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Hey, Head Geek...
"Moriarty" here.
It's going to be a quick one today, and you'll see
why at the end. No time for random evil... let's get
started.
CURSES! FOILED AGAIN!
You know, I was really looking forward to today's
column and being all contentious and being the sole
critic to stand up to the charms of Dreamworks' new
GALAXY QUEST. After all, my dirty little fanboy
secret is that I just unreservedly detest STAR TREK
and all things related to it. I have had a few
moments where I've liked individual TREK moments, but
for the most part, I can't stomach the show and
especially Trekkies. I'm not saying someone isn't
welcome to be a fan of the show; just don't try the
Vulcan Nerve Pinch on me, 'cause I'll go AMOK TIME on
your ass.
But darn if the film isn't growing on me. I saw it
last week, and when I walked out, I was impressed
technically, but I was still resisting the film
itself. Now that it's been a number of days, I have to
admit it... it's sticking with me. I can't help
myself. I laughed out loud any number of times in the
theater, and I still tried to resist. Well, to borrow
another TREK phrase, "resistance is futile."
Credit director Dean Parisot for that. Betcha
didn't know he was an Oscar winner. I'm a big fan of
his early success, too, a short film called "The
Appointments of Dennis Jennings." It was co-written
by and starred comedian Steven Wright, and it's a
genuinely witty little slice of absurdism. I'm
surprised it took Parisot all the way to last year's
HOME FRIES to direct a feature, but I suppose he's
doing a nice job so far. HOME FRIES was entirely
enjoyable on its own terms, even if it wasn't really
an ambitious film. It just sort of wanted to coast
along on this amiable goofball quality that Parisot
really nailed, and for the most part, it did.
GALAXY QUEST is much the same way. It doesn't seem
to want to work to hard to impress. Either you're
going to buy into the film's premise or you're not.
It's a little THREE AMIGOS, a little BUG'S LIFE, and
it's handled with such a light, confident touch by
David Howard and Robert Gordon that you won't even
notice the set-up as it races by. The trailers really
are the whole premise: aliens think the show is real,
abduct the crew to help them fight bad guy, much
hilarity ensues. It doesn't hurt the film a bit,
though, since there's a lot of sly character writing
packed into pretty much every major sequence.
Tony Shaloub is the guy who's going to walk away
from this one looking like a genius. He is even more
ideally cast than Alan Rickman, who is, I must admit,
a pretty spectacular stand-in for Spock. Sigourney
Weaver strikes a witty blow for every hottie who's
ever been squeezed into a spacesuit and given nothing
to do, and it's nice to see her funny bone hasn't
gotten any less precise over the years.
Tim Allen's a bit of a surprise in the film. He
never once seemed anything less than 100% dedicated to
the film, and his energy actually makes a good deal of
it work. Harold Ramis walked from this film when
Dreamworks insisted on using Allen, and at the time it
made perfect sense to me. Now, though, I'm starting
to think Ramis should have ridden it out. I think
this film's way more entertaining than Ramis'
overrated ANALYZE THIS from last spring, and it's
because the film has enough faith in the story it's
telling to let some moments be serious, while fully
embracing the silliness inherent in some other key
moments. Allen manages to get the pomposity of a
William Shatner just right, and he also lets us see
what's behind it. It's even better than the work
Shatner did making fun of himself in FREE ENTERPRISE
this year.
I also can't overstate the impact that ILM and Stan
Winston made on me in this film. They both contribute
great, great work that really sells the reality. In
particular, there's a money shot that comes about 20
minutes into the movie, a moment when Parisot tries
something really risky in the actual format of the
film, that pays off beautifully. It's not a joke, but
it sure sells one. Winston's design of the aliens is
nice, better than his big monsters, and it could serve
as a lesson to George Lucas: Niemoudians didn't have
to suck.
Overall, I think this film is going to play
beautifully to anyone who's already in touch with
their inner fanboy, and I'm living proof that it can
even entertain beyond that. With so much pain and
somberness at the theater this season, it's nice
there's at least one comedy that delivers the goods
with equal aplomb.
PIXAR OWNS THE WORLD, TAKE 2
As a friend of mine and I were leaving TOY STORY 2,
I said, "It's a shame they didn't do bloopers with
this film. That's one of the greatest things about
BUG'S LIFE." Well, starting this weekend, they're
going to be sending a new final reel to theaters
across the country, and we'll see exactly what I asked
for. There's a reason John Lasseter keeps getting
called a genius... he is one.
