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Babe
John Goodman, Kelly McGillis

Universal Studios, 1997

The Babe is now on DVD with a few extra goodies as well!!!

+ I don't like sports, but.......
+ HIT BIG/MISS BIG.... THATS HOW HE DID!
+ Well Done!
+ Well done
  
  











  



  
Surviving Picasso
Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone

Warner Home Video, 1997

Why no DVD after all these years?

+ Excellent movie needs a DVD version!
+ Under-appreciated Merchant/Ivory Masterpiece!
+ Eleonore Austerer
+ Enduring Picasso
  
  











  



  
Frances
Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley

Republic Pictures, 1999

"Frances" is an amazing film about a tragic Hollywood story

+ Frances
+ Jessica Langes best performance

Most people have never heard of Frances Farmer. There are a few people that know her story and occasionally refer to her (such as Nirvana did in one of their songs) and spark our interest in finding out more about her. Finding information is a challenge because there are not a lot of books about ...
  
  











  



  
Basquiat
Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott

Miramax, 2002

I appreciate it more each time I watch it

+ Ok, so I saw this because of David Bowie/Andy Warhol...
+ Excellent
+ The end of a great career, the start of another
+ Suprise!
  
  











  



  
Kafka
Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell

must have movie.

+ All right, take a fictional note of this...
+ Captivating story. You can't stop watching it.
+ where is the DVD??
  
  











  



  
Chaplin
Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin

Lions Gate, 1998

Robert Downey, Jr, - The Bad Boy at His Best!

+ "The man's a wizard with women."
+ Not much of an anniversary celebration...
+ This is an okay re-release
+ wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  











  



  
Evita
Antonio Banderas, Gary Brooker

Miramax, 1998

Antonio Banderas steals the show.

+ my favorite musical
+ A star-making performance.
+ Awsome!
  
  











  



  
Wilde (Special Edition)
Stephen Fry, Jude Law

Sony Pictures, 2002

A haunting tragedy, accurately retold

+ A Reliable Version
+ Top Notch!!
+ Top Drawer!
+ great movie....great acting
  
  











  



  
Ali
Will Smith, Candy Ann Brown

Sony Pictures, 2002

Float like a butterfy, sting like a bee.

+ Good film that could have been great

Ali DVD Will Smith is eerily like Ali. It's like Cassiuss Clay is playing himself. I remember watching Clay fight in the Olympics and Smith has him down pat. I'd admired Ali for being willing to go to prison for his convictions instead of fleeing to Canada like all the other bed-wetting, ...
  
  











  



  
Gotti
Armand Assante, William Forsythe

Hbo Home Video, 2000

Wonderful movie

+ Best Bio Special I've Ever Seen!
+ The Rise & Fall Of A Reale Life Mafia Don

This movie was great. It's up there with "Goodfellas" and "Casino". Armand Assante becomes John Gotti right before your eyes. The acting was great, the story was great, the movie was great. A real 5 star movie. If you love mafia movies, this is one you should have in your collection.
  
  











  



  
Nixon - Collector's Edition
Joan Allen, Brian Bedford

Walt Disney Video, 2002

Nixon "The Election Year Edition"--finally it is Anamorphic Widescreen! Excellent transfer to DVD

+ A more personal, wiley and stylistic edition of JFK
+ I am not a crook
+ Nixon -- masterpiece of brilliant, flawed President
  
  











  



  
Dillinger
Warren Oates, Ben Johnson

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Warren Oates~~~HIGHLY UNDER RATED~~~

+ Shows It's Age
+ A VIOLENT RETRO-BULLETFEST!!!!!! COOOOL!!!!
+ Filmed entirely in Oklahoma
  
  











  



  
Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters
Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya

Warner Home Video, 2001

Extraordinary does not even begin to describe how great Schrader's film is....

+ Simply Put: An Amazing Movie
+ An artistic biography
+ Elegance & Brutality
+ Mishima: life and fiction
  
  











  



  
Henry & June
Fred Ward, Uma Thurman

Universal Studios, 1999

An erotic drama

+ Anaïs Nin: "Something is always born of excess...
+ Splendid Work of Art

Erotic, shocking and dramatic would be the three words to describe this film. Maria de Medeiros is perfect as the young writter and so was Fred Ward in the role of 'Henry', excellent chemistry between both the fine artists. Uma's appearence may have been brief but she does deliver a sattisfying ...
  
  











  



  
Bugsy
Warren Beatty, Annette Bening

Sony Pictures, 1999

Twenty dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet

+ This may be a case of `too much glamour, not enough heart'...

'Bugsy' tells the story of mobster/visionary Benjamin (don't call him Bugsy, at least not to his face) Seigel. Sure he was a killer; but he also was a family man, a lover, a multi-tasker, a man of exquisite fashion sense, and a visionary. His vision, you ask? He had an epiphany in the desert and ...
  
  











  



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