The story begins as simply as the title, A Simple Plan, would imply: two brothers, Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton) and Jacob Mitchell (Billy Bob Thornton), along with Jacob’s best friend Lou Chambers (Brent Briscoe) find a crashed plane in the woods and inside a large sum of money in cash. Lou and Jacob are both [...]
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It seems kind of funny to me to think that having written quite a few reviews many of my favorite movies aren’t yet among them. Such is the case with Alex Proyas’ 1998 neo-noir Dark City starring Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, and William Hurt in a world of perpetual darkness in an [...]
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Let me begin by saying that yes, there are many additional indie movies which were great in the 1990s. This is a list of what I consider to be the best ten of the decade, ranked according to their greatness. You’re welcome to disagree with titles on this list, omissions, rankings, or anything else, but [...]
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In many ways this was the true mainstream break-through for Wes Anderson as a director, though the film maintained that independent spirit that his earlier movie Bottle Rocket made such great usage of. Jason Schwartzman stars as Max Fischer, a character of enormous depth and knowledge, perpetually a creator of clubs and a masterer of [...]
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