| Jackie Brown |
This is the first movie Tarantino has directed in three years, and while the same elements are there -- talkative professional criminals, raucous vulgar dialogue, sudden violence, a soundtrack ...
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| Jacob's Ladder |
Attacking Jacob's Ladder for not being subtle is perhaps the most misbegotten criticism of all, and the hallmark that the critics were going after Lyne instead of his film. Yes, Jacob's ...
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| James and the Giant Peach [Blu-Ray] |
The story starts with young James Henry Trotter (Paul Terry) living an idyllic life by the sea with his loving mom and dad (Susan Turner-Cray and Steven Culp), which Selick emphasizes with gauzy ...
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| Jarhead |
Rather, Jarhead is about one aspect of one particular war, and part of the film’s intrigue and what makes it stand out is that it focuses on the aspects of war usually left ...
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| Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday [DVD] |
Credit should be given where credit is due: The filmmakers behind Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday tried. They really tried. Doing something original or different with the ninth ...
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| Jason X [DVD] |
Despite going to hell in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday back in 1993, Jason Vorhees has been resurrected ... again ... in a tenth installment of the obviously never-ending Friday the ...
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| Jawbreaker |
The movie takes place at Reagan High School somewhere in California (are there any teen movies nowadays that don't take place on the West Coast?). The school is ruled by four snob goddesses, led by ...
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| Jaws |
Perhaps what is most outstanding about "Jaws" is how Spielberg builds the movie. He works it like a theatrical production, with a first act and a second act. Unlike so many modern filmmakers, he has ...
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| Jaws 2 [DVD] |
Unlike the other massive blockbusters of the 1970s--The Godfather (1972),
Star Wars (1977), and Superman (1978)--Jaws (1975) did not
lend itself particularly well to a ...
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| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [Blu-Ray] |
Your enjoyment of the movie will rely heavily on two major factors: First, your affinity for the titular duo, who have appeared in one form or another in all five of Smith’s previous movies, ...
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| JCVD [Blu-Ray] |
Written by director Mabrouk El Mechri and Frédéric Benudis, JCVD is a bold attempt to humanize Van Damme, not by trying to ignore his personal and professional pitfalls (which are many), ...
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| Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles [DVD] |
The story is structured as a portrait of three days in the life of a seemingly ordinary middle-class widow and mother named Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig). The film is told entirely in static ...
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| Jeepers Creepers |
Despite the snicker-inducing silliness of its title—which is taken from Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren's '30s-era tune for plot-related reasons that are notably strained—Victor Salva's ...
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| Jeepers Creepers II |
Even in its best moments, Victor Salva’s Jeepers Creepers II comes nowhere close to matching the thrilling creepiness of the opening half-hour of the original, 2001’s modest hit ...
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| Jennifer's Body |
The film’s first serious misstep is the manner in which it opens, with our protagonist and narrator, the baby-faced and ridiculously named Needy Lesnicky (Amanda Seyfried), in an insane asylum. ...
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| Jerry Maguire |
Crowe has made his mark by creating believable male characters who are deeper and more sensitive than expected. Although most people remember Sean Penn's star-making role as stoned surfer Jeff ...
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| Jersey Girl |
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Perhaps writer/director Kevin Smith is touting Jersey Girl ...
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| Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter [DVD] |
Director William Beaudine had the nickname “One Shot” because he rarely if ever shot more than one take, even if the first one was bad. Having started as a prop boy for D.W. Griffith in 1909, ...
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| Jigoku [DVD] |
Years before Herschell Gordon Lewis unleashed blood-soaked cheapies like Blood Feast (1963) and Two-Thousand Maniacs! (1964) on America’s drive-in audience, Nakagawa was on the other ...
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| Journey to the Center of the Earth |
Of course, there is no getting around the inherently hokey premise of the story, which was borne out five years ago by the failed attempt of the 2003 film The Core to present a realistic ...
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| Jubilee [DVD] |
Nineteen seventy-seven was jubilee year in Great Britain, celebrating the Queen’s 25th year on the throne. It was also the year that saw the release of Derek Jarman’s Jubilee, an ironic ...
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| Jude |
If but some vengeful god would call to me
From up the sky, and laugh: "Thou suffering thing,
Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy,
That thy love's loss is my hate's ...
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| Jules and Jim [DVD] |
Jules and Jim is the story of two friends, but the real catalyst in their life is a woman who forever changes how they view the world and each other. Jules (Oscar Werner) is a short, quiet, ...
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| Julie & Julia |
Alas, Streep is only half of Julie & Julia, which is based on two books: Child’s own posthumously published memoir My Life in France and the book from which the film takes its name, ...
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| Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta delgi spiriti) [DVD] |
After the masterpieces La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8 1/2 (1963), which found Federico Fellini moving deeper and deeper into his twin cinematic obsessions—autobiography and ...
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| Juno |
The title character, whose name derives from the wife of Zeus, not the town in Alaska, is played in what can only be called a star-making turn by Ellen Page, who was so memorable as the ...
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| Jurassic Park III [DVD] |
Everyone who worked on Jurassic Park III was obviously well-aware that the novelty of seeing realistic, computer-generated dinosaurs on the rampage has lost its novelty by the third go-round. ...
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| Just Friends [DVD] |
Oddly enough, that works to his advantage in Just Friends, in which he plays Chris Brander, who at the beginning of the movie (circa 1995) is an overweight drama geek who pines away ...
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| Just Like Heaven |
Reese Witherspoon, the current go-to girl of romantic comedy, stars as Elizabeth, an overworked, overcommitted doctor who gets in a terrible car accident while driving home one night from the ...
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| Just My Luck [DVD] |
If one were to be a true cynic, one could see the movie as little more than a brief ride for star Lindsay Lohan as she upgrades from teen movies to adult fare, which is arguably the movie's primary ...
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| Just Visiting (Les Visiteurs en America) |
Granted, Just Visiting is funny enough to earn a few laughs and some smiles, but
not much beyond that. It is essentially a one-joke fish-out-of-water movie about a noble
French knight and his ...
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