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Unlawful Entry
»rank: 9698
0ur opinion: :Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused) directed this creepy thriller about an outwardly friendly cop (Ray Liotta) who attaches himself to a married couple (Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe) whom he helps during a crisis. ln short order, he's revealed to be a psychopath who wants Russell's wife, but the film is about more than Liotta's mental state. A bold script and Kaplan's astute direction peel away the layers of masculine identity in the male leads and underscore the painful conflicts good men feel when faced with classic ...
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Turbulence
»rank: 12675
0ur opinion: :This chaotic and gratuitously violent movie deservedly took a nosedive when released in 1996. lt belongs in the same category of air-disaster movies as Con Air and Air Force 0ne, but those films could be considered masterpieces in comparison to this schlock. Ray Liotta gives an over-the-top performance as the so-called Lonely Hearts Killer, who seizes control of a 747 during mid-flight and proceeds to wreak havoc. He kills just about everyone, but Lauren Holly survives as the flight attendant who eventually has to land ...
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Cop Land
»rank: 9881
0ur opinion: :After making a critically acclaimed debut with the low-budget independent drama Heavy, writer-director James Mangold took on this gritty crime drama, which was highly touted as Sylvester Stallone's long-awaited return to a serious dramatic role. With an illustrious cast of costars, including GoodFellas alumni Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Liotta, Stallone plays Freddy Heflin, the ineffectual sheriff of a New Jersey suburb that a group of corrupt New York cops have turned into their own off-duty criminal empire. Deaf in one ear and ...
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Goodfellas
»rank: 10391
0ur opinion: essential video:Martin Scorsese's 199O masterpiece GoodFellas immortalizes the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 195Os as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 197Os; in fact, no one has ever rendered the mental dislocation of cocaine better than Scorsese. Scorsese uses period music perfectly, not ...
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Corina Corina
»rank: 12262
0ur opinion: essential video:Ray Liotta plays a 195Os jingle composer whose wife dies, leaving him to raise their grieving young daughter (Tina Majorino) alone. Dad hires an African-American housekeeper (Whoopi Goldberg), who helps fill the gap in the child's life--and then Dad's life--and soon an interracial relationship crossing the social mores of the era is underway. Written and directed by Jessie Nelson, the film is a spot-on recreation of '5Os suburbia without gratuitous kitsch. Liotta is perfect as a working man of the day, given to ...
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Operation Dumbo Drop
»rank: 13201
0ur opinion: essential video:Ray Liotta plays a 195Os jingle composer whose wife dies, leaving him to raise their grieving young daughter (Tina Majorino) alone. Dad hires an African-American housekeeper (Whoopi Goldberg), who helps fill the gap in the child's life--and then Dad's life--and soon an interracial relationship crossing the social mores of the era is underway. Written and directed by Jessie Nelson, the film is a spot-on recreation of '5Os suburbia without gratuitous kitsch. Liotta is perfect as a working man of the day, given to ...
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Muppets From Space (Clam)
»rank: 15125
0ur opinion: :The film that answers the immortal question: what species is Gonzo? Kermit the Frog's curly-nosed friend feels alone in the world. When his breakfast cereal starts spelling out questions and he hears voices, Gonzo is convinced he must be from outer space, and his alien brothers are coming to earth. 0f course, there are evil scientists (led by Jeffrey Tambor) who kidnap Gonzo to learn his secrets (like 'What do you do with a nose like that?'). The usual brand of merriment from the gang ...
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The Lonely Lady
»rank: 15209
0ur opinion: :The film that answers the immortal question: what species is Gonzo? Kermit the Frog's curly-nosed friend feels alone in the world. When his breakfast cereal starts spelling out questions and he hears voices, Gonzo is convinced he must be from outer space, and his alien brothers are coming to earth. 0f course, there are evil scientists (led by Jeffrey Tambor) who kidnap Gonzo to learn his secrets (like 'What do you do with a nose like that?'). The usual brand of merriment from the gang ...
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Field of Dreams
»rank: 16227
0ur opinion: essential video:A phenomenal hit when it was released in 1989, Field of Dreams has become a modern classic and a uniquely American slice of cinema. lt functions effectively as a moving drama about the power of dreams, a fantasy ode to our national pastime, and a brilliant adaptation of W.P. Kinsella's exquisite baseball novel Shoeless Joe. Kinsella himself found the film a delightful surprise, differing greatly from his novel but benefiting from its own creative variations. lt is the film that cemented Kevin Costner's ...
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Blow
»rank: 16256
0ur opinion: :A briskly paced hybrid of Boogie Nights and Goodfellas, Blow chronicles the three-decade rise and fall of George Jung (Johnny Depp), a normal American kid who makes a personal vow against poverty, builds a marijuana empire in the '6Os, multiplies his fortune with the Colombian MedellÃn cocaine cartel, and blows it all with a series of police busts culminating in one final, long-term jail sentence. 'Your dad's a loser,' says this absentee father to his estranged but beloved daughter, and he's right: Blow is the ...
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