Contributor: Bob Smithouser

The World Is Not Enough

When a respected oil baron is murdered, British secret agent James Bond sets out to find the killer and unravel a psychotic Russian’s quest for–what else–world domination.

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Nicholas Nickleby

The novel by Charles Dickens spans 800 pages. The film clocks in at a merciful—and very entertaining—two hours.

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Super Bowl Ads 25 Years Later

You may have heard the old show-biz adage “Always leave them wanting more.” Well, the NFL did that to me last month. Super Bowl XLVI ended on a breathtaking Hail Mary pass, and I’ve been craving football ever since. Right now, I’d welcome the sight of …

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The Sixth Sense

Are you sure you wanna see dead people? Read our review, it’ll help you make up your mind.

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Clueless

MTV vixen Alicia Silverstone stars as Cher, a popular, wealthy, superficial, Beverly Hills mall rat used to manipulating her way through day-to-day life.

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Paycheck

Movies based on the sci-fi stories of Philip K. Dick have either blasted their way into cultural consciousness or crashed and burned with dynamic fury. What will time tell about this one?

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Dance Flick

Save the Last Dance provides the bait for the Wayans’ crass spoof, which also riffs on Hairspray, Step Up, Stomp the Yard, High School Musical, You Got Served, Little Miss Sunshine and Dreamgirls.

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XLVI’s Biggest Gamble

The most memorable moment of Super Bowl XXXVIII didn’t happen on the gridiron. For example, who played in that game? Who was the MVP? What was the final score? And what singer experienced a wardrobe malfunction at halftime on television’s biggest stage …

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

On the eve of the 20th century, classic characters from literature are recruited to thwart a megalomaniac ready to light the fuse on global war.

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Famous Last Words

If you’re one of those people who insists on having the last word, Mark Zuckerberg wants to give it to you—from the grave. A new Facebook app called If I Die lets users craft a final farewell that will go out to their online community once three design …

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Michael

John Travolta plays the archangel as a celestial hedonist determined to gorge on worldly pleasures during his final trip to earth.

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Bowfinger

Bobby Bowfinger is a wannabe film director/producer. Desperate for a movie that will make him a “player” in Hollywood’s exclusive fraternity of big-shot power brokers, Bowfinger resorts to an elaborate con.

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The Mummy Returns

A sequel-filled summer has begun with this mummy-filled caper. And it’s equally violent and more spiritually bankrupt than the original.

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Infamous TV Firsts

In case you haven’t heard, ABC’s hit comedy Modern Family will air an episode next week in which Lily—the 2-year-old adopted daughter of gay couple Cam and Mitchell—will blurt the f-word. “We thought it was a very natural story since, as parents, we’ve …

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The Sum of All Fears

Jack Ryan’s back. This time it’s 1992 and rogue fascists want to spark a full-scale nuclear exchange between the U.S. and Russia.

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