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movies-digest        Thursday, October 1 1998        Volume 02 : Number 105



RE: [MV] What about funny <hard to find> movies?
Re: [MV] Ronin review -Reply
Re: [MV] Ronin review -Reply
RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply
RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply
RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply  -Reply
[none]
RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply  -Reply
[MV] a HUGE favor...
[MV] =?gb2312?B?u9i4tDogW01WXSBSeWFuIGFuZCBtb3JhbGU=?=
RE: [MV] What about funny <hard to find> movies?
Re: [MV] a HUGE favor...
Re: [MV] a HUGE favor...
Re: [MV] a HUGE favor...
RE: [MV] a HUGE favor...  / Spice World
[MV] Spice World/Roger Moore
[MV] Movie News - 09/30/98
[MV] Spice World/jkrudy
RE: [MV] Spice World/jkrudy
Re: [MV] Spice World/jkrudy
Re: [MV] Spice World
[MV] Screen It  Newsletter (October 1, 1998)

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:41:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christina Stanley <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] What about funny <hard to find> movies?

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Mr. White wrote:

> "Swimming with the Sharks" and "The Phantom of Liberty" are funny?  Well,
> sort of, but not really "Ha Ha Ha" funny.  Now, "The Discreet Charm of the
> Bourgeoisie", that's funny!
>
> Richard J. Doyle

Discreet Charm? is that the one where there's supposed to be a dinner
party, but all these things keep happening to interrupt the diners, and
they all walk around being very sang froid and french and stuff? Yeah,
that was rather funny.

christina
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:20:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christina Stanley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] Ronin review -Reply

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Wade Snider wrote:

> Sure, that damn suitcase seems hardly worth it when you don't know what's in it.
> And, you are left thinking.. What's in there?!?!?!?!

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm almost certain a McGuffin is in
there. Either that, or it's the soul of Marsellus Wallace.

christina
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 98 14:35:58 PDT
From: Wade Snider  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] Ronin review -Reply

Maybe Schroedinger's cat


- --- On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:20:01 -0700 (PDT)  Christina Stanley <[e-mail]> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Wade Snider wrote:

> Sure, that damn suitcase seems hardly worth it when you don't know what's in it.
> And, you are left thinking.. What's in there?!?!?!?!

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm almost certain a McGuffin is in
there. Either that, or it's the soul of Marsellus Wallace.

christina
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:44:54 -0700
From: "Romero, Leticia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply

Who's Schroedinger?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Wade Snider [SMTP:[e-mail]]
> Sent:    Tuesday, September 29, 1998 2:36 PM
> To:    [e-mail]
> Subject:    Re: [MV] Ronin review -Reply
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> Maybe Schroedinger's cat
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>
> --- On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:20:01 -0700 (PDT)  Christina Stanley
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Wade Snider wrote:
>
> > Sure, that damn suitcase seems hardly worth it when you don't know
> what's in it.
> > And, you are left thinking.. What's in there?!?!?!?!
>
> I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm almost certain a McGuffin is in
> there. Either that, or it's the soul of Marsellus Wallace.
>
> christina
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 98 15:01:35 PDT
From: Wade Snider  <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply

it's along the metaphysical quandries.. If a tree falls in the forest and
no one is there to hear it, does it realy make a sound?
He theorized that if he was to put a cat in a sealed box, then for those outside
the box, the cat no longer existed as we would know it.




- --- On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:44:54 -0700  "Romero, Leticia" <[e-mail]> wrote:
Who's Schroedinger?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Wade Snider [SMTP:[e-mail]]
> Sent:    Tuesday, September 29, 1998 2:36 PM
> To:    [e-mail]
> Subject:    Re: [MV] Ronin review -Reply
>
> Maybe Schroedinger's cat
>
>
> --- On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:20:01 -0700 (PDT)  Christina Stanley
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Wade Snider wrote:
>
> > Sure, that damn suitcase seems hardly worth it when you don't know
> what's in it.
> > And, you are left thinking.. What's in there?!?!?!?!
>
> I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm almost certain a McGuffin is in
> there. Either that, or it's the soul of Marsellus Wallace.
>
> christina
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>
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> fake that, you've got it made.       Groucho Marx
>
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> -Kierkegaard
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:35:06 -0700
From: Bruce Bridges <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply  -Reply

If you put a cat and mouse in the box and then opened it later and the
mouse was gone would that then mean that the mouse magically
disappeared since it could not have been eaten by the nonexistent
cat?

bb

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 18:03:26 -0400
From: [e-mail] (C R)
Subject: [none]

Spice World was a great movie. It waz funny but also boring. This really
isn't worth the time to watch if you're really busy.
Has any one watched Spice World? What did u think of it?