HERE COMES THE BIG LIST... REAL BIG
I'm starting my '90s retrospective article in a matter
of days, and I've decided to include a list of all
eligible titles here for you guys to check out:
1990 -- 4101 TITLES TOTAL
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
After Dark, My Sweet
After the Rain
Alice
Angel at My Table
Avalon
Awakenings
Back to the Future Part III
Bad Influence
Bonfire Of The Vanities
Cadillac Man
Creature Comforts
Cry-Baby
Dances with Wolves
Darkman
Dick Tracy
Die Hard 2
Edward Scissorhands
Everybody Wins
Exorcist III, The
The Freshman
Ghost
The Godfather Part III
GoodFellas
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Grifters, The
Guardian, The
The Hairdresser's Husband
Hardware
Henry & June
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
House Party
Hunt for Red October, The
I Love You to Death
Internal Affairs
Jacob's Ladder
Joe Versus the Volcano
Ju Dou
King of New York
Life Is Sweet
Longtime Companion
Memphis Belle
Men at Work
Men Don't Leave
Mermaids
Metropolitan
Miami Blues
Miller's Crossing
Misery
Mo' Better Blues
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. Destiny
Music Box
My Blue Heaven
Nightbreed
Nikita (La Femme Nikita)
Presumed Innocent
Pretty Woman
Pump Up The Volume
Q&A
Quick Change
Rescuers Down Under, The
Reversal of Fortune
Riff-Raff
Rocky V
Roller Coaster Rabbit
The Rookie
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Russia House, The
The Sheltering Sky
Solar Crisis
Spaced Invaders
State Of Grace
Tales From The Darkside - The Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
To Sleep with Anger
Total Recall
Tremors
Trust
Two Evil Eyes
The Two Jakes
The Unbelievable Truth
Vincent & Theo
White Hunter, Black Heart
White Palace
Wild at Heart
Witches, The
Without You I'm Nothing
Young Guns II
1991 -- 4064 TITLES TOTAL
The Addams Family
The Adjuster
Another You
Backdraft
Barton Fink
Beauty and the Beast
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Billy Bathgate
Blood in the Face
Boyz N the Hood
Bugsy
Cape Fear
City of Hope
City Slickers
The Commitments
Cool as Ice
Curly Sue
Dark Backward, The
Dead Again
Defending Your Life
Delicatessen
Dice Rules
Doc Hollywood
Dogfight
The Doors
Dutch
Dying Young
The Fisher King
Flirting
Frankie and Johnny
Grand Canyon
Guilty by Suspicion
Hard Way, The
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Hear My Song
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Heavy Petting
Homicide
Hook
Hudson Hawk
The Indian Runner
JFK
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Jungle Fever
The Last Boy Scout
Life Stinks
Light Sleeper
Little Man Tate
London Kills Me
Madonna: Truth Or Dare
The Man In The Moon
A Midnight Clear
The Miracle
Mobsters
Monster In A Box
Mortal Thoughts
My Own Private Idaho
Naked Lunch
New Jack City
Night on Earth
Nothing But Trouble
Only The Lonely
Oscar
Point Break
Poison
The Prince Of Tides
Proof
Prospero's Books
Rambling Rose
The Rapture
Regarding Henry
Ricochet
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Rocketeer
Roujin Z
Rubin and Ed
Run
Rush
Scenes From A Mall
Shakes The Clown
Silence Of The Lambs
Slacker
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Switch
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Secret Of The Ooze
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Thelma and Louise
V.I. Warshawski
What About Bob?
35 Up
1992 -- 4891 TITLES TOTAL
Aileen Wuronos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer
Aladdin
Alien³
American Heart
American Me
Bad Lieutenant
Basic Instinct
Batman Returns
Belle époque
Bob Roberts
Bodyguard, The
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Brother's Keeper
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Chaplin
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Consenting Adults
Cool World
Cousin Bobby
The Crying Game
Death Becomes Her
Dust Devil
El Mariachi
Encino Man
Far and Away
A Few Good Men
Gas Food Lodging
Glengarry Glen Ross
A Grand Day Out
Hoffa
Home Alone 2: Alone In New York
Honeymoon In Vegas
Howard's End
Husbands and Wives
In The Soup
Incident At Ogala
Into The West
Jamon Jamon
Kafka
The Last Of The Mohicans
A League Of Their Own
Leolo
Leap Of Faith
Lethal Weapon 3
Like Water For Chocolate
Lorenzo's Oil
Malcolm X
Man Bites Dog
Map Of The Human Heart
Medicine Man
Memoirs Of An Invisible Man
Mr. Saturday Night
My Cousin Vinny
Noises Off!
