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Minority Report

The Report Report Guest Review by Mike Flores Mention the name Philip K. Dick and expectations grow. Add Steven Spielberg and if anything, the expectations may get too big. So I wasn’t prepared to be blown away by a fellow … Continue reading

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Mission: Impossible 2

Woo 2 I was disappointed in Mission: Impossible, mainly because it tossed aside most of what made the original TV series great, replacing it with an overcomplicated plot and action movie heroics. So I went into the sequel expecting little. … Continue reading

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Magnolia

Don’t shoot me! This is Paul Thomas Anderson’s take on a Robert Altman kind of film – dozens of characters and plotlines, all running at once, with frequent dizzying crosscuts between them all. Anderson’s grand scheme is all about synchronicity, and … Continue reading

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Eyes Wide Shut

Erotic Sex Dreams Guest Review by Kelly Cutler The thin line between reality and fantasy becomes even thinner in Stanley Kubrick’s final cinematic journey, Eyes Wide Shut. The director, who died just 4 days after the film’s completion had the … Continue reading

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Mission: Impossible

Self-destructs The TV show followed a strict formula: every week, the Impossible Mission Force pulled off some outrageously contrived sting operation against the evil dictator of a small third world country. No soap, just pure plot, with a solid ensemble … Continue reading

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Interview with the Vampire

Cruise, Pitt turn heads – bite them off Guest Review by Jay Bliznick Vampires never scare me. Well, I should never say never; there are a few exceptions: Max Schreck from the original Nosferatu with his rat-like neck, bald head, and … Continue reading

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