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Archive for February, 2000

Boiler Room

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Director: Ben Younger
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nicky Katt, Ben Affleck, Tom Everett Scott, Nia Long, Ron Rifkin and Taylor Nichols
Rating: R
Run Time: 119 minutesÂ
THE SKINNY
Wily college dropout joins pack of stock swindlers with the promise of making millions
THE BOTTOM LINE
Entertaining, but flawed, solid first effort by Ben Younger
THE FULL REVIEW
First-time writer-director Ben […]



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Tribute albums serve two purposes – they give modern bands the opportunity to cover their favorite songs by established artists, and they give unknown bands the opportunity to put themselves on the map by adding new dimension to existing classics. Of course, this is a best case scenario, and the sorry truth is that […]



The Whole Nine Yards

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Director: Jonathan Lynn (My Cousin Vinny, Trial and Error, Sgt. Bilko)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Clarke Duncan, Amanda Peet, Rosanna Arquette, and Kevin Pollak
Rating: R
Run Time: 103 minutesÂ
THE SKINNY
Tormented dentist gets mixed up with the hit man next door
THE BOTTOM LINE
Surprise! It’s actually funny.
THE FULL REVIEW
In a recent television interview […]