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Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[27.Mar.09] :. On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

Film DVD Review

So I Married an Axe Murderer (Deluxe Edition)

by Andrew Winistorfer

[18.Jun.08] :. This has become more dated than either of the Wayne’s World movies, and is so seeped in ‘90s iconography it serves as a visual time capsule.

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The Architect

by David Masciotra

[23.Aug.07] :. Anthony LaPaglia delivers a brilliantly understated performance as a man who has the ability to build, but not maintain, and the desire to reconstruct, but not renovate.

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Kids’ DVDs: June 2007

by Roger Holland

[6.Jun.07] :. Given that babies and young children love nothing more than repetition, repetition, and... um.... repetition, I can't understand why even the pointiest of heads would think children between the ages of six months and three years could possible need 23 different Baby Einstein DVDs.

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Happy Feet (2006)

by Mike Ward

[21.Nov.06] :. The penguins learn to refine their engrained vocal skills not in the interest of spiritual uplift or any such, but, basically, to get laid.

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TV Review

Without a Trace

by Michael Abernethy

[13.Oct.05] :. The agents are often too late to save the missing or realize that the missing is alive but better off wherever he or she has landed than back at home.

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Whispers in the Dark (1992)

by John G. Nettles

[8.Sep.04] :. What emerges here is a painfully generic potboiler briefly masquerading as softcore porn.

Frasier

by Michael Abernethy

[17.Nov.03] :. Frasier and his brother are effete snobs and proud of it.

Without a Trace

by Elena Razlogova

[30.Sep.02] :. Insofar as it depicts agents who think and verify before acting, Without a Trace unexpectedly provides an antidote to the current media crime-fighting frenzy.

The Salton Sea (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.May.02] :. Danny's story is part noiry nightmare, part scam saga, and part junkie-underground travelogue.

Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

by Josh Jones

[3.Dec.99] :. Even though Sean Penn brings a phenomenally hysterical freshness to Emmett Ray (and he played a similarly mustachioed maniac in Hurly Burly, without the artistic genius), Sweet and Lowdown is familiar ground for Woody Allen, replete with his usual themes.

Frasier

by Howard Hann

Even if 'Frasier' does continue to fade, many viewers will maintain their emotional and intellectual investment in the show, motivated by nostalgia rather than the hallmarks of the first seven seasons -- originality, wit, and superb ensemble work.

Lantana (2001)

by Nikki Tranter

Proves that local storytellers no longer need loveable anti-heroes and a supporting cast of offbeat simpletons to get noticed.

The House of Mirth (2000)

by F.L. Carr

Lily's detractors can use her slightest slip-ups -- for instance, smoking a cigarette or gambling at cards -- as weapons against her -- in her set, women's smoking is considered improper and even a sign of promiscuity.

Company Man (2001)

by Tobias Peterson

Coming on the heels of Thirteen Days, Company Man is the latest look at the troubled relationship between the United States and Cuba. Whereas trailers for Thirteen Days showcase...

Autumn in New York (2000)

by Anne Daugherty

While watching Autumn in New York, I was struck by its parallel to the Clinton-Lewinsky business. There are superficial similarities, especially in the lead players — a powerful 50-ish...

Autumn in New York (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Everyone in the film can see that pairing a 48-year-old womanizer with a 22-year-old girl dying from a sketchy illness 'of the heart' is lame, not to mention derivative, unpleasant, and pathetic.