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Donnie Brasco

RELEASED: 1997RUNTIME: 147 minsWRITTEN BY: Paul Attanasio, Joseph D. Pistone, Richard WoodleyDIRECTED BY: Mike NewellSTARRING: Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne Heche, Zeljko Ivanek, Brian Tarantina Good performances but it didn’t really do much for…

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L.A. Confidential

RELEASED: 1997RUNTIME: 138 minsWRITTEN BY: Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland, James EllroyDIRECTED BY: Curtis HansonSTARRING: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, Ron Rifkin I decided to rewatch this cause I didn’t remember much…

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Jerry Maguire

RELEASED: 1996RUNTIME: 138 minsWRITTEN BY: Cameron CroweDIRECTED BY: Cameron CroweSTARRING: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Alison Armitage, Jonathan Lipnicki Loved it. Feel-good, heartwarming, funny and charming plus it’s got Tom Cruise giving maybe his best performance.…

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Trainspotting

RELEASED: 1996RUNTIME: 94 minsWRITTEN BY: Irvine Welsh, John HodgeDIRECTED BY: Danny BoyleSTARRING: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Peter Mullan Loved the themes but I just couldn’t get invested.

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The Prestige

RELEASED: 2006RUNTIME: 130 minsWRITTEN BY: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Christopher PriestDIRECTED BY: Christopher NolanSTARRING: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, David Bowie, Andy Serkis Great performances and an absolutely INSANE ending. I mean MIND-BLOWING. I just…

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Day for Night

RELEASED: 1973RUNTIME: 116 minsWRITTEN BY: François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Louis RichardDIRECTED BY: François TruffautSTARRING: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, François Truffaut A very meta, hilarious and entertaining look at the psyche of filmmakers, why…

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Empire Records

RELEASED: 1995RUNTIME: 90 minsWRITTEN BY: Carol HeikkinenDIRECTED BY: Allan MoyleSTARRING: Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Liv Tyler, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, Ethan Embry What can I say? I got everything I wanted from a 90s movie with Liv Tyler…

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Heat

RELEASED: 1995RUNTIME: 170 minsWRITTEN BY: Michael MannDIRECTED BY: Michael MannSTARRING: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd An entertaining crime thriller overall but it was definitely a bit too long…

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Apollo 13

RELEASED: 1995RUNTIME: 140 minsWRITTEN BY: William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jeffrey Kluger, Jim LovellDIRECTED BY: Ron HowardSTARRING: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Roger Corman, Chris Ellis Solid and entertaining. A little too touchy-feely…

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Léon: The Professional

RELEASED: 1994RUNTIME: 111 minsWRITTEN BY: Luc BessonDIRECTED BY: Luc BessonSTARRING: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco, Ellen Greene I loved everything between Leon and Mathilda and their performances are fantastic but the story and…

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