The Green Mile (1999)

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Stephen King’s novels have a roller-coaster like history in terms of movie adaptations. For every Misery, there is an Apt Pupil and a Maximum Overdrive. That’s not to say that every Stephen King story is a masterpiece but it is a reminder that just because his name is associated with something doesn’t necessarily meanContinue Reading

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Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) hates his life. He hates his job as a writer for an advertising magazine. He’s grown apart from his family. His wife (Annette Bening), a real estate saleswoman, is “joyless” and his teenage daughter (Thora Birch) resents him. The highlight of his day is masturbating inContinue Reading

Three Kings (1999)

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War movies have a tendency to either glorify violence in the name of a certain cause or to over-emotionalize about a certain cause. Finding a perfect balance between the two is a definite challenge for a filmmaker. With Three Kings, writer/director David O. Russell (along with co-writer John Ridley, whoContinue Reading

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Finally, a horror film without the unnecessary addition of 14,000 CGI effects, buckets of blood and a bevy of stupid, half-naked teenagers. The Blair Witch Project is a testament to what makes a film truly scary: your runaway imagination trying to cope with the unseen evils in the dark. TheContinue Reading

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Matthew Broderick played the unforgettable Ferris Bueller in 1986. Bueller was the student that thought the world was his stage and those around him were merely tools to use in the advancement of himself. In 1999, Broderick plays Jim McAllister a teacher who comes face-to-face with someone almost as manipulativeContinue Reading