Of Mice and Men
Passion Fish
The People Under The Stairs
The Player
Prelude To A Kiss
Radio Flyer
Raising Cain
Reservoir Dogs
A River Runs Through It
Romper Stomper
Scent Of A Woman
Simple Men
Single White Female
Singles
Sleepwalkers
Sneakers
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Strictly Ballroom
Swoon
Thunderheart
Toys
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Under Siege
Unforgiven
Visions Of Light: The Art Of Cinematography
The Waterdance
Wax, Or The Discovery Of Television Among The Bees
Wayne's World
White Men Can't Jump
1492: Conquest Of Paradise
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1993 -- 5209 TITLES TOTAL
Addams Family Values
The Age Of Innocence
Alive
Army Of Darkness
Backbeat
Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm
Being Human
Benny & Joon
Blue (dir. Derek Jarman)
Bodies, Rest & Motion
Body Snatchers
Boiling Point
Boxing Helena
The Boys Of St. Vincent
A Bronx Tale
Calendar
Carlito's Way
Cliffhanger
Coneheads
Cop And A Half
A Dangerous Woman
The Dark Half
Dave
Dazed & Confused
Dennis The Menace
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Falling Down
Fearless
Fire In The Sky
The Firm
Flesh and Bone
The Fugitive
Groundhog Day
Grumpy Old Men
Hard Target
In The Line Of Fire
In The Name Of The Father
Indecent Proposal
The Joy Luck Club
Jurassic Park
Kalifornia
King Of The Hill
The Last Action Hero
M. Butterfly
Mad Dog And Glory
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Menace II Society
Mrs. Doubtfire
Much Ado About Nothing
Naked
Needful Things
The Nightmare Before Christmas
A Perfect World
Philadelphia
The Piano
The Pickle
Point Of No Return
The Positively True Adventures Of The Alleged Texas-
Cheerleader Murdering Mom (HBO)
Remains Of The Day
Romeo Is Bleeding
Ruby In Paradise
Rudy
Schindler's List
Searching For Bobby Fischer
The Secret Garden
Short Cuts
Six Degrees Of Separation
Sleepless In Seattle
Sliver
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Sommersby
Son Of The Pink Panther
Super Mario Brothers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Three Colors: Blue
Totally F**ked Up
True Romance
Two Small Bodies
The Vanishing
Les Visiteurs
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
What's Love Got To Do With It
The Wrong Trousers
1994 -- 5700 TITLES TOTAL
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
Ashes Of Time
Bandit Queen
Barcelona
Before The Rain
Beverly Hills Cop III
Blankman
Blown Away
Blue Sky
Bullets Over Broadway
Cabin Boy
Chungking Express
City Slickers II: The Search For Curly's Gold
Clean Slate
Clear and Present Danger
Clerks
The Client
Clifford
Cobb
Cold Fever
Cold Water
Cops And Robbersons
Crooklyn
The Crow
Crumb
Dellamorte Dellamore
Drunken Master II
Dumb & Dumber
Ed Wood
Exit To Eden
Exotica
Faust
The Flintstones
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings And A Funeral
Frankenstein
Fresh
Go Fish
A Great Day In Harlem
Grosse Fatigue
Heavenly Creatures
Hoop Dreams
The Hudsucker Proxy
I'll Do Anything
Interview With The Vampire
It's Pat
Jason's Lyric
Jimmy Hollywood
Junior
Killing Zoe
Ladybird Ladybird
The Last Seduction
Legends Of The Fall
The Lion King
The Madness Of King George
The Mask
Maya Lin: A Clear Strong Vision
Il Mostro
Mrs. Parker & The Vicious Circle
Mute Witness
Natural Born Killers
Nell
The New Age
Nobody's Fool
North
Oleanna
Once Were Warriors
Priest
Pret-A-Porter
The Professional
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
Radioland Murders
Reality Bites
The Ref
The Road To Wellville
The Secret Of Roan Inish
The Shadow
Shallow Grave
The Shawshank Redemption
Sirens
Sleep With Me
Spanking The Monkey
Speed
Star Trek: Generations
Stargate
Swimming With Sharks
Three Colors: Rouge
Three Colors: White
Through The Olive Trees
To Live
True Lies
Vanya On 42nd Street
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
What Happened Was...
Wolf
1995 -- 5822 TITLES TOTAL
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
The Addiction
American Job
The American President
Apollo 13
Arabian Knight (a.k.a. The Thief And The Cobbler)
An Awfully Big Adventure
Babe
Bad Boys
The Basketball Diaries
Batman Forever
Before Sunrise
Billy Madison
Boys On The Side
The Brady Bunch Movie
Braveheart
The Bridges Of Madison County
The Brothers McMullen
Canadian Bacon
Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh
Casino
Casper
The Celluloid Closet
City Of Lost Children
Clean, Shaven
Clockers
A Close Shave
Clueless
Coldblooded
Congo
Copycat
Crimson Tide
The Crossing Guard
Cutthroat Island
Dead Man
Dead Man Walking
Dead Presidents
Demon Knight
Desperado
Devil In A Blue Dress
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Delores Claiborne
Don Juan DeMarco
The Doom Generation
Empire Records
The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down
A Mountain
Fallen Angels
Four Rooms
Frank and Ollie
Friday
Funny Bones
Georgia
Get Shorty
Goldeneye
Hackers
Heat
Heavy
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
Higher Learning
Home For The Holidays
Il Postino
In The Mouth Of Madness
The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love
The Indian In The Cupboard
Jade
The Jerky Boys
Johnny Mnemonic
Judge Dredd
Just Cause
Kicking And Screaming
Kids
Land And Freedom
The Last Supper
Leaving Las Vegas
A Little Princess
Living In Oblivion
Lord Of Illusions
Lumiere & Company
Mad Love
Mallrats
Mighty Aphrodite
Money Train
Mortal Kombat
Mr. Holland's Opus
Murder In The First
The Net
Nick Of Time
Nine Months
Nixon
Nowhere
Party Girl
Pocahontas
Powder
The Quick And The Dead
Restoration
Richard III
Rob Roy
Sabrina
Safe
The Scarlet Letter
Screamers
Se7en
Sense And Sensibility
Showgirls
Something To Talk About
Species
Steal Big, Steal Little
Strange Days
Stuart Saves His Family
Sudden Death
Tall Tale
Tank Girl
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Tokyo Fist
Tommy Boy
Total Eclipse
Toy Story
Twelve Monkeys
Underground
Unstrung Heroes
The Usual Suspects
Vampire In Brooklyn
Village Of The Damned
Virtuosity
Waiting To Exhale
A Walk In The Clouds
Waterworld
Welcome To The Dollhouse
While You Were Sleeping
White Man's Burden
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1996 -- 5655 TITLES TOTAL
Albino Alligator
American Buffalo
Angels & Insects
The Arrival
Ashes Of Time
Barb Wire
Basquiat
Bastard Out Of Carolina
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Beautiful Girls
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Big Night
The Birdcage
Bottle Rocket
Bound
Box Of Moonlight
Breaking The Waves
Broken Arrow
The Cable Guy
Chain Reaction
The Chamber
Citizen Ruth
City Hall
Cosi
Courage Under Fire
Crash
The Crucible
Curdled
Daylight
The Daytrippers
Diabolique
Dragonheart
Emma
The English Patient
Eraser
Escape From LA
Everyone Says I Love You
Evita
Extreme Measures
Faithful
The Fan
Fargo
Fear
Feeling Minnesota
Flirting With Disaster
Fly Away Home
Forgotten Silver
Freeway
The Frighteners
From Dusk Till Dawn
Get On The Bus
The Ghost and The Darkness
Ghosts Of Mississippi
Girl 6
Grace Of My Heart
Gray's Anatomy
Hamlet
Happy Gilmore
Hard Eight (a.k.a. Sydney)
Harriet The Spy
Head Above Water
Heaven's Prisoners
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hype!
