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Bandits (1997) Movie Review
Bandits is a German movie about a rock band made up of 4 different women with only one thing in common — they’re all currently serving sentences in prison. The band is led by...
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Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels (1998) Movie Review
Barrels concerns the problems of 4 British buddies who owe a big shot mobster name Hatchet Harry $500,000 English pounds and must get the money together in one week. The problem came about when...
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Vidocq (aka Dark Portals, 2001) Movie Review
The French film “Vidocq” is an interesting failure. It is breathtaking in its visuals, has an interesting narrative, but its execution is so erratic that I am left to wonder if one-name director Pitof...
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The Crimson Rivers (2002) Movie Review
Credits are a strange thing. The credits that roll after the stars’ names have flashed are inconsequential to the moviegoing public. Hence, most people have no idea who, or what, a “Line Producer” is....
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Dancer in the Dark (2000) Movie Review
First let me congratulate Bjork on her first and (according to her) last performance as an actress in a motion picture. Bjork was seemingly born for the role of Selma, a mousy, even childish...
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The Messenger (1999) Movie Review
It’s somewhat ironic that I’ve just finished reviewing an excellent period adventure movie in Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” and now I’m about to royally trash another period adventure movie. To begin with, let me...
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Crying Freeman (1995) Movie Review
I must admit to being extremely frustrated with director Christophe Gans’ French version of the popular manga comic book. My frustration is part annoyance and part sadness. The annoyance comes from the fact that...
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Chocolat (2002) Movie Review
“Chocolat” is a cheat. For me, that is. The movie has gotten a lot of exposure, what having been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and all. It’s a fine little movie, perhaps a...
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La Femme Nikita (1991) Movie Review
“La Femme Nikita” is the movie that catapulted French action director Luc Besson to international stardom, as well as convincing the world the French were capable of more than just moody films about the...
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Small Change (1976) Movie Review
Francois Truffaut’s “Small Change,” in my humble opinion, is the best French movie I have ever seen. It is also the best film from the group of “new wave” directors of the ’60s, including...
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Baise Moi (2000) Movie Review
“Baise Moi,” which translates from French into “Rape Me” in English, is an oddball of a movie — if you can call it a “movie” at all, that is. The flick is controversial only...
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Run Lola Run (1998) Movie Review
“Run Lola Run,” if nothing else, certainly lives up to its billing. Our heroine, played by a orange-haired Franka Potente as the titular character, certainly does a lot of running. I’ve never seen a...
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