Any new movies with Christina ricci, alicia silverstone, leo dicaprio, or
joshua jackson out?

Does anyone know of any good acting agencies?

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:37:54 -0600
From: jkrudy <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] Ronin review -Reply  -Reply

If a stealth bomber crashes in the woods, and nobody is around does it still
make a sound?  Personally I think the scripts for the 3 Star Wars Prequels
were in the suitcase, if you had the resources wouldn't you  do just about
anything to get them?????

JAMES K. RUDY


- -----Original Message-----
From:    Bruce Bridges [SMTP:[e-mail]]
Sent:    Tuesday, September 29, 1998 2:35 PM
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If you put a cat and mouse in the box and then opened it later and the
mouse was gone would that then mean that the mouse magically
disappeared since it could not have been eaten by the nonexistent
cat?

bb

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:54:36 -0700
From: "Romero, Leticia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] a HUGE favor...

I'm about to ask of you all -- please let me know if it's too much to ask

I'm determined to go into the theatre to see the Star Wars Prequel May 28,
1999, knowing NOTHING about the film... impossible you say?  Maybe so, but
I'm still determined.  Everytime anyone says or writes the words "Star
Wars", "Prequel", "Lucas", etc, I started screaming, running, deleting, all
of the above.  I don't want to hinder anyone, but if you're going to talk
about it, could please treat the news as a "spoiler" and skip some lines?
I'm sure you all are going to scream at me; I know what I'm asking is
ludicrous, but I'm curious if I'm the only one who feels strongly about this
topic as I.  Thx for your time

Leti Romero ;)

"The World Is Not Enough"


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Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 21:46:46 +0800
From: "Yusheng" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] =?gb2312?B?u9i4tDogW01WXSBSeWFuIGFuZCBtb3JhbGU=?=

Itchy,
When your army is full of those wise soldiers who would not send 8 men to
save 1 man, then I believe this army could be easily  beaten by the army
that is full of those so called idiots.Because those so called  wise
soldiers will choose the wisest thing on the battle field---'run'.  "Run,you
live;Fight,you probably die"


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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 08:56:22 -0500
From: "Mr. White" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] What about funny <hard to find> movies?

Yep, that's the one.  Sort of "The Exterminating Angel" in reverse.

Richard J. Doyle
Visual Basic & Access Developer
CRW Systems
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From:    [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Christina Stanley
Sent:    Tuesday, September 29, 1998 1:42 PM
To:    [e-mail]
Subject:    RE: [MV] What about funny <hard to find> movies?

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Mr. White wrote:

> "Swimming with the Sharks" and "The Phantom of Liberty" are funny?  Well,
> sort of, but not really "Ha Ha Ha" funny.  Now, "The Discreet Charm of the
> Bourgeoisie", that's funny!
>
> Richard J. Doyle

Discreet Charm? is that the one where there's supposed to be a dinner
party, but all these things keep happening to interrupt the diners, and
they all walk around being very sang froid and french and stuff? Yeah,
that was rather funny.

christina
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:22:37 -0400
From: [e-mail] (C R)
Subject: Re: [MV] a HUGE favor...

it's not much of u to ask. most people today ruin all the fun.
has any one seen urban legend, spice world, or rush hour?

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 98 11:37:48 PDT
From: Wade Snider  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] a HUGE favor...

I've seen Rush Hour. It's a pretty fun movie. Not hugely
spectacular, but it is very humorous and entertaining. There's
quite a bit of action and stunts, even if the underlying
story is not that great. It's more Tucker than Chan, but
they work pretty well together here. Not a bad matchup.
I think I've already discussed this movie personally ....
so this is just a quick blurb. It's worth seeing though,
especially if you like these kind of movies.




- --- On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:22:37 -0400  C R <[e-mail]> wrote:
it's not much of u to ask. most people today ruin all the fun.
has any one seen urban legend, spice world, or rush hour?


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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 13:00:11 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Ryan Allen)
Subject: Re: [MV] a HUGE favor...

At 12:22 9/30/98 , you wrote:
>it's not much of u to ask. most people today ruin all the fun.
>has any one seen urban legend, spice world, or rush hour?

Rush Hour is a pretty funny movie.  I enjoyed it enough to see it
(eventually) at least twice in theaters.  I find it humorous, though, that
SW has been lumped in with UL and RH.  That movie is quite old.

