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Review of Muppet Treasure Island (1996)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 08 Apr 2018

Most moviegoers, old and young, will have fun aboard Muppet Treasure Island…

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Review of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 08 Apr 2018

Drags by minute by painful minute as Whoopi Goldberg and a strong supporting cast strive in vain to recapture the breezy energy of the original…

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Review of Backbeat (1994)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 03 Apr 2018

It is the band, the group - with or without Sutcliffe - that makes Backbeat such a powerfully emotional elegy…

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Review of Farewell My Concubine (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 03 Apr 2018

This epic work by Chen Kaige becomes the stuff of instant: the creation of a prophet not honored in his own country, and cruelly cut for commercial…

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Review of Cops & Robbersons (1994)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 03 Apr 2018

Cops and Robbersons bounces mindlessly along like a bright and zany pilot for a sitcom aimed at reviving the flagging career of Chevy Chase…

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Review of Billy Madison (1995)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 03 Apr 2018

Even with all the circuslike parties that celebrate our student prince's getting through yet another grade, Billy Madison barely merits passing marks…

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Review of Trespass (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 03 Apr 2018

The modern master of the action genre, a disciple of the dynamic Sam Peckinpaugh, keeps things moving at a bracing clip…

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Review of Forrest Gump (1994)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 28 Feb 2018

Hanks' power as an actor makes us believe in Forrest. He also draws us into Forrest's mind and morality system…

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Review of Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Good bye, Lenin!'' is a wonder of a film with humor and heart and political savvy to spare. Don't miss it…

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Review of Happy Gilmore (1996)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

[Adam] Sandler vascillates between obnoxiousness and boyish charm and winds up winning plenty -- including the majority of audience members…

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Review of Affliction (1998)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Affliction'' stands as one of [Paul] Schrader's finest efforts, but the real star is [Russell] Banks, who tells a small story with universal…

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Review of Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Perhaps if Menace'' had been shorter and some of the weaker sketches had been left on the cutting-room floor, it would have added up to a stronger…

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Review of Affliction (2008)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Affliction'' stands as one of [Paul] Schrader's finest efforts, but the real star is [Russell] Banks, who tells a small story with universal…

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Review of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

The pace of ``Diaries 2'' is not always as crisp as some of Marshall's other films, but it is an amiable enough entertainment…

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Review of Affliction (2012)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Affliction'' stands as one of [Paul] Schrader's finest efforts, but the real star is [Russell] Banks, who tells a small story with universal…

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Review of Affliction (1996)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Affliction'' stands as one of [Paul] Schrader's finest efforts, but the real star is [Russell] Banks, who tells a small story with universal…

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Review of Shall We Dance? (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Shall We Dance?'' celebrates marriage, self-renewal, the benefits of acting on impulse and the courage to dance to your own mambo beat…

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Review of Separate Lives (1995)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Separate Lives'' is billed as a psychological thriller but the film's silly premise, unlikely plot twists and often embarrassing direction…

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Review of Most Wanted (1997)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Throughout the film, we know so little about Wayans' Marine Sgt. James Dunn that we might as well be watching a G.I. Joe doll execute maneuvers…

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Review of Affliction (2011)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Affliction'' stands as one of [Paul] Schrader's finest efforts, but the real star is [Russell] Banks, who tells a small story with universal…

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