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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

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This Christmas

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Nov.07] :. A typical domestic dramedy, This Christmas offers one exceptional moment: Chris Brown performing "Try a Little Tenderness."

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Wondrous Oblivion (2006)

by Marc Calderaro

[26.Apr.07] :. Wondrous Oblivion won’t cover any new ground on social matters, but its intent is genuine, and its characters lovable.

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Wondrous Oblivion (2006)

by Noah Davis

[16.Nov.06] :. Before David can learn cricket, he must confront racism against his neighbors, a life lesson complicated by his own Jewish descent.

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Kidnapped

by Daynah Burnett

[20.Sep.06] :. Rather than manipulate our established fears by way of the threat to personal security, this show asks us to examine what makes us individuals in the first place.

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Domino: New Line Platinum Series (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.06] :. Domino maps mythology, not as a means to heroic or sympathetic characters, and certainly not to narrative resolution.

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Domino (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Oct.05] :. Imagine Mallory Knox as her own reality tv show star, less inclined to take up with the absolutely wrong man, and able to handle her mascara like a pro.

Sahara (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Aug.05] :. Then they get to the Dirk part, that is, their much-considered intentions for their hero, their plans to create the 'dynamic of Dirk'.

Gone in 60 Seconds: Director’s Cut (2000)

by Jesse Hassenger

[8.Jul.05] :. The trailer for Gone is a particularly unpretentious distillation of the film's key elements.

Sahara (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Apr.05] :. No surprise, all these plots -- whether engineered by villains or heroes -- rehearse imperial fantasies at the expense of African tribespeople.

Get Shorty (Special Edition) (1995)

by Jesse Hassenger

[17.Feb.05] :. Sonnenfeld keeps all of this under two hours by cutting the movie at a dazzling clip. The film moves like Travolta, quickly and with style.

The Core (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Sep.03] :. While the film probably can't be recuperated, Jon Amiel's commentary on the DVD works some wonders of its own.

The Core (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.03] :. Settles quickly into the most mundane of plot and character developments.

Heist (2001)

by WRITER

[8.Nov.01] :. [David Mamet's] language, severe and spare, actually sounds quite human comin

The One (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Nov.01] :. PULL.

Romeo Must Die (2000)

by Elena Razlagova

A car drives through a bridge and dark city streets, passing the freeway sign 'East Bay Bridge, Oakland' on the way. A blasting hip-hop soundtrack accompanies opening film credits in overlapping English and Chinese characters.

Romeo Must Die (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Andrzej Bartkowiak's current film Romeo Must Die, which features the incredible martial arts skills of Jet Li, left me a little depressed.

Romeo Must Die (2000)

by Jonathan Beller

Andrzej Bartkowiak's current film Romeo Must Die, which features the incredible martial arts skills of Jet Li, left me a little depressed.

The Last Castle (2001)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

What makes 'The Last Castle' worth talking about is something the filmmakers could never have foreseen: the alarming timeliness of its release.

The Last Castle (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Robin Wright Penn appears in The Last Castle for about four minutes. She plays Rosalie, the beautiful, angry daughter of 3-star General and mostly absent father Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford)....

Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Contrary to its titular promise of speed speed speed, this latest Jerry Bruckheimer actioner takes pretty much forever to get to its wholly predictable and humdrum finale. Gone in 60 Seconds...

The Cider House Rules (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Set in the 1930s and '40s, The Cider House Rules has a typically Irving-ian sense of scatter: the years sort of drift by, characters are sundry, and themes are vaguely related to each other. It could be that the film is concerned with the chronically troubled relations between parents (or their substitutes) and children...