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Written by Mike Schulz
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Tuesday, 26 December 2000 18:00 |
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So, compared to last year, just how bad were movies in 2000? Let’s put it this way: Last year, the wonderfully inventive and clever Election narrowly missed making my 10 Best list. I consider it a truly great comedy, and its Oscar-nominated screenplay is superb, but I just couldn’t fit it in following a year that produced such milestones as American Beauty, Toy Story 2, Being John Malkovich, The Straight Story, and even South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (and that’s not even including such works as Magnolia and The Talented Mr.
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Written by Mike Schulz
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Tuesday, 05 December 2000 18:00 |
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With no new releases opening this past weekend, and faced with the prospect of reviewing 102 Dalmatians (it took all my endurance just to sit through the first lovable, live-action canine opus), I decided to instead look to a brighter future: next year’s potential Academy Award nominations.
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