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Dazed and Confused **** (1993, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck) – Classic Film Review 856

Writer-director Richard Linklater’s 1993 follow-up to his 1991 no-budget comedy hit Slacker is one of the top 50 best ever high school movies. It confidently and compellingly focuses on a score or more characters in […]

Mar, 02

The Acid House *** (1998, Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Kevin McKidd, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave, Ewen Bremner) – Classic Movie Review 677

More twisted tales of the Scottish city, with author Leith-born Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting, Filth) adapting a surreal triptych from his collection of short stories. It’s hard to imagine, but it seems even more extreme than […]

Jan, 12

The Waterboy *** (1998, Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler) – Classic Movie Review 645

Adam Sandler is the ultimate in clumsy as Bobby Boucher, a US football team’s waterboy, who suddenly finds he can tackle like a wild thing, in this sporadically very funny slapstick comedy, an above-average entry […]

Jan, 07

Jerry Maguire **** (1996, Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Lipnicki, Kelly Preston, Jerry O’Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King) – Classic Movie Review 612

Cameron Crowe hasn’t yet been able to top or even quite equal the enormous success of his 1996 triumph Jerry Maguire, though it is not for want of trying with classy items like Almost Famous, […]

Jan, 02

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