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Anyone But You (2023)
"Anyone But You" is a romantic comedy loosely based on William Shakespeare's 1599 play "Much Ado About Nothing." Director Will Gluck ("Friends With Benefits" 2011) has put together an entertaining story about a couple with an on-again/off-again relationship which is exacerbated by attempted manipulations by family and [..]
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Best Picture of 1993 is....."Schindler's List," an epic historical drama from producer-director Steven Spielberg that tells the true story of a German businessman who saved the lives of some 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his manufacturing plant. Spielberg and screenwriter Steven Zaillian [..]
The Specialist (1994)
A good example of a bad movie that makes for great entertainment is "The Specialist." Director Luis Llosa ("Snipper" 1993) and screenwriter Alexandra Seros put together this poorly written and sloppily directed story about two CIA operatives out to "eliminate" a drug dealer, but which also [..]
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
"Dumb and Dumber" accurately describes this buddy comedy film from director Peter Farrelly in his motion picture debut. The story has two well meaning and not so bright friends on a road trip from Providence, Rhode Island, to Aspen, Colorado, delivering a briefcase full of cash to [..]
The Client (1994)
"The Client" is a fast moving, well-paced, complex legal thriller from director Joel Schumacher ("St. Elmo's Fire" 1985). The screenplay by Akiva Goldsman and Robert Getchell is a good adaptation of the 1993 novel by John Girsham. At the center of the [..]
Legends of the Fall (1994)
"Legends of the Fall" attempts to be an epic motion picture about an immigrant family in the American West of the early 1900's. Instead, this beautifully photographed film disintegrates into cliche movie themes, hollow morality, and excessive melodrama. Credit goes to over-direction by Edward Zwick ("About [..]
Star Trek Generations (1994)
"Star Trek Generations" completes the transition in the movie series from the cast of the original 1960's TV show to "The Next Generation" stars of the 1980's. William Shatner, James Doohan, and Walter Keonig join Patrick Stewart and his crew in another exciting "Star Trek" story about [..]
Il Postino (1994)
"Il Postino," or "The Postman" in English, is a haunting love story set in Italy in 1953. This is a story of a postman who learns to enjoy poetry from an exiled Chilean poet he delivers mail to. He uses his friend's poetry to woo a [..]
Leon: The Professional (1994)
French director Luc Besson ("Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" 2017) put out an action picture called "Leon: The Professional." It is the story of a professional hitman who reluctantly takes a twelve-year-old girl under his wing when her family is murdered. [..]
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Best Picture of 1994 is....."Forrest Gump." Tom Hanks plays the title role of the slow-witted and friendly Gump who sits at bus stops and tells his unlikely story to anyone who will listen. Everything from giving a young Elvis Presley hip-swinging lessons to meeting three U. S. [..]