving nonetheless. Alison Elliott stars as Percy Talbott, a young ex-con who travels to small town Gilead, Maine, to start a new life. The local … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Alison Elliott, Drama, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton
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Lone Star
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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
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Chris Cooper, Drama, John Sayles, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey
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Boys
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Boys is a poorly written and ill conceived drama that never even tries to involve the viewer. Lukas Haas is a prep school senior, who discovers a whole new spin on life when he finds an unconscious 25-year old woman … Continue reading
Last Dance
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Rather pitiful Hollywood paean against the death penalty that pales even outside the competition from last year’s Dead Man Walking. Sharon Stone plays death row inmate Cindy Liggett, convicted of murdering a couple while in a drug-induced haze some twelve … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Bruce Beresford, Drama, Peter Gallagher, Rob Morrow, Sharon Stone
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Jane Eyre
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Distant period piece based upon Charlotte Bronte’s novel. The story begins as young penniless Jane (played here by Anna Paquin) is transferred from the cold and uncaring home of her cruel aunt to a cold and uncaring boarding school. She … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Anna Paquin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Drama, Romance, William Hurt
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Before and After
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Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep are Ben and Carolyn Ryan, parents of two children in a small Massachusetts town. When their son Jacob (Edward Furlong) seems to be involved in a murder and turns up missing, the parents react in … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Alfred Molina, Drama, Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep
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City Hall
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City Hall is an acute and perceptive drama about politics enshrouded by a rather routine mystery. Al Pacino is the mayor of New York, and John Cusack is his eager deputy mayor. When a tragic downtown shooting results in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Al Pacino, Bridget Fonda, Drama, John Cusack
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