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Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
What’s this all about? You know that Dickens story that’s been adapted hundreds, if not thousands of times by everyone from George C. Scott to The Muppets to Bill Murray to Beavis…
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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
What’s this all about? Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is a period drama/romance about the German, and subsequent Italian occupation of Greece during World War II. It details the lives and relationships between the…
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The Family Man (2000)
What’s this all about? Given a taste of what could have been had he made different decisions, a wealthy, high-powered financial wizard in New York City wakes up on Christmas morning to…
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Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
What’s this all about? In the year 2000, music video director Dominic Sena brought us Gone in 60 Seconds, a remake of a 1970’s film that no one asked for. It tells…
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Bringing Out The Dead (1999)
What’s this all about? A burned-out paramedic spends three stress-filled nights working on the streets of New York City, and battling his personal demons. Fights are fought. Cars are crashed. Bums are…
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8MM (1999)
What’s this all about? A private detective, hoping to expand his practice, accepts a job from a wealthy widow to investigate the source of a “snuff film” that she has found amongst…
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Snake Eyes (1998)
What’s this all about? In 1998, when Brian DePalma (director of Bonfire of the Vanities, and The Untouchables) made Snake Eyes, a tense assassination thriller. A dirty Atlantic City cop and his…
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City of Angels (1998)
What’s this all about? In City of Angels, director Brad Silverling gives us a vision of what the world looks like to a group of angels, who walk through Los Angeles unseen,…
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Con Air (1997)
What’s this all about? An Airborne Ranger kills a man in a fist fight, and because the filmmakers don’t understand how trials work, he is sentenced to a really long time in…
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Kiss of Death (1995)
What’s this all about? Do you remember when David Caruso left his extremely popular and lucrative role as “Detective John Kelly” on NYPD Blue to go make movies? I do. And at…
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It Could Happen To You (1994)
What’s this all about? It Could Happen To You is a light romantic comedy about a beat cop who promises to split the proceeds of a lottery ticket with a diner waitress…
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Guarding Tess (1994)
What’s this all about? Guarding Tess tells the story of a Secret Service agent assigned to protect the titular “Tess,” the widow of a former American president.He wants to move on to…