February 2, 1991

City Slickers (1991) **

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Grand Canyon (1991) **

Interesting, but preachy film about life in Los Angeles.
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The Prince Of Tides (1991) **

Interesting film about an emotionally troubled Southern family.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze (1991) **

Plenty of fights and some hip humor in this average, but decent sequel to the 1990 hit.
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Homicide (1991) **

Confusing police drama by David Mamet.
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January 1, 1991

Hook (1991) *

Dustin Hoffman is excellent as Hook, but Robin Williams as an adult Peter Pan is a disappointment. Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell is even worse.
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There Goes My Baby (1991) *

The 60's only began in the middle of that decade, when Watts riots and the Vietnam War had awaken the consciousness of the American youth. This nostalgic film deals with that crucial moment in history.
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Father Of The Bride (1991) *

An inferior remake of the 1950 hit starring Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy.
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Sleeping With The Enemy (1991) *

Manipulative film about an abusive husband.
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Mortal Thoughts (1991) *

Harvey Keitel steals the movie from Demi Moore and Bruce Willis.
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The Neverending Story II (1991) *

A young boy tries to save the land of Fantasia from Emptiness. An extremely disappointing sequel. There is no story, no adventures and no plot twists - it's a complete travesty.
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Rambling Rose (1991) *

Laura Dern is an unconventional young woman in a sleepy Southern town in the 1930's.
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The Super (1991) *

Worthless film starring Joe Pesci as a slum-lord learning the errors of his ways.
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December 12, 1990

Top 10 Films of 1990

1. "GoodFellas" (Martin Scorsese, USA)

2. "Metropolitan" (Whit Stillman, USA)

3. ''Singapore Sling'' (Nikos Nikolaidis, Greece)

4. ''The Nasty Girl'' (Michael Verhoeven, Germany)

5. "Cyrano de Bergerac" (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, France)

6. ''Milou en mai'' (Louis Malle, France)

7. ''The Grifters'' (Stephen Frears, USA)

8. "Mermaids" (Richard Benjamin, USA)

9. ''Freeze - Die - Come To Life" (Vitali Kanevsky, Soviet Union)

10. "Bullet In The Head" (John Woo, Hong Kong)


Other great films:

Adam's Rib (Soviet Union)
La Discrète (France)
Edward Scissorhands
H (Canada)
Nikita (France)
Nouvelle vague (Switzerland)
Porno (Poland)
Total Recall
Tremors
Uranus (France)
Vincent And Me (Canada)
White Hunter Black Heart
The Witches

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1990:

1. "Pump Up The Volume" (Allan Moyle, New Line)

2. "Wild At Heart" (David Lynch, USA)

3. "Beautiful Dreamers" (John Kent Harrison, Canada)

4. "Halfaouine l'enfant des terrasses" (Férid Boughedir, Tunisia)

5. "The Sheltering Sky" (Bernardo Bertolucci, Warner)

6. "The Big Steal" (Nadia Tass, Australia)

7. "Le Party" (Pierre Falardeau, Canada)

8. "Forbidden Love" (Helmut Dziuba, East Germany)

9. "La Désenchantée" (Benoît Jacquot, France)

10. "Pont de Varsovia" (Pere Portabella, Spain)


Short Top 3:

1. "12:01 PM" (Jonathan Heap, USA)

2. "The Lunch Date" (Adam Davidson, USA)

3. "The Evil Cameraman" (Richard Kern, USA)


Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Vogue" (David Fincher, Madonna)

2. "Groove Is In The Heart" (Hiroyuki Nakano, Deee-Lite)

3. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (John Maybury, Sinead O'Connor)


Other great music videos:

Freedom 90

Top Commercial:

"Turbocharged Dream" (Ridley Scott, Nissan)


TV Top 5:

1. "Twin Peaks" (David Lynch, ABC)

2. "Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Bal" (Olga Lipinska, Poland)

3. "From Moscow To Pietushki" (Pawel Pawlikowski, BBC, UK)

4. "Northern Exposure: Pilot" (Joshua Brand, CBS)

5. "Miami Vice: Too Much Too Late" (Richard Compton, NBC)


Other great TV shows:


Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Roller Coaster Rabbit" (Rob Minkoff, Disney)

2. "The Prince And The Pauper" (George Scribner, Disney)

3. "Creature Comforts" (Nick Park, Aardman, UK)


Other great cartoons:

About The Tap Who Sang At The Opera (Czechoslovakia)
A Grand Day Out (UK)
Dreams (Japan)
Erotic Ghost Story (Hong Kong)
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Top Musical of 1990

"Cry-Baby" (John Waters, Universal)