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:23:25 -0600
From: jkrudy <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] a HUGE favor...  / Spice World

Spice World was a complete waste of time.  When it came out on video I was
working a second job at a video store, and we never had all 6 copies out.  I
thought it would appeal to teenage girls but it didn't.  I thought it would
appeal to horny teenage boys but it didn't.  I would like to say this movie
should have never been made, but as it says in the opening credits, "Based
on an idea by the Spice Girls" and if you only manage to have one idea pop
into your head in your entire life, you should go with it.  It was also nice
to see that Roger Moore is still alive.  I thought his career had reached
it's pinnacle with "The Cannonball Run", but I'm mistaken, because he's
taken it to new heights with his performance in "Spice World"----NOT!

As far as the "favor" that was asked, I think that's a great idea.  I too
would like to walk into the theater completely unaware, good luck to us all
who wish to do so.

JAMES K. RUDY


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At 12:22 9/30/98 , you wrote:
>it's not much of u to ask. most people today ruin all the fun.
>has any one seen urban legend, spice world, or rush hour?

Rush Hour is a pretty funny movie.  I enjoyed it enough to see it
(eventually) at least twice in theaters.  I find it humorous, though, that
SW has been lumped in with UL and RH.  That movie is quite old.

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:57:51 -0600
From: cHriS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Spice World/Roger Moore

On Wed, 30 Sept. 1998, JAMES K. RUDY wrote:

"Spice World was a complete waste of time.  When it came out on video I was
working a second job at a video store, and we never had all 6 copies out.  I
thought it would appeal to teenage girls but it didn't.  I thought it would
appeal to horny teenage boys but it didn't.  I would like to say this movie
should have never been made, but as it says in the opening credits, "Based
on an idea by the Spice Girls" and if you only manage to have one idea pop
into your head in your entire life, you should go with it.  It was also nice
to see that Roger Moore is still alive.  I thought his career had reached
it's pinnacle with "The Cannonball Run", but I'm mistaken, because he's
taken it to new heights with his performance in "Spice World"----NOT!"

Speaking of ol' Roger: anyone catch the cable special he hosted recently
about the Russian KGB UFO files? I only caught the last twenty minutes, but
it was funny to hear him narrate this show. Visually on the screen I see
UFO's, but in my head I'm thinking "Moonraker."

If only Moore's buddy Jaws could've made a cameo...

- - cHriS

p.s. "Rush Hour" grossing $60+ million and #1 for three weeks?! Who'da
thunk? :)




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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:29:16 -0600 (MDT)
From: The Reporter <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Movie News - 09/30/98

NEW YORK (Variety) - Newcomer "Clay Pigeons" hit the bull's-eye among
limited-release films playing in New York and Los Angeles at the
weekend. The Vince Vaughn starrer bagged $91,354 on eight hunting
expeditions in New York and Los Angeles. "Pecker" was the second most
popular limited-release picture. John Waters' portrait of a young
photographer framed $81,762 in eight galleries on both coasts.
"Lolita" joined the list in third place. Adrian Lyne's tale about an
older man's infatuation with a young girl seduced $70,364 in six
bedrooms in Gotham and L.A.

                        -=> * <=-

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - "There's Something About Mary" is riding high
with audiences everywhere, but Vince Offer is anything but tickled.
Offer, an independent writer/director from Santa Monica, filed a
copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court last week against the
producers and writers of "Mary," saying they copied 14 "unique
scenes" from his film, "The Underground Comedy Movie." In late 1996,
Offer contends, he gave a rough cut videocassette, 80% complete, of
"Underground" to Guy Oseary of Maverick Records with the intention of
luring Oseary's pal Ben Stiller into playing a role in one of the
movie's unfinished sketches.

                        -=> * <=-

NEW YORK (Variety) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer continues to bleed, warning
Monday it will report a "significant operating loss" in the third
quarter, which ends Wednesday, due to $33 million in film writedowns
and downsizing costs. The operating loss will be on top of an
operating loss of $31.6 million in the first half of the year and a
net loss of $73.6 million for the same period (after interest and
taxes). MGM said in an SEC filing Monday it expected to write down
about $20 million on two pictures released during the quarter,
believed to be "Disturbing Behavior" and "Music From Another Room."
The latest writedowns bring to $53.6 million lost by the Lion on
pictures released since Jan. 1.

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:02:29 -0400
From: [e-mail] (C R)
Subject: [MV] Spice World/jkrudy

jkrudy-
    i do agree with you that spice world was a complete waste of time
and also that it really didn't appeal to many teenagers. how old r ur
sons(i've never heard a parent call their sons horny)? myself, i'm in
high school and only a few guys thought it was a good movie because of
their skanky, sluttish clothing. though, i thought there was only 1 funny
scene where the lady waz in labor.

