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Review of Hollywood Ending (2002)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Even if this isn't Woody's best, it provides generally solid entertainment, which is something of a rarity these days from Tinseltown…

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Review of Meet the Parents (2000)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

This film is almost too real to be funny…

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Review of L.A. Confidential (1997)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

It is an intriguing whodunit, but nothing really unpredictable. Good work by Pierce and Crowe, though…

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Review of Chicago (2002)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

When actors who usually play more subtle roles are up there hoofing it and belting out Broadway melodies, you can't help but feel you're getting…

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Review of An Ideal Husband (1999)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

It is sad that this kind of dialogue is seen so infrequently in modern films; Wilde had a way with words unparalleled in this century…

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Review of Panic Room (2002)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Even if it misses the mark on the thriller elements, it is at least stylish enough to be watchable…

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Review of Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Apart from one returning minor character and a few cursory references, there is no correlation between the two…

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Review of Galaxy Quest (1999)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Even if you've never seen a Gene Roddenberry creation, it's still a hoot…

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Review of Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Paints a bleak picture of humanity. Not to mention, shall we say, animality…

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Review of Bring It On (2000)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

The cheering is occasionally spectacular and the principals' acting is above the material…

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Review of Snatch (2000)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Snatch, while somewhat hard to follow, represents a fascinating study in character interaction and complex plot development…

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Review of Lost in Space (1998)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

The acting is generally average, but Stephen Hopkins's directing is virtually non-present…

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Review of American Beauty (1999)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Spacey's style and delivery save the film time after time…

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Review of Rush Hour (1998)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Rush Hour would be a lot more valuable if it were not so heavily based on other successful films, but if you're looking for mindless entertainment,…

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Review of Eve's Bayou (1997)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

The dark complexities of this family's story are intriguing, although the plot seems to meander a bit at times; it seems a long time before…

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Review of Like Mike (2002)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Full of stereotypical characters, plot holes, and unconvincing dialogue delivered by a host of so-so actors…

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Review of Scary Movie 2 (2001)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Basically just a bunch of silly spoof scenes cobbled together around a thin premise, it allows the Wayans brothers to have fun in the way a…

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Review of The Kid (2000)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

This is obviously a blowoff role for Willis; apart from a few frantic scenes where he thinks he's crazy, he appears to be reading lines in his sleep…

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Review of Possession (2009)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Possession should be a rapturous, romantic film about an ancient passion so intense that it transcends historical boundaries…

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Review of Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

Easily as effective as its two previous installments, once again utilizing the finest in pee/fart/poop/sex jokes, naughty juxtaposition of…

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