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This is how it is in suburbia: ‘American Beauty’ still does 1999 proud

“American Beauty” (1999) shoulders the weight of being the chosen representative as the best movie of the best year in cinema history. It won the

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‘Day of the Dead’ (2008) has Romero ties in name only

“Day of the Dead” (2008) completes an unofficial remake trilogy (each of the three remakes is by a different creative team) of George Romero’s original

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‘Edmond’ (2005) chronicles disturbing night’s journey through New York City

William H. Macy gives the most daring and possibly best performance of his career in “Edmond” (2005), David Mamet’s adaptation of his own play, directed

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‘Loser’ review

“Loser” – Writer-director Amy Heckerling’s (“Clueless”) latest effort is a romantic comedy that falls firmly into the category of “cute movie” rather than “dumb movie”

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‘Sugar & Spice’ review

NDSU Spectrum: Movie review ‘Sugar & Spice’ puts the ‘F’ in farce By JOHN HANSEN Feb. 2, 2001 The previews for “Sugar & Spice” looked

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‘American Reunion’ doesn’t alter the recipe much, but it’s still a sweet slice of pie (Movie review)

I distinctly — and fondly — remember how shocking “American Pie” was when it came out in 1999, starting with Jim’s dad (Eugene Levy) walking

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NBC makes the right call: ‘The Cape’ cancelled

I’ve tried to keep this blog positive over the last couple years, and although the title of my 300th post sounds like a mean jab

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Glau makes mediocre ‘The Cape’ worth tuning in for

Here are my first impressions of Sunday’s two-hour premiere of “The Cape,” which will switch to its regular timeslot, at 8 p.m. Central Mondays on NBC, starting

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