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:34:06 -0600
From: jkrudy <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [MV] Spice World/jkrudy

Well okay...I wasn't calling my sons horny, I wasn't calling all teenage
guys horny, but I know that there are teenage boys out there that when they
come to a video store they look for the adult section, and when I told them
they couldn't rent them, they then looked at the R ones and the teenage skin
flick type shows that had the potential of being soft porn, you know the
ones like "Revenge of the Nerds" that would have brief frontal nudity.  This
was the only type of movie these guys were interested in so the best
description I could give guys like this would be "Horny teenage boys". But
"Spice World" did not appeal to any of them.  I'm 28 so I'm young enough to
remember "being there and doing that." and I'm old enough to warn you that
most of the guys you go to school with are probably "Horny"  most of the
time, not all of them but most of them, so be careful.   I'd write more, but
the nudity scene in Titanic is coming up and I don't want to miss it...ha,
ha, ha!

JKRUDY


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jkrudy-
    i do agree with you that spice world was a complete waste of time
and also that it really didn't appeal to many teenagers. how old r ur
sons(i've never heard a parent call their sons horny)? myself, i'm in
high school and only a few guys thought it was a good movie because of
their skanky, sluttish clothing. though, i thought there was only 1 funny
scene where the lady waz in labor.

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:15:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christina Stanley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] Spice World/jkrudy

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, C R wrote:

> jkrudy-
>     i do agree with you that spice world was a complete waste of time
> and also that it really didn't appeal to many teenagers. how old r ur
> sons(i've never heard a parent call their sons horny)? myself, i'm in
> high school and only a few guys thought it was a good movie because of
> their skanky, sluttish clothing. though, i thought there was only 1 funny
> scene where the lady waz in labor.

Well, I thought it was pretty funny that Meat Loaf was their bus driver.
The movie just makes you want to watch Hard Days Night again; the Spice
Girls are caricatures (but they're a lot less heinous than "true" music
fans would have you believe), and this attempt to re-create what Richard
Lester and the Beatles did just doesn't work. Richard E. Grant isn't even
very interesting in this, and those of you who know and love his movies
know that's saying a lot. Watching Roger Moore was like watching a car
crash .... this whole movie should've been a lot campier, but it was
pretty innocuous.

christina
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:53:13 -0400
From: [e-mail] (C R)
Subject: Re: [MV] Spice World

christina stanley-
        i've heard of meatloaf. though i've never heard of hard
days night. i'm only in high school. what's hard days night about, can u
buy a book version of it?

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:11:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [MV] Screen It  Newsletter (October 1, 1998)

Welcome to the Screen It! Newsletter (October 1, 1998).

If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, and would like to sign up for
the opportunity to receive free passes to Sneak Previews of Upcoming
Movies, please visit the following page for more information:

http://www.screenit.com/sneak_previews.html

This week at the movies, a spectacular computer animated film opens, as
does a movie based on a skit from "Saturday Night Live," a throwback to
screwball comedies from yesteryear, a somber, all-star look at the
afterlife, and a horror film written by and starring the lead singer of
Twisted Sister.

On home video, an Oscar-winning foreign film, a well-done art house
flick, and a moderately successful suspense/thriller and remake of an
old, campy sci-fi TV series hit the rental shelves this Tuesday.

PLEASE NOTE: The new movie reviews WILL NOT be publicly posted until
LATE Thursday night (EDT) to comply with the studios' wishes/demands.

Next week, reviews of "Holy Man" (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum), "One
Tough Cop" (Stephen Baldwin, Chris Penn) and other new releases.

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NEW MOVIE REVIEWS FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND:

"ANTZ" (1998) (voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone) (PG)
Animated Adventure:  A worker ant (Allen), hoping to get his Colony's
beautiful princess (Stone) to notice him, ends up the unlikely hero as
he helps thwart the totalitarian plans of a renegade general.  Featuring
computer animation that's far superior to that found in "Toy Story," this
picture might not be quite as good as that film, but it's still a lot of
fun.  The film's PG rating comes from mild profanity and some scenes that
may be suspenseful or frightening to younger kids.


(National Release)
http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/antz.html

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"DEE SNIDER'S STRANGELAND" (1998) (Kevin Gage, Dee Snider) (R)
Horror:  A cop (Gage) tries to find his missing daughter, the apparent
victim of an Internet-based stalker (Snider) who's looking for young
women to subject to tribal rituals and rites of passage.   Not screened
for the press, we can't tell you anything about the film until we've
seen it (the MPAA reason for the film's rating was also unavailable).


