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1999 Stories by Andy Klein

• Disney Lightens Up

  published December 30, 1999

  Sixty years after the release of the original Fantasia, Disney has finally gotten around to making new musical segments for a reprise of... More >>

• Handheld Torture

  published December 30, 1999

  For whatever reason, this latest Belgian import to the United States has an almost identical title to the year's other major Belgian... More >>

• Postmodern Park

  published December 23, 1999

  The last half-decade has been very good to Jane Austen: Besides Ang Lee's estimable 1995 version of Sense and Sensibility, we've been given... More >>

• Mr. Robotic

  published