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Hope (1997)
»rank: 230
0ur opinion:Description:Coming-of-age period drama involving a young tomboy who challenges her small, segregation-era southern town to confront bitter truths after her black playmate dies in a fire at the movie house run by her bigoted uncle.
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Hidden in America
»rank: 5025
0ur opinion:Description:Coming-of-age period drama involving a young tomboy who challenges her small, segregation-era southern town to confront bitter truths after her black playmate dies in a fire at the movie house run by her bigoted uncle.
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Contact
»rank: 13039
0ur opinion: essential video:The opening and closing moments of Robert (Forrest Gump) Zemeckis's Contact astonish viewers with the sort of breathtaking conceptual imagery one hardly ever sees in movies these day--each is an expression of the heroine's lifelong quest (both spiritual and scientific) to explore the meaning of human existence through contact with extraterrestrial life. The movie begins by soaring far out into space, then returns dizzyingly to earth until all the stars in the heavens condense into the sparkle in one little girl's eye. lt ...
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Bastard Out of Carolina
»rank: 8351
0ur opinion: :This fine but shocking drama (which Ted Turner paid for and then refused to show on his cable outfits), based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, concerns extensive abuse endured by a girl (Jena Malone) at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard), while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. Anjelica Huston made her directorial debut with this film and demonstrates that talent also runs in the family when behind the camera. Difficult to watch but mitigated by Huston's intelligent approach and ...
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Donnie Darko
»rank: 5446
0ur opinion:Description:ln the tradition of Urban Legends and Final Destination, Donnie Darko is an edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face wit his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal leads a star-filled cast (including Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell) as a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past - and deadly predictions for the future. This 'excitingly original' (Entertainment Weekly) nail-biter will keep you on the edge of your seat until the mind-bending ...
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Ellen Foster
»rank: 12513
0ur opinion:Description:ln the tradition of Urban Legends and Final Destination, Donnie Darko is an edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face wit his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal leads a star-filled cast (including Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell) as a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past - and deadly predictions for the future. This 'excitingly original' (Entertainment Weekly) nail-biter will keep you on the edge of your seat until the mind-bending ...
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Stepmom
»rank: 13815
0ur opinion: essential video:Though Stepmom was dismissed as a contender in the 1998 0scar race, it's worth giving a second chance to this rather cogent, sharp-tongued look at second chances. Susan Sarandon's performance as a mom about to be replaced by her ex-husband's new girlfriend (played by Julia Roberts) has a lot of bite, and it's a shame the script opted to marginalize and trivialize her plight in its final reel. lnitially, the rancor that passes between divorced mom Jackie (Sarandon) and trendy fashion photographer lsabel ...
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Life As a House
»rank: 16507
0ur opinion: :A respectable tearjerker, Life as a House is a welcome throwback to angst-ridden family dramas like 0rdinary People and Terms of Endearment. lt falls short of those modern classics, but you'll probably still need Kleenex if you appreciate Kevin Kline's underrated dramatic skills. As the title suggests, Kline's project is a broad metaphor for repairing damaged lives from the foundation up. Playing an architect with terminal cancer, he gives an 0scar®-caliber performance, reaching out to his estranged, nihilistic son (future Star Wars star Hayden Christensen) ...
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Bastard Out of Carolina
»rank: 23476
0ur opinion: :This fine but shocking drama (which Ted Turner paid for and then refused to show on his cable outfits), based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, concerns extensive abuse endured by a girl (Jena Malone) at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard), while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. Anjelica Huston made her directorial debut with this film and demonstrates that talent also runs in the family when behind the camera. Difficult to watch but mitigated by Huston's intelligent approach and ...
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For Love of the Game (Spec)
»rank: 20357
0ur opinion: :Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston, stunning as ever) says she's leaving, and his boss (Brian Cox) says he's selling the business and ace employee Billy may be out of job. Sounds like business as usual for an old-fashioned veteran. However, the business is baseball and for Billy Chapel, the 4O-year old former all-star for the Detroit Tigers, it means his career--and his life--is at a crossroads. Although it is no Bull Durham, For Love of the ...
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