Screen Source presents:

Movie Reviews - 1999

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Ever wonder what we at Screen Source thought of a particular movie? We thought you did.

Reviews are as follows: a five-slate movie is Fabulous, four slates indicate a Great film, three slates mark a Good movie, two slates mean it's OK, and one slate designates a Bomb. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating and running time do not include previews which average about 10 minutes. Content rating: V (graphic violence), P (profanity), N (nudity), S (sex).

Title

Our
Review

Content
Rating

Time
(minutes)

Release
Date

.........Starring.........

Genre

MPAA
Rating

Studio

Affliction

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

114

Feb. 19

Nick Nolte,
Sissy Spacek,
James Coburn,
Willem Dafoe

Drama

R

Lions Gate

Analyze This

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, S

106

Mar. 5

Robert De Niro,
Billy Crystal,
Lisa Kudrow,
Chazz Palminteri

Comedy

R

Warner

Another Day in Paradise

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, S

99

Feb. 12

James Woods,
Melanie Griffith

Crime
Drama

R

Trimark

At First Sight

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, N, S

124

Jan. 15

Val Kilmer,
Mira Sorvino,
Kelly McGillis,
Nathan Lane

Romantic
Drama

PG-13

MGM/UA

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

P, S

95

Jun. 11

Mike Myers,
Heather Graham,
Robert Wagner,
Lucy Alexis Liu,
Kristen Johnston,
Rob Lowe

Comedy

PG-13

New Line

Baby Geniuses

movie_slatemovie_slate

- -

94

Mar. 12

Kathleen Turner,
Christopher Lloyd,
Kim Cattrall,
Peter MacNicol,
Ruby Dee,
Dom DeLuise,
Randy Travis

Comedy

PG

Sony

Besieged

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

N, S

90

Jun. 11

Thandie Newton,
David Thewlis

Drama

R

Fine Line

Black Mask

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P

90

May 14

Jet Li,
Karen Mok

Action

R

Artisan

Blast from the Past

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

106

Feb. 12

Brendan Fraser,
Alicia Silverstone,
Christopher Walken,
Sissy Spacek

Romantic
Comedy

PG-13

New Line

Castle, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

82

May 14

Michael Caton,
Anne Tenney

Comedy

R

Miramax

Central Station
(Portugese
w/subtitles)

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P

115

Feb. 5

Fernanda Montenegro,
Marília Pêra

Drama

R

Sony

Children of Heaven
(Farsi
w/subtitles)

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

- -

88

Mar. 19

Mohammad Amir Naji,
Fereshte Sarabandi

Drama

PG

Miramax

Civil Action, A

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

118

Jan. 8

John Travolta,
Robert Duvall,,
John Lithgow,
Kathleen Quinlan

Drama

PG-13

Buena Vista

Clubland

movie_slate

P

94

Apr. 16

Brad Hunt,
Jimmy Tuckett,
Lori Petty

Drama

R

Legacy

Cookie's Fortune

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

P

118

Apr. 9

Glenn Close,
Julianne Moore,
Ned Beatty,
Lyle Lovett,
Charles Dutton,
Liv Tyler,
Chris O'Donnell
Patricia Neal,
Courtney B. Vance,
Donald Moffat

Murder
Mystery

PG-13

October

Corruptor, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P, S

105

Mar. 12

Yun-Fat Chow,
Mark Wahlberg,
Ric Young

Action

R

New Line

Cruel Intentions

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, S

97

Mar. 5

Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Ryan Phillippe,
Reese Witherspoon,
Louise Fletcher,
Swoosie Kurtz

Drama

R

Columbia

Dancemaker

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

98

Apr. 30

Paul Taylor

Documentary

unrated

Artistic

Dancing at Lughnasa

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

- -

92

Jan. 15

Meryl Streep,
Michael Gambon,
Catherine McCormack

Period
Drama

PG

Sony

Deep End of the Ocean, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

148

Mar. 12

Michelle Pfeiffer,
Treat Williams,
Whoopi Goldberg

Drama

PG-13

Columbia

Doug's 1st Movie

movie_slatemovie_slate

- -

77

Mar. 26

voices of:
Thomas McHugh,
Connie Shulman,
Fred Newman

Animated

G

Disney

Dreamlife of Angels, The
(French
w/subtitles)

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

S

113

May 28

Élodie Bouchez,
Natacha Régnier

Drama

R

Sony

EDtv

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

P, S

120

Mar. 26

Matthew McConaughey,
Jenna Elfman,
Ellen DeGeneres,
Woody Harrelson,
Martin Landau,
Rob Reiner,
Dennis Hopper,
Elizabeth Hurley

Comedy

PG-13

Universal

8MM

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P,
N, S

123

Feb. 26

Nicolas Cage,
Joaquin Phoenix,
James Gandolfini

Thriller
(extreme
violence)