I Shot Andy Warhol
Illtown
Independence Day
Irma Vep
The Island Of Dr. Moreau
Jack
James and The Giant Peach
Jerry Maguire
Jingle All The Way
Jude
The Juror
Kansas City
Kazaam
Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy
Kingpin
Kolya
Larger Than Life
Last Man Standing
Lone Star
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Looking For Richard
Love And Other Catastrophes
Mad Dog Time
Manny & Lo
Mars Attacks!
Marvin's Room
Mary Reilly
Matilda
Michael
Michael Collins
Microcosmos
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Mission: Impossible
Moll Flanders
Mother
Mother Night
Mulholland Falls
Multiplicity
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Normal Life
The Nutty Professor
Once Upon A Time...When We Were Colored
The Pallbearer
Palookaville
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills
The People Versus Larry Flynt
The Phantom
Phenomenon
The Pillow Book
Ponette
The Portrait Of A Lady
Primal Fear
Ransom
Ridicule
The Rock
Romeo + Juliet
Schizopolis
Scream
The Secret Agent
Secrets and Lies
Set It Off
Shall We Dance?
She's The One
Shine
Sleepers
Sling Blade
Space Jam
Star Trek: First Contact
Striptease
The Stupids
The Sunchaser
Surviving Picasso
That Thing You Do!
This Is Cuba
Tin Cup
Trainspotting
Trees Lounge
Trigger Effect
The Truth About Cats And Dogs
Twister
The Typewriter, The Rifle & The Movie Camera
Unhook The Stars
The Van
A Very Brady Sequel
Waiting For Guffman
Walking and Talking
When We Were Kings
White Squall
The Whole Wide World
The Wife
1997 - 6184 TITLES TOTAL
Absolute Power
Addicted To Love
Afterglow
Air Force One
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
Alien: Resurrection
An American Werewolf In Paris
Amistad
Anaconda
Anastasia
The Apostle
Artemesia
As Good As It Gets
Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery
Batman & Robin
Bean
The Big One
Boogie Nights
The Borrowers
The Boxer
The Brave
Buddy
Chasing Amy
Clockwatchers
Commandments
Con Air
Conspiracy Theory
Contact
Cop Land
Cube
Dante's Peak
Deconstructing Harry
The Devil's Advocate
Donnie Brasco
Double Team
The Edge
The End Of Violence
Eve's Bayou
Event Horizon
Eye Of God
Face/Off
Fairy Tale: A True Story
Fast, Cheap & Out Of Control
Fathers' Day
Fierce Creatures
The Fifth Element
Floating
Flubber
The Full Monty
Funny Games
G.I. Jane
The Game
Gattaca
George Of The Jungle
Good Will Hunting
Gridlock'd
Grosse Pointe Blank
Gummo
Hana-bi
Hands On A Hardbody - The Documentary
Henry Fool
Hercules
The House Of Yes
Hugo Pool
I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Ice Storm
In & Out
In The Company Of Men
The Jackal
Jackie Brown
Jungle2Jungle
Kundun
LA Confidential
A Life Less Ordinary
Lolita
Lost Highway
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Love and Death On Long Island
Ma Vie En Rose
Meet Wally Sparks
Men In Black
Men With Guns
Mimic
Mononoke Hime
Mouse Hunt
Mr. Jealousy
Mrs. Brown
My Best Friend's Wedding
The Myth Of Fingerprints
Niagara, Niagara
Nils By Mouth
One Eight Seven
Orgazmo
Oscar & Lucinda
Perfect Blue
The Postman
Prefontaine
The Rainmaker
The Real Blonde
The Relic
Romy & Michele's High School Reunion
Seven Years In Tibet
Shiloh
Shooting Fish
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, upermasochist
Soul Food
Space Truckers
The Spanish Prisoner
Spawn
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Star Maps
Starship Troopers
SubUrbia
Suicide Kings
The Sweet Hereafter
Switchback
Telling Lies In America
This World, Then The Fireworks
Titanic
Tomorrow Never Dies
Touch
Traveller
Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
U-Turn
Ulee's Gold
Underground
Volcano
Waco: The Rules Of Engagement
Wag The Dog
Welcome To Sarajevo
Welcome To Woop Woop
Wilde
The Wings Of The Dove
4 Little Girls
1998 -- 6402 TITLES TOTAL
The Acid House
The Adventures Of Sebastian Cole
Affliction
American History X
Among Giants
Another Day In Paradise
Antz
Apt Pupil
Armageddon
The Avengers
Babe: Pig In The City
BASEketball
Beloved
The Big Hit
The Big Lebowski
Blade
Blues Brothers 2000
The Brandon Teena Story
Bride Of Chucky
Broken Vessels
Buffalo '66
A Bug's Life
Bulworth
Celebrity
Central Station
City Of Angels
A Civil Action
Claire Dolan
Clay Pigeons
Cousin Bette
Dancer, Texas, Pop. 81
Dangerous Beauty
Dark City
Deep Impact
Deep Rising
Dog Park
Elizabeth
Enemy Of The State
The Faculty
Fallen
The Farm: Angola, USA
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
The Gingerbread Man
God Said, "Ha!"
