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Review of House of Games (1987)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 30 Aug 2017

A wildly profane stew of twists and surprises…

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Review of Showgirls (1995)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 30 Aug 2017

After an onslaught of prerelease hype promising the erotic experience of a lifetime, Showgirls reveals itself as a 131-minute dose of cinematic…

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Review of Empire (2002)

By Robert K. Elder (222) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Aug 2017

While Reyes seeks his own ambitious style, he can't quite step out from under De Palma's shadow and thematic choices…

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Review of The Brothers Grimm (2005)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Aug 2017

Never calms down for a second. It's the visual equivalent of the Sabre Dance, and its only oxygen comes from the actors, who are quite good…

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Review of Girl 6 (1996)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Aug 2017

But Girl 6 isn't what we'd expect from Spike Lee: after exhorting his fans to wake up in his early efforts, he now tempts them to hang up…

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Review of Windtalkers (2002)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 25 Aug 2017

It's the best new battle film since Black Hawk Down, a movie it surpasses in sheer feeling and bravura style, if not in nightmarish panic and…

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Review of You Kill Me (2007)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 Aug 2017

Leoni is one of the truly distinctive comic actresses we have in the movies today, a tough broad with murderously effective timing and phrasing…

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Review of The Score (2001)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 Aug 2017

It's a summit meeting between three brilliant leading men from three generations with three striking on-screen personas…

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Review of Speechless (2011)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

This script needed to be completely overhauled before filming began…

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Review of Barfly (1987)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

O'Rourke acts way over the top; Dunaway is more effective because she seems more desperate…

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Review of The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

[Barbara] Streisand's direction is solid, save for a needless run-on ending over the final credits, and cinematographers Dante Spinotti and…

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Review of Interview with the Vampire (1994)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

Director Neil Jordan has always had an affinity for underdogs, and he has created a film that can be viewed as empathetic to any oppressed…

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Review of Caddyshack (1980)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

Caddyshack has a low-budget look that warmly welcomes the all-important teenage audience. It looks like a film they could have made…

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Review of Overboard (1987)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

Why [Kurt Russell] wouldn`t simply leave [Goldie Hawn] alone is just one of the film`s flaws…

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Review of Speechless (2008)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

This script needed to be completely overhauled before filming began…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber (1994)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

You cannot deny a laugh, and Dumb and Dumber has plenty…

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Review of Space Jam (1996)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

Space Jam is, at times, a hoot, especially when it has fun with Michael's less-than-stellar baseball career…

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Review of Multiplicity (1996)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

Multiplicity is more concerned with its special effects of multiple characters than any satisfying conclusion to its provocative premise…

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Review of Fled (1996)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

Aren't you getting tired of battles over computer disks…

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Review of Nothing to Lose (1997)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Aug 2017

Nothing to Lose is mainstream, mildly entertaining, but clearly a money grab by [Tim] Robbins and his less-in-demand co-star, Martin Lawrence…

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