R

Columbia

Election

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

P, S

103

May 7

Matthew Broderick,
Reese Witherspoon,
Chris Klein

Comedy

R

Paramount

Endurance

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

- -

83

Jun. 4

Haile Gebrsellasie,
Yonas Zergaw

Documentary

G

Buena Vista

Entrapment

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

113

Apr. 30

Sean Connery,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Ving Rhames

Crime
Drama

PG-13

Fox

eXistenZ

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

90

Apr. 23

Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Jude Law,
Willem Dafoe,
Ian Holm

Science
Fiction

R

Miramax

Foolish

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P

97

Apr. 23

Eddie Griffin,
Master P,
Amy Petersen

Comedy
Drama

unrated

Artisan

Forces of Nature

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, S

102

Mar. 19

Sandra Bullock,
Ben Affleck,
Blythe Danner,
Joe Don Baker

Romantic
Comedy

PG-13

DreamWorks

Forever Midnight

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

105

May 7

Sarah Byrd,
Erick H. Weir,
James Hoenscheidt

Drama

unrated

Blue Dog

Friends & Lovers

movie_slatemovie_slate

P

102

Jun. 18

Robert Downey Jr.,
Stephen Baldwin,
Claudia Schiffer,
Alison Eastwood,
David Rasche

Romantic
Comedy

unrated

Lions Gate

General, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

129

Apr. 23

Brendan Gleeson,
Adrian Dunbar,
Jon Voight

Crime
Drama

R

Sony

General's Daughter, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P,
N, S

120

Jun. 11

John Travolta,
Madeleine Stowe,
James Cromwell,
Timothy Hutton,
Clarence Williams III,
James Woods

Thriller

R

Paramount

Get Real

movie_slatemovie_slate

P, N

120

Jun. 4

Ben Silverstone,
Brad Gorton

Drama

R

Paramount

Gloria

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

108

Jan. 22

Sharon Stone,
Jean-Luke Figueroa,
Jeremy Northam,
Cathy Moriarty,
George C. Scott

Drama

R

Columbia

Go

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P,
N, S

100

Apr. 9

Katie Holmes,
Sarah Polley

Action
Comedy

R

TriStar

Goodbye Lover

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P,
N, S

102

Apr. 16

Patricia Arquette,
Dermot Mulroney,
Ellen DeGeneres,
Mary-Louise Parker,
Don Johnson

Crime
Comedy

R

Warner

Hard Core Logo

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

92

Feb. 12

Bernie Coulson,
Hugh Dillon,
John Pyper-Ferguson

Comedy

R

Miramax

Harmonists, The
(German
w/subtitles)

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, N, S

115

Mar. 26

Ben Becker,
Heino Ferch

Drama

R

Miramax

Hilary and Jackie

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, N, S

121

Jan. 15

Emily Watson,
Rachel Griffiths,
Charles Dance

Drama

R

October

Hi-Lo Country, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P, S

114

Jan. 22

Woody Harrelson,
Billy Crudup,
Patricia Arquette

Drama

R

Gramercy

Hurlyburly

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, N, S

122

Jan. 15

Sean Penn,
Kevin Spacey,
Robin Wright,
Chazz Palminteri,
Garry Shandling,
Anna Paquin,
Meg Ryan

Drama

R

Fine Line

Idle Hands

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P,
N, S

92

Apr. 30

Devon Sawa,
Seth Green

Comedy
Horror

R

Columbia

In Dreams

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

100

Jan. 15

Annette Bening,
Aidan Quinn,
Stephen Rea,
Robert Downey Jr.

Thriller

R

DreamWorks

Instinct

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

126

Jun. 4

Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Anthony Hopkins,
Donald Sutherland

Thriller

R

Buena Vista

Jawbreaker

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, S

87

Feb. 19

Rose McGowan,
Rebecca Gayheart,
Carol Kane,
Pam Grier,
William Katt

Comedy

R

TriStar

Just the Ticket

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

115

Apr. 9

Andy Garcia,
Andie MacDowell,
Elizabeth Ashley

Romantic
Comedy

R

MGM

King and I, The

movie_slatemovie_slate

- -

85

Mar. 19

voices of:
Miranda Richardson (Anna),
Martin Vidnovic (King)

Animated

G

Warner

Last Days, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V

81

Feb. 12

Bill Basch
produced by
Steven Spielberg

Documentary

unrated

October

Life

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

P

108

Apr. 16

Eddie Murphy,
Martin Lawrence,
Clarence Williams III

Comedy

R

Universal

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, N

108

Mar. 19

Jason Flemyng,
Dexter Fletcher,
Nick Moran

Comedy
Crime

R

Gramercy

Lost & Found

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, N

82

Apr. 23

David Spade,
Sophie Marceau,
Patrick Bruel,
Jon Lovitz,
Martin Sheen

Romantic
Comedy

PG-13

Warner

Love Letter, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, S

90

May 21

Kate Capshaw,
Blythe Danner,
Ellen DeGeneres,
Tom Everett Scott,
Tom Selleck

Romantic
Comedy

R

DreamWorks

Matrix, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V

135

Mar. 31

Keanu Reeves,
Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss,
Joe Pantoliano