Gods and Monsters
Godzilla
Great Expectations
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
Happiness
He Got Game
The Hi-Lo Country
Hideous Kinky
High Art
Hilary and Jackie
Holy Man
Home Fries
Homegrown
The Horse Whisperer
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Hurlyburly
Hurricane Streets
The Imposters
Jack Frost
Jerry & Tom
Kurt & Courtney
The Last Broadcast
The Last Days Of Disco
Last Night
Life Is Beautiful
Little Voice
Living Out Loud
Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels
Lost In Space
The Mask Of Zorro
Meet Joe Black
Mighty Joe Young
The Mighty
Mulan
My Name Is Joe
My Son The Fanatic
The Negotiator
New Rose Hotel
The Newton Boys
Next Stop Wonderland
The Object Of My Affection
The Odd Couple II
One True Thing
The Opposite Of Sex
Out Of Sight
Patch Adams
Pecker
A Perfect Murder
Permanent Midnight
Pi
Playing By Heart
Pleasantville
Practical Magic
A Price Above Rubies
Primary Colors
The Prince Of Egypt
Psycho
Razor Blade Smile
The Replacement Killers
Restaurant
Ronin
Rounders
Rush Hour
Rushmore
Safe Men
Saving Private Ryan
Scotch and Milk
Shakespeare In Love
The Siege
Simon Birch
A Simple Plan
Six Days, Seven Nights
Six-String Samurai
Slam
Sliding Doors
Slums Of Beverly Hills
Small Soldiers
Smoke Signals
Snake Eyes
Soldier
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Sour Grapes
Species II
Sphere
Star Trek: Insurrection
Stepmom
Still Crazy
Susan's Plan
Tango
The Theory Of Flight
There's Something About Mary
The Thin Red Line
The Truman Show
Vampires
Velvet Goldmine
Very Bad Things
WADD: The Life & Times Of John C. Holmes
Waking Ned Devine
The Waterboy
The Wedding Singer
What Dreams May Come
Wide Awake
Wild Man Blues
Wild Things
Without Limits
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
The Wrong Guy
The X Files
You've Got Mail
Your Friends & Neighbors
Zero Effect
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1999 -- 6116 TITLES TOTAL
After Life
American Beauty
American Movie
American Pie
Analyze This
Angela's Ashes
Anna and the King
Any Given Sunday
Anywhere But Here
Arlington Road
The Astronaut's Wife
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Autumn Tale
Baby Geniuses
Being John Malkovich
The Best Man
Beyond The Mat
Bicentennial Man
The Big Brass Ring
Big Daddy
The Blair Witch Project
Blast From The Past
The Bone Collector
Bowfinger
Boys Don't Cry
Breakfast Of Champions
Bringing Out The Dead
Buena Vista Social Club
The Castle
The Cider House Rules
Cookie's Fortune
The Corruptor
Cradle Will Rock
Crazy In Alabama
The Cruise
Deep Blue Sea
Detroit Rock City
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Dick
The Dinner Game
Dogma
Double Jeopardy
Drive Me Crazy
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Dudley Do-Right
East Is East
ED TV
Election
End Of Days
The End Of The Affair
Entrapment
eXistenZ
Eyes Wide Shut
Felicia's Journey
Fight Club
Flawless
For Love Of The Game
Galaxy Quest
Genghis Blues
Girl, Interrupted
Go
The Green Mile
Happy, Texas
The Haunting
Holy Smoke
House On Haunted Hill
The Hurricane
An Ideal Husband
Idle Hands
In Dreams
The Insider
Inspector Gadget
Instinct
The Iron Giant
Jakob The Liar
Joe The King
Julien Donkey-Boy
Lake Placid
Liberty Heights
Life
Limbo
The Limey
The Loss Of Sexual Innocence
Love's Labour's Lost
Magnolia
Man On The Moon
Mansfield Park
A Map Of The World
The Matrix
Meeting People Is Easy
Message In A Bottle
The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Minus Man
Miss Julie
The Mod Squad
Molly
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
Mumford
The Mummy
The Muse
My Life So Far
Mystery Men
Mystery, Alaska
Never Been Kissed
Notting Hill
October Sky
Office Space
Outside Providence
Payback
Plunkett & Macleane
Pola X
Pushing Tin
The Rage: Carrie 2
Random Hearts
Ravenous
Ride With The Devil
Romance
Rosetta
Run Lola Run
The Sixth Sense
Sleepy Hollow
Snow Falling On Cedars
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Stigmata
A Stir Of Echoes
The Story Of Us
The Straight Story
Stuart Little
Sugar Town
Summer of Sam
Superstar
Sweet and Lowdown
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tarzan
Tea With Mussolini
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
The Thirteenth Floor
The Thomas Crown Affair
Three Kings
Three Seasons
Titus
Topsy-Turvy
Toy Story 2
Tumbleweeds
Twin Falls Idaho
Two Hands
Virus
A Walk On The Moon
The War Zone
Wild Wild West
Wing Commander
The Winslow Boy
The Wood
The World Is Not Enough
Xiu Xiu The Sent-Down Girl
10 Things I Hate About You
The 13th Warrior
200 Cigarettes
42 Up
8MM
Keep in mind, this is a list for consideration as
best and worst in all categories. If you see
something I've missed, please let me know. I used the
IMDb to try and compile this list, sifting through
thousands of titles for each year, and I'm sure there
are numerous foreign titles I didn't recognize in
their original language. Check it out, and I'll catch
you with part one of the series in a matter of days.
