Monthly Archives: July 1999

ARLINGTON ROAD

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mark Pellington Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Mason Gamble, Spencer Clark. Just how well do we know our neighbours? Is a psychopathic murderer lurking in the house just across the road? David Lynch often provides a shattering and unsettling exploration of the bizarre and [...]

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THE LAST DAYS

Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: James Moll Established by Steven Spielberg in 1994, the non-profit Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation aims to record and document the stories of Holocaust survivors as part of a lasting record for future generations. Spielberg and director James Moll have already produced a couple of award winning [...]

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PAPERBACK HERO

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Antony J Bowman Stars: Hugh Jackman, Claudia Karvan, Jeanie Drynan, Andrew S Gilbert, Angie Milliken, Bruce Venables. Jack Willis (Hugh Jackman) drives a road train across the Australian outback for a living. To fill in time during the long stretches of open road, he has written a novel, a mushy [...]

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SPEEDWAY JUNKY

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nickolas Perry Stars: Jesse Bradford, Jordan Brower, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Daryl Hannah, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Patsy Kensit, Warren G, Jason Uhrich This grim tale of street wise hustlers plying their trade on the neon lit streets and back alleys of Las Vegas ultimately smacks of a teenage version of Midnight Cowboy. [...]

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SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUT

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Trey Parker Stars: voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, George Clooney, Minnie Driver, Brent Spiner, Eric Idle, Dave Foley, Mike Judge, Stewart Copeland, Jennifer Howell With this feature length version of the cult animated series South Park, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have deliberately [...]

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PUSHING TIN

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mike Newell Stars: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber, Vicki Lewis, Kurt Fuller, Matt Ross Pushing Tin takes us inside the rarely seen, high pressure world of air traffic controllers. These are the men who are responsible for the safe landing of thousands of planes [...]

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PI

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Darren Aronofsky Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart, Kristyn Mae-Anne Lao, Stephen Pearlman All of a sudden, movies like Good Will Hunting and Cube have made mathematics and mathematical theory both exciting and sexy. First time feature writer/director Darren Aronofsky uses complex mathematical theories as the basis [...]

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PECKER

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Waters Stars: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Martha Plimpton, Brendon Sexton III, Mary Kay Place, Mark Joy, Lili Taylor, Patricia Hearst, Bess Armstrong, Mink Stole, Jean Schertler, Lauren Hulsey   Over the past decade, John Waters seems to have adopted a more mainstream ethos with his decidedly off beat comedies [...]

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