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Review of Life Is Sweet (1991)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 31 May 2018

Leigh's film celebrates the resiliency of commonplace people, which is all very nice though quite at odds with the portrait of a faltering England…

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Review of Sommersby (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

Sommersby has everything to succeed…

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Review of Whispers in the Dark (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

Sciorra carries Whispers in the Dark with another of her portraits that blend vulnerability, spirit, intelligence and wiry strength…

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Review of Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

This incomparably handsome film quickens and darkens into a fascinating drama of sexual politics in a time when women were little more than…

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Review of Shadows and Fog (1991)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

What does Allen intend in this superficially humorous, even cute film about a fearful little quipster running about dark, frightening, cobbled…

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Review of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

Those interested in looking back in sorrow or amusement had better saddle up fast, because Cowgirls will be hitching out of town fast…

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Review of Olivier, Olivier (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

After her breakthrough in Europa, Europa, Agnieszka Holland emerges in Olivier Olivier as among the most watchable of contemporary filmmakers…

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Review of Flirting (1991)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

As played out by the witty but shy Taylor and the softly radiant Thandie Newton, the romance rises far above the routine teenagers-in-love movie…

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Review of Innocent Blood (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

His new film overflows with blood, but brutal cynicism, rather than innocence, reigns…

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Review of The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

Although this odd comedy-mystery is never entirely successful, the eternally glamorous, fearlessly ridiculous Moreau takes full advantage of…

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Review of A Few Good Men (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

There are more than a few excellent men in the cast, and a fine woman, too…

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Review of K2 (1991)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

With its incredible panoramas of snowy peaks, and convincing stunt work at what seems to be a very high altitude, K2 makes an entertaining…

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Review of Flirting (1988)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

As played out by the witty but shy Taylor and the softly radiant Thandie Newton, the romance rises far above the routine teenagers-in-love movie…

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Review of Brainscan (1994)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

Brainscan' works with a true phenomenon: the total immersion of young minds in the most gruesome horror movies…

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Review of The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 30 May 2018

Caine carries this Christmas Carol thoughout -- at least from an adult viewpoint…

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Review of Sliver (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 May 2018

Bogged down by dialogue by the vaunted Joe Eszterhas that utterly fails in its attempts at chic Manhattan wit, Sliver proceeds at an escargot…

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Review of Fair Game (1995)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 May 2018

Fair Game leaps from one burst of violence to the next…

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Review of French Kiss (2005)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 May 2018

It all adds up to a fine romance, complete with stolen kisses and heart-breaking sacrifices…

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Review of Article 99 (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 May 2018

Article 99 is too good to be true -- even with its mildly stinging epilogue…

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Review of French Kiss (1995)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 May 2018

It all adds up to a fine romance, complete with stolen kisses and heart-breaking sacrifices…

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