Science
Fiction

R

Warner

Message in a Bottle

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, S

126

Feb. 12

Kevin Costner,
Robin Wright,
Paul Newman

Romance

PG-13

Warner

Metroland

movie_slatemovie_slate

P

110

Apr. 30

Christian Bale,
Lee Ross,
Emily Watson

Drama

unrated

Lions Gate

Midsummer Night's Dream, A

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

N, S

115

May 14

Kevin Kline,
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Rupert Everett,
Stanley Tucci,
Calista Flockhart,
David Strathairn

Comedy

PG-13

Fox

Mod Squad, The

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P,
N, S

94

Mar. 26

Claire Danes,
Giovanni Ribisi,
Omar Epps,
Josh Brolin,
Dennis Farina,
Clarence Williams III

Action

R

MGM/UA

Mummy, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, N

127

May 7

Brendan Fraser,
Rachel Weisz,
John Hannah

Action
Thriller

PG-13

Universal

My Favorite Martian

movie_slatemovie_slate

- -

88

Feb. 12

Jeff Daniels,
Christopher Lloyd,
Elizabeth Hurley,
Daryl Hannah,
Ray Walston

Comedy

PG

Disney

My Name is Joe
(Scottish
w/subtitles)

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P

105

Mar. 19

Peter Mullan,
Louise Goodall

Romantic
Drama

R

Artisan

Never Been Kissed

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

100

Apr. 9

Drew Barrymore,
Molly Shannon,
David Arquette

Romantic
Comedy

PG-13

Fox

Notting Hill

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

P

123

May 28

Hugh Grant,
Julia Roberts
Hugh Bonneville

Romantic
Comedy

PG-13

Universal

October Sky

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate
(Best "Family" movie this year)

- -

108

Feb. 19

Jake Gyllenhaal,
Chris Owen,
Laura Dern

Drama

PG

Universal

Office Space

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P

90

Feb. 19

Ron Livingston,
Jennifer Aniston,
Gary Cole

Romantic
Comedy

R

Fox

Open Your Eyes
(Spanish
w/subtitles)

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, P, S

117

May 14

Eduardo Noriega,
Penélope Cruz

Romantic
Drama

R

Artisan

Other Sister, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

S

120

Feb. 26

Juliette Lewis,
Diane Keaton,
Tom Skerritt,
Hector Elizondo

Drama

PG-13

Buena Vista

Out-of-
Towners, The

movie_slatemovie_slate

S

95

Apr. 2

Steve Martin,
Goldie Hawn,
John Cleese

Comedy

PG-13

Paramount

Payback

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, S

101

Feb. 5

Mel Gibson,
Maria Bello,
James Coburn,
William Devane,
Kris Kristofferson,
David Paymer,
Lucy Alexis Liu,
Deborah Unger

Action

R

Paramount

Playing by Heart

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

P

121

Jan. 22

Gillian Anderson,
Angelina Jolie,
Madeleine Stowe,
Anthony Edwards,
Gena Rowlands,
Sean Connery,
Dennis Quaid,
Ellen Burstyn,
Nastassja Kinski

Romantic
Drama

R

Miramax

Pushing Tin

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, N

124

Apr. 23

John Cusack,
Billy Bob Thornton,
Cate Blanchett,
Angelina Jolie

Comedy

R

Fox

Rage: Carrie 2, The

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, S

104

Mar. 12

Amy Irving,
Emily Bergl

Horror

R

MGM/UA

Ravenous

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

V, N

100

Mar. 19

Guy Pearce,
Robert Carlyle,
Jeffrey Jones

Horror

R

Fox

Red Violin, The

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

- -

126

Jun. 18

Samuel L. Jackson,
Don McKellar

Drama

unrated

New Line

Rushmore

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, N

93

Feb. 5

Jason Schwartzman,
Bill Murray,
Olivia Williams

Comedy

R

Buena Vista

Shattered Image

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P

103

Feb. 19

Anne Parillaud,
William Baldwin

Thriller

unrated

Lions Gate

She's All That

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

P, S

97

Jan. 29

Freddie Prinze Jr.,
Rachael Leigh Cook,
Kevin Pollak,
Kieran Culkin,
Anna Paquin

Drama

PG-13

Miramax

Simply Irresistible

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slate

S

96

Feb. 5

Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Sean Patrick Flanery

Romantic
Comedy

PG-13

Fox

Six Ways to Sunday

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, S

97

May 7

Norman Reedus,
Isaac Hayes

Comedy
Drama

R

- -

SLC Punk

movie_slatemovie_slate

V, P, S

97

May 7

Matthew Lillard,
Michael A. Goorjian,
Annabeth Gish

Comedy
Drama

R

Sony

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

movie_slatemovie_slate
movie_slatemovie_slate

V

131

May 19

Liam Neeson
(Qui-Gon Jinn),
Ewan McGregor
(Obi-Wan Kenobi ),
Natalie Portman
(Queen Amidala),
Jake Lloyd
(Anakin Skywalker),
Ian McDiarmid
(Senator Palpatine),
Samuel L. Jackson
(Mace Windu).
Written & Directed by
George Lucas

Science
Fiction

PG

Fox

Still Crazy

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