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November 11, 1990

Milou en mai (1990) *****


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The Nasty Girl (1990) *****

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Singapore Sling (1990) *****


This Greek film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis is among the most perverse and deranged comedies ever made. Michelle Valley plays a demented mother and Meredith Herold - her equally disturbed daughter. Together, they torture a young man who shows up at their house. Every scatology imaginable, as well as bondage, torture and many other perversions are explored in this unique film, whose story is actually inspired, believe it or not, by a magnificent Hollywood film noir, "Laura" (1944), directed by Otto Preminger. Shot in beautiful black and white, "Singapore Sling" is a fetishist's dream-come-true, with plenty of nudity and sexual situations. To quote from a French review of the film, "tel une mouche qui se prend dans la toile de l'araignée, Singapore Sling va tomber entre les mains de ces deux femmes démoniaques qui vont se livrer sur lui à des jeux cruels du plaisir. Ligoté, violé et torturé, son sort sera amer. Elles iront au bout de leurs fantasmes sexuels, jusqu'à ce que plaisir et souffrance se confondent, dans un rituel incestueux, lesbien et sadomasochiste." Note: Do not confuse it with a dreadful Shannon Tweed film of the same title, made in 2000.

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GoodFellas (1990) *****

Martin Scorsese's masterpiece and arguably the greatest American film of all time ("Citizen Kane" included). This is movie storytelling at its best, capturing the viewer's imagination and involving him in the story in an active and exciting way. A cinematic miracle of the highest order.
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Metropolitan (1990) *****

Jane Austen in Manhattan. Wonderfully witty film about rich young preppies attending Christmas parties on the Upper East Side.
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) *****

Flamboyant and dynamic adaptation of the classic tale, starring Gerard Depardieu as the long-nosed swashbuckler who falls in love with his beautiful cousin, Roxanne (Anne Brochet). A superbly directed, brilliantly written and flawlessly acted film, with magnificently orchestrated crowd movements and beautiful, poetic dialogue, full of charm and humor. A great achievement.
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October 10, 1990

Life Is Sweet (1990) ****

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Freeze - Die - Come To Life (1990) ****

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'The Grifters (1990) ****

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Mermaids (1990) ****

Winona Ryder gives one of her best performances as a young girl growing up in the early 1960's. Cher plays her excentric mother.
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Bullet In The Head (1990) ****

An unusual picture for John Woo. It's a crime film, but one set in South Vietnam in the late 60's. It also bears some striking similarities to Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter" (1978).
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September 9, 1990

Conte de printemps (1990) ***

Charming and intelligent comedy directed by Eric Rohmer. Great dialogues.
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Wild At Heart (1990) ***

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Total Recall (1990) ***

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Lambada (1990) ***

Fine musical film with excellent dance numbers.
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Adam's Rib (1990) ***

A Soviet film, clearly inspired by "Moscow Doesn't Believe In Tears".
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Ghost (1990) ***

Fantasy melodrama about undying love.
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Days Of Thunder (1990) ***

A race car driver (Tom Cruise) has a serious accident, but he manages to overcome his fears to win the Daytona 500 race. A fairly conventional story by Robert Towne has some original touches, but the film is most memorable for its razon-sharp editing, great score and a fine performance by Robert Duvall.
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The Forbidden Dance (1990) ***

Musical film about an Amazonian princess who wants to dance and save the rainforest. A certain priscillagrrr took this film a bit too seriously, making this comment on imdb.com:

I feel ashamed of being Brazilian after watching this movie! This is a ridiculous film! Not only is there no good dancing, as the title suggests, and moronic dialog, but the writers obviously did not research Brazilian culture whatsoever before making this crappy movie. I'm Brazilian, born and raised, and believe me on this one, there are NO princesses there. Not even anything close! It makes me angry that this movie portrays my country and culture so wrong. Asides from that, the movie makes me laugh because everything is so exaggerated and corny!

Yes, we are aware, dear Priscilla, that there are no princesses in Brazil. But you are apparently unaware that this is a fairy-tale musical, and not a serious documentary.
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Edward Scissorhands (1990) ***

Very original fantasy fable from Tim Burton.
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La Discrète (1990) ***

Fabrice Luchini stars in this French drama about relationships between men and women.
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Darkman (1990) ***

Directed by Sam Raimi, it's an effective action/horror movie about a masked avenger.
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Dances With Wolves (1990) ***

It will be forever remembered as that overpraised western that stole the best picture Oscar from "GoodFellas", but otherwise it's not a bad movie at all.
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Close-Up (1990) ***

An Iranian drama directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It's based on a true story of a fraud artist who pretended to be a famous Iranian filmmaker, Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
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