Great Movies...
According to Jen
A Goofy Movie | American Beauty | Better Than Chocolate | Birdcage, The | Bound | Boys Don't Cry | Boys On the Side | But I'm A Cheerleader | Dogma | Empire Records | Faculty, The | Foxfire | Gattaca | Hackers | Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, The | Matrix, The | Meet The Parents | Now and Then | Wild Things |
Disney's lovable, big-toothed mutt takes his son on a road trip in this musical family adventure. They encounter theme parks, difficult bodies of water, Bigfoot and more and learn more about each other through their journey.
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Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a gainfully employed suburban husband and father. Fed up with his boring, stagnant existence, he quits his job and decides to reinvent himself as a pot-smoking, responsibility-shirking teenager. What follows is at once cynical, hysterical, and, eventually, tragically uplifting. A flawless cast (Spacey, Bening, Birch, Suvari, Bentley, and especially Cooper) combines to deliver one of the decade's strongest ensemble performances in this multiple-Oscar-winning film.
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Life is going great for Maggie. She has recently moved out on her own and found the woman of her dreams. However, things quickly change when her mother and brother are forced to move into Maggie's tiny loft apartment with her. All of the freedom and space she has gained is compromised, and she believes she must keep her blossoming affair a secret. But it's the clandestine romance that inadvertently introduces her family to a host of new experiences, many of which are better than chocolate.
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Lies and deception - it's all in the family when Robin Williams must convince conservative in-laws Gene Hackman and Diane Wiest that he's as upstanding and uptight as they are in this raucously funny comedy that'll leave you weak from laughter.
Armand (Williams) and Albert (Nathan Lane) have built the perfect life for themselves tending to their successful and gaudy nightclub on the Miami strip. But their pastel tranquility is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Armand's son...who's getting married to the daughter of ultra-conservative Senator Keeley (Hackman). What's more the Senator and his wife (Wiest) are on their way over for dinner and expecting to meet Mr. - and Mrs. - Family Values! Can Armand and Albert pull it off? It'll take a performance of extraordinary charisma to transform them into acceptable in-laws...in other words, to pull the chiffon over the Keeleys' eyes.
"This Is One Funny Movie!" - Joel Siegel, "GOOD MORNING AMERICA"
"The Funniest Comedy You'll See This Year!" - Gene Shalit, "TODAY SHOW"
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A mobster (Joe Pantoliano), his mistress (Jennifer Tilly) and a tough ex-con lesbian (Gina Gershon) are caught in a dangerous plot with over $2 million of the mob's money at stake in this ultra-hip film by the Wachowski Brothers.
"Scary, Funny, Sexy and Exciting!" -Roger Ebert, SISKEL & EBERT
"BOUND is one of the best movies of 1996!" - Liz Smith, NEW YORK POST
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Peirce's directorial debut tells the gut-wrenching true story of Teena Brandon, a Midwestern female who disguised herself as a man. Relocating to Falls City, Nebraska, from Lincoln, she managed to convince her newfound group of friends that she was Brandon Teena. The film treats these events with a painful objectivism, as Brandon's relationships with her friends John, Tom, Kate, Candace, and Lana unfold toward their inevitably horrific conclusion. A shining example of independent filmmaking at its most impassioned.
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Three mismatched women--an African American lesbian (Whoopi Goldberg), an uptight AIDS sufferer (Mary Louise Parker), and a flirty young pot smoker (Drew Barrymore)--travel across the country together in this alternately funny and moving road dramedy. The women endure love and loss as they make a home for one another in Arizona and realize the strength and power of their friendship.
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Confident and opinionated, 17-year-old Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is far too strong-willed for her unsuppportive parents, who begin to worry she is a lesbian. Their solution is to send Megan to 'True Directions,' a "rehabilitation camp" run by homophobic counselor Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty). Soon Megan meets the equally defiant Graham (Clea DuVall), and the two form a fast friendship. Ironically, the more time Megan spends at the camp, the more she begins to question just how fixed her sexuality really is.
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Irreverent enough to merit a disclaimer at the beginning, DOGMA is nevertheless pro-God and pro-tolerance. The story involves two fallen angels, Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon), who have found a loophole in Catholic dogma that will allow them back into heaven. However, this breach would result in the destruction of the world, so a ragtag group of prophets, scions, and apostles set out to stop them. Kevin Smith's film is powered by his trademark dialogue, ripe with observations on pop culture, religion, and bodily functions.
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This rocking, slice-of-life comedy examines one so-strange-it's-normal day at a busy record store, from the manager's attempts to cope with his bizarre young staff to the loves, lusts and whinings of his slacker clerks.
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This hip and edgy thriller from the director of From Dusk Till Dawn and the writer of Scream and Scream 2 sizzles with a hot young cast including Elijah Wood (Deep Impact), Josh Hartnett (Halloween: H20) and R&B superstar Usher Raymond! When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left - an unlikely collection of loner, leaders, nerds and jocks - to save the world from alien domination! Also starring Robert Patrick (Terminator 2), Famke Janssen (Deep Rising), and Jon Stewart (Playing By Heart) in a great cast - don't miss the unstoppable excitement of this unpredictably smart and scary hit!
"A Scary Sci-Fi Flick With Wit, Energy And Attitude!" - DETROIT NEWS
"Funny And Clever!" - LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Hip And Scary!" - FOX-TV
"A Thrilling Ride!" - CNN
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Spurred by an independent newcomer, four female high school seniors in Portland assault a sexually harrassing teacher. Their resulting suspension leaves them with plenty of time to affirm their unity as rebels, get tattoos, drink whiskey, and generally wreak havoc on the rest of the community. Adapted from a novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
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In the 21st century, genetic engineering makes possible the creation of biologically superior human specimens ("valids"), who then grow to positions of power and prestige. Would-be astronaut Vincent, born the old-fashioned way, can only hope for a janitorial position at the elite Gattaca Corporation--until he buys the blood, urine, and identity of a perfect but paralyzed athlete. But a murder in the company's ranks attracts the attention of a detective who threatens to sniff Vincent out. A slick futuristic thriller.
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A young hacker prodigy meets other kids like himself when he and his mother move cross-country and settle in New York City. High school takes on a new light when Dade (Miller) meets a group of misfits and rich kids who hack into computer systems for fun. When one of their group is suddenly arrested, the others band together to take on a corporate hacker disguised as a security officer and attempt to bring down his devious and diabolical plans.
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Two diametrically different teenage girls--one a well-heeled, demure African-American bookworm, the other a riotous, gas-pumping Anglo tomboy--find themselves falling in love.
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Perception: Our day-in, day-out world is real
Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Whoa.
Mind-warp stunts. Techno-slammin' visuals. Mega-kick action. Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) lead the fight to free humankind in The Matrix, the see-and-see-again cyberthriller written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers (Bound). The story sears, the special effects stake out new moviemaking territory - the movie flat-out rocks.
"Smart filmmaking. Get strapped in for a brain-popping trip." - Richard Corliss, TIME
"The Matrix is 'Stylish'. Savvy. The ultimate in cyberscapism." - Janet Maslin, NEW YORK TIMES
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After twenty years a quartet of childhood friends reunite and reminisce about one special summer. A nostalgic coming-of-age comedy.
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A high school guidance counselor (Dillon) is accused of raping a well-to-do student (Richards) as well as a not so wealthy student (Campbell). Defending himself with the aid of an oddball attorney (Murray) turns into more than he bargained for.
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