Until then...
"Moriarty" out.
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exactly???????????
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dear Moriarty. It could be my english but what the hell is this?
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What are the categories for best and worst? Also, I believe the IMDB lists Run Lola Run as being released in 1998, though it didn't get to the states until this year.
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Dec 22, 1999 8:02:38 AM CST
I assume best and worst of each year, but I'm not sure...
by r_dimitri22
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i was looking forward to a nice wee moriarty-style retrospective rambling about des 'Q' llewelyn but its nowhere to be seen. how come?
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and the point of all that exactly?
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Clerks and The Crow better make it onto your list you old fool...grrr...
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Dec 22, 1999 9:51:38 AM CST
Adventures Of Ford Fairlane Right Where It Should Be..... At The
by mrbeaks
Thanks for doing this, Moriarty. I've been thinking of doing the same thing, but you just saved me a whole lot o' time that I don't have. Being something of a completist, I can tell already that I'll be adding to this.
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I guess he wasn't necessarily a "cool" filmmaker, but he sure was a great one. I just figured someone should say *something.* And, I guess, I just did.
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Now this doesn't have to be one that he said, but it has to be in a Swayze movie. My top 2: "Nobody puts Baby in the corner!" and "You're gonna be my regular Saturday night thing!" from Roadhouse. It's line like those that make me thank God that we live in country where Swayze can make great cinema. Long live Swayze.
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Nuff said.
Damn dude, you gotta lot of time on your hands don't you? -
no way, I really don't know
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I believe he posted the list to establish the contenders. In other words... if the movie had any kind of hit on the radar screen, it should be looked at for BEST and WORST of the decade. Theoretically, if a movie is missing then... it made no blip. So if you have a movie he forgot... tell him here. Otherwise make your own list from this one (trust me he is saving you a lot of time at the IMDB) and compare when he puts up his. I'm not speaking for the evil M here, this is just my interpretation. I just can't believe he didn't include 'Fuck My Dirty Shithole' from 1992... What a great movie!
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Here are some that were just under-rated:
Groundhog Day-A funny, touching story about how not being a bastard can be tough. Bill Murray gives a wonderful performance here.
Jackie Brown-Quentin Tarantino's first movie after Pulp Fiction was shunned by most. I quess they didn't notice how well-directed it was and how Samuel L. Jackson and Pam Grier give two of the best performances seen in a long time.
The Big Lebowski- The story of The Dude confused and confounded critics who laugh only at Albert Brooks' schlock, but this Coens Bros.' film is a hilarious story of a man trying to do the right thing in a world of nihilists, pedophiles, and enraged Vietnam vets. The Dude is a hero for the times.
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No, no, the best, not by him, but in his movie, being of course, the almighty "Roadhouse": "I Used to Fuck guys Like you in Prison." Writing Immortal!!!
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...feeling slow and old? It's okay, just DONT PULL MY POSTS BECAUSE OF IT!
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Whoever mentioned this is right. If I had to line up every movie that I have seen multiple times, have enjoyed more each time, seen something new in, and slowly turned into worship, I would lay it at the feet of "Groundhog Day," one of the greatest movies about being a cynical bastard in the 90s. The look on Bill Murray's face when he walks in front of the oncoming truck makes it my pic of the decade.
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I don't understand....are you doing a best and worst of teh 90's as a whole or best and worst of each year. (Either way, good luck getting it done over the Holidays. But, then again, evil geniuses don't celebrate the holidays...wait! I take that back...look at Scrooge and the Grinch.) I love this new system of putting subject headers on the Rumblings. I swear I'm reading more of them instead of scanning and reading the bits I like.***BTW...Cry Baby better be on a good list because it's one of the best Waters films.
