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Review of Cronos (1993)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

A viewer willing to overlook its lack of heart will be rewarded by a project full of a new director's excitement at being allowed to realize…

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Review of Dance with Me (1998)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Dance With Me sells its simplicity almost entirely on the strength of Chayanne's appeal…

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Review of He Got Game (1998)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

There's enough thematic material here for two films; Lee decides to make them both simultaneously…

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Review of Color of Night (1994)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

With so much scenery chewing going on, they must have been able to save a fortune on catering…

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Review of The Mask of Zorro (1998)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Banderas' appeal alone may be just enough to win over some viewers; the waste of that appeal, and of the Man in Black's commanding image, made…

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Review of Intersection (1994)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Exactly when it happened, I can't put my finger on…

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Review of When We Were Kings (1996)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Gast should have known Ali was the best thing he had going for him, but often it seems that the real fight in When We Were Kings is between…

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Review of Chill Factor (1999)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Scott Renshaw's Screening Room (24) on 01 Jan 2000

It's hard to believe that a film this weightless would waste so much time on setting up the premise, then never exploit the premise…

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Review of Pitch Black (2000)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Scott Renshaw's Screening Room (24) on 01 Jan 2000

A filmmaker just can't have it both ways when he decides he wants to make Aliens meets Les Miserables…

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Review of The Nutty Professor (1996)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

I never thought I would see the day when Eddie Murphy would play a character who inspired sympathy, but watching Klump disintegrate before…

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Review of Little Nicky (2000)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Little Nicky can never get past the vibe that the whole thing was an excuse for Sandler to give work to his friends so they could riff on the set…

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Review of A Thousand Acres (1997)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Talented cinematographer Tak Fujimoto does his best to capture Smiley's Iowa landscapes visually, but his is an effort doomed to failure…

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Review of Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Allen has created one of his post purely entertaining films in years…

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Review of The Road to El Dorado (2000)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

It's not a dazzling visual spectacle, and it's not going to move anyone to tears…

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Review of Dazed and Confused (1993)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

While many of the characters are recognizable high school types, what I found original was that these were types I actually recognized from…

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Review of Gladiator (1992)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

I shouldn't diminish Gladiator by tossing out so banal a word as 'entertaining' -- but it is…

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Review of Clear and Present Danger (1994)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Clear and Present Danger is the summer's sharpest thriller, less break-neck than Speed but just as consistently tense, and is a quantum improvement…

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Review of Waiting for Guffman (1997)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

It is at its funniest skewering small-town America in all its cockeyed optimism…

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Review of Rushmore (1998)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

A quirky delight -- it's a uniquely oddball comedy that's still about people…

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Review of Fresh (2009)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

I left Fresh with my mouth literally hanging open, affected to the bone by a spectacular piece of storytelling…

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