(National Release) (Coming Soon)
http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/dee_sniders_strangeland.html

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"THE IMPOSTERS" (1998) (Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt) (R)
Comedy: Two unemployed, Depression-era actors (Tucci & Platt) must
contend with a bevy of idiosyncratic characters after finding themselves
stuck on a cruise ship trying to elude a famous actor who's charged them
with assault.  A throwback to the screwball, slapstick comedies in the
tradition of the Marx Brothers, the film is lightweight, fluffy and
amusing, but not as funny as it could and should have been.  The R
rating comes from profanity.


(Limited Release)
http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/the_imposters.html

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"A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY" (1998) (Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan) (PG-13)
Comedy: Two brothers (Ferrell & Kattan), who don't realize they're
losers, try to get into the exclusive Roxbury club while dreaming of
opening a club of their own. Proving once again that it's difficult to
transform a three or four-minute skit (from "Saturday Night Live" --
featuring the guys who continually bob their heads to a disco beat) into
a feature length film, "A Night at the Roxbury" is sporadically funny at
best, but mightily strains to fill its brief eighty minute runtime.  The
PG-13 rating comes from profanity and some sexually related material.


(National Release)
http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/a_night_at_the_roxbury.html

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"WHAT DREAMS MAY COME" (1998) (Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr.) (PG-13)
Drama: Upon his death, a man (Williams) must deal with leaving his human
existence as well as trying to find his wife, his soul mate with whom he
still has a connection that's transcended death.  Featuring occasionally
spectacular special effects and production design, this straight drama
(few laughs from Williams) is a depressingly somber look at the afterlife.
While it looks nice, its lackluster plot prevents the film from being as
good as other similarly based films such as "Ghost" and "Always."  The
PG-13 rating comes from profanity and heavy thematic issues (death,
grieving, suicide, etc...).


(National Release)
http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/what_dreams_may_come.html

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NEW VIDEO REVIEWS FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH:

(Notice:  Release dates subject to change)
(Not all video stores will carry all titles)

"CHARACTER" (1998) (Fedja Van Huet, Jan Decleir) (R)
Drama: After being accused of killing his own father (Decleir) in 1920's
Rotterdam, a young lawyer (Van Huet) recounts a lifelong tale of events
that eventually led to a deadly conclusion.  The 1997 Oscar winner for
Best Foreign Language Film, this is an interesting and decidedly offbeat
picture that bears a striking resemblance to the central plot element of
the "Star Wars" trilogy (read our review for further explanation).
Grossing around $700,000 domestically, the film's R rating comes from
violence.

(http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/character.html)

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"LOST IN SPACE" (1998) (William Hurt, Gary Oldman) (PG-13)
Sci-fi: A family (including Hurt) on an interplanetary space expedition
becomes lost in space after a renegade doctor's (Oldman) terrorist plans
throw them off course.  Based on the campy 1960's sci-fi TV series, the
movie looks great, but the producers should have spent some of the film's
millions on getting a decent, or gripping story, for this turns out to be
one lackluster film.  Rated PG-13 for "intense sci-fi action," the film
grossed nearly $70 million domestically.


(http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/lost_in_space.html)

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"A PERFECT MURDER" (1998) (Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow) (R)
Suspense/Thriller: A wealthy businessman (Douglas) coerces his wife's
lover to murder her (Paltrow), but must then scramble to cover himself
as his well-conceived plan unravels. An update of Alfred Hitchcock's
lesser known 1954 film, "Dial M For Murder,"  this is an old-fashioned
suspense thriller that should please fans of the genre.  As long as the
subject matter doesn't bother or repulse you, you'll probably also get a
kick out of this film.  Grossing around $67 million domestically, the
film's R rating comes from profanity, violence, and sexually related
material.


(http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/a_perfect_murder.html)

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"THE SPANISH PRISONER" (1998) (Campbell Scott, Steve Martin) (PG)
Suspense/Thriller: A man  (Scott) finds himself the victim of an
elaborate plan to steal the top-secret formula that he's created for
his company and discovers that he can't trust anyone (including Martin).
Much like the traditional "Hitchcockian" theme where an ordinary man
gets caught up in extraordinary circumstances -- the film should please
moviegoers who like plots where the protagonist gets deeper into trouble
and learns he can trust no one.  With a PG rating for "thematic elements
including tension, some violent images and brief language," the film
grossed around $10 million domestically.


(http://www.screenit.com/movies/1998/the_spanish_prisoner.html)

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