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What in GOD'S NAME was up with that list? After three titles I felt as if I was merely reading the demented ramblings of a man who is desperate to prove to the world how hip to movies he is. Or something. I'd try and puzzle it out if my eyes weren't so glazed over.
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"Roadhouse" is, of course, the best source. The best line, though, is..."Be nice. Until it's time...to not be nice."
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My picks:
1)Police Academy 4: A darker entry in the series that explored the tangential relationships between the citizens and the thin blue line.
2) The Exterminator 2: Robert Ginty's performance really took hold here, and the scenes with the black garbage man still get me.
3) Newsies: Who can resist the nutty, yet charming antics of Christian Bale and Max Casella as they sing and dance their way through this Depression Era romp?
4)Over the Top: By turns touching, tragic and triumphant, Sly Stallone and his multi-talented son, Max prove that even arm-wrestlers can have a heart.
5)Vice Versa: The cute-as-a-button performances of Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage are simply delightful. (runner up: "18 Again" with the brilliant and talented Charlie Schattler)
Honorable mentions: "Shakes the Clown", "Radioland Murders", "Hardbodies" and "Light of Day" -
Later in the now-classic "be nice" scene, where Swayze lays down the Bouncer's creed..... Bouncer: What if he calls my mother a whore? Swayze: I don't know? Is she?
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Remember when everyone was rhapsodizing over Besson's THE MESSENGER? When I finally saw that pretty but completely boneheaded telling of the story, it spurred me to rent Bresson's JOAN OF ARC, which was far more illuminating. Of course, THE DEVIL PROBABLY was my introduction to the man's work, but I'd have to rank PICKPOCKET as my favorite. Perhaps, if he'd attended a few Star Trek conventions, he'd have been better represented here.
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I urge everyone to check The War Zone out. One of the best, if not the best, movies I've seen during 1999, and 1999 was an awesome year for movies. Glad to see it on the list, even one so big as this one, since no one's remembering The War Zone at any awards ceremonies.
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I have to comment on this again. I saw the outakes on Toy Story 2 in Melbourne, Australia 3 weeks ago, and they were the funniest part of the movie, they most definately got the most laughs in the cinema. I found them to be halarious and far more exciting than the Bug's Life outakes. It is worth admission again just to see them. Also, they run for about 3-4 minutes, that's if they don't cut it in half and half two lots like they did with a bug's life. The Aust. cut could be different. No one else I know has seen the outakes since the first night it was released here, I guess I was just lucky.
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Dec 22, 1999 8:14:16 PM CST
it's long, it's pointless, it's utterly subjective - five-tone p
by tommy five-tone
this may take a while, but here goes (in no particular order): UNHERALDED GEMS: the bonfire of the vanities (yes, really), joe vs the volcano (hanks has rarely been better), meet joe black (i just crumble when brad pitt says 'thank you for loving me' to claire forlani), prelude to a kiss. WATCH WHEN DRUNK: ford fairlane (booty time, booty time!), tremors (be advised there are two more - i repeat, two more - mother humpers). WATCH WHEN BAKED: the doors, demon knight (billy zane will crack you up), velvet goldmine, body snatchers (abel ferrara version). BEST MUSICAL SCORE (please note, the music is NOT the only thing these films have going for them - they're all excellent in their own right): the ice storm, crash, nobody's fool (brings a tear to the eye), the truman show, american beauty, out of sight (fun-keh). MAIN REASON DIRECTORS' CUTS SHOULD BE MANDATORY: john woo's cut of hard target is kickass! ALL RIGHT FOR THE FIGHTIN' (among other reasons): blade (capoeira, baby!), the matrix ('i know kung fu' - priceless, keanu). ICONIC IMAGES (mainly body parts; one item of clothing): brad pitt's torso in fight club, samantha mathis's breasts in pump up the volume, michael rooker's reflection in the mirror on the henry: portrait of a serial killer poster, the hat in the forest in miller's crossing. MINI-MOVIES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT: jim carrey's karaoke version of 'somebody to love' in the cable guy, ray liotta's coke paranoia in goodfellas, any scene with jay and silent bob in clerks, liam neeson going buck-wild at the carnival and demanding frances mcdormand 'take the fucking elephant!' in darkman. PERFECT MOVIES (not the BEST, mind you, but flawless in terms in acting, direction, etc - no false moves from anyone involved...these movies are really good, but maybe lacking that certain something that makes them the kind of classic you worship, know what i mean?): ransom (i get chills when mel screams 'gimme back my son, you motherfucker!), jerry maguire (because 'you complete me' is such a great line). gotta go now, but i'll be back with more later.
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Tommy, what about your namesake? Of course, I speak of HUDSON HAWK. This Bruce Willis classic just may make my top ten (oh, and you think I'm joking!)
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back from eating a big sandwich, so here we go again. and by the way, mr beaks, it was foolish of me not to include 'the hawk' in the list of movies to enjoy when you've got a few ales in ya. thank you for setting me straight! TEXTBOOK PERFORMANCES (male, intense division): david thewlis in naked ('you don't wanna fuck me, luv, you'll catch something cruel'), alec baldwin in glengarry glen ross ('you see this watch? this watch cost more than your car') and the hands-down champeen - harvey keitel in bad lieutenant ('I DID SO MANY BAD THINGS!!!'). MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (male): jeff bridges (supercool in 'the fabulous baker boys' - is that a '90s movie?, legendary in 'the fisher king', downright fucking awe-inspiring in 'fearless'), with bill murray running a very close second for quick change, groundhog day ('i love poetry - i just thought that was WILLARD scott'), ed wood and rushmore. CLOSE TO MAJESTY, BUT NOT QUITE: tin cup (starts off just as good as bull durham, but loses its way in the final third - good sentiment, just poorly executed), fearless (peter weir is god, and this is almost his finest creation, but even god makes the odd mistake...and this mistake is named rosie fucking perez...sorry, maestro weir, but her grating presence is a fly in the ointment, a monkey in the wrench, a pain in the ass). SECOND GREATEST MOVIE OF THE '90s: true romance (you know it's true, because it's got gary oldman's best line ever: 'now i know i'm pretty...but i ain't as pretty as a couple of titties' - bonus points for coming up with the phrase 'white boy day'). and here it is...THE GREATEST MOVIE OF THE 1990s: KING OF NEW YORK. that's right - every line of dialogue a quotable classic, every performance a winner, abel ferrara's direction is brilliant, the soundtrack kicks ass. walken has never been better, and caruso, snipes, fishburne et al are sooooo coooool. OK, let the flames begin.
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sorry about this, but what would the holiday season be without this category - BEST VIOLENCE (physical): the last boy scout (when bruce 'if you touch me again i'll kill ya' willis slams a henchman's nose into his brain). BEST VIOLENCE (verbal): unforgiven ('yeah, i killed women and children...i've killed just about everything that walks or crawls at one time or another...and now i'm gonna kill you, little bill...for what you did to ned.' damn that's cool). and if i don't talk to you beforehand - merry christmas, everyone!!!
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So many good movies i've not seen yet...so many bad ones i HAVE...
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I admit, their lame immitation of you was pathetic and unflattering because you would have figured out what Picard and crew were doing long before they could ever win. But really, thanks for not slamming Trek all the time. I didn't even know you didn't like it until now. But then, you are evil, and Star Trek hasn't done good villains for a loooooooong time. Oh yes, THANK YOU for saying what needs to be said. Anaylyze This WAS overrated!
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Dec 23, 1999 10:14:09 AM CST
how darest thou putest down Swayze king of the trailer park acto
by sir slob
No one on the planet can convey the deep heart felt sentiments of the average Joe than Patrick. He fought for the truck drivers of america in Black Dog which is a near shakesperian depiction of modern life. Who can forget Captain Ron this wonderful comedy probably had many a man shooting Budweiser beer through their nostrals. Also many women in their
modular prefabricated homes are probably sitting on the couch in their Wal Mart spandex pants and ugly floral pattern shirts crying their eyes out to Dirty Dancing.(ok I admit that's quite a bulky sentance. Other wise it's right on the money.) Everyone tonight in your back yard do the following in respect of Swayze.
1.tie out your dog to a tree.
2.grab a cold one
3.throw dixie on the 8 track.
4.burn a pile of tires.
5. finally put a new part on that
pinto that sits on blocks in your yard.
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Include these please (eating cheese, on your knees, with Cleese)!!
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I meant in the best only catagories.... not the worst catagories... cos you obviously have them in your lsit and everything.
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Wes Craven's "Deadly Friend" (1986), without a doubt. Matthew Laborteaux displayed the same genius he so finely honed on "Little House." A must-see for anyone who's into computer-brain-transplant-horror-romance flicks.
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Put Cannibal!: The Musical down for either 1993 (its original release at festivals), or 1996 (the year it became available for public-consumption, no pun intended). Besides being the funniest musical of all time, it gave a career start to Trey Parker and Matt Stone. You have to admit they have impacted comedy big time the past few years. Other than that, I would say "Surviving Desire", the best of Hal Hartley's films. Otherwise, very good list you compiled; you even remembered Bram Stoker's Dracula, Orgazmo, Blues Brothers 2000, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Interview with the Vampire, and Eyes Wide Shut...
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"Before Sunrise" - Damn i love that film...the only romantic film that guys can actually watch without feeling ill. Anybody else remember this one? What's the verdict?
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Patrick Swayze was NOT in Captain Ron, giggleguts. That was Kurt Russell! Get it stright, poopyplant! Patrick Swayze is, according to Jean at The Onion, the HUNK OF THE MILLENIUM! Know your place, lillyliver!
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I know you probably don't care, but here's my tentative top 10 list that I'll be putting in a local paper.
In Alphabetical Order:
Dazed and Confused,
Ed Wood,
Fargo,
Fearless,
Goodfellas,
Malcolm X,
The Player,
Pulp Fiction,
Schindler's List,
The Shawshank Redeption.
Worst Movie: Meet Joe Black.
I haven't got my jury prizes yet but just thought I'd throw it out. I've got my reasons and (as of now) I haven't put any recent releases on, though American Beauty and Green Mile are close to pushing in.
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forgot: "Princess Mononoke" and
"Poke'mon first movie" but who cars about poke'mon??? My #1
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1994. What a year for cinemaphiles...-Yoss
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well...Grant Gee anyway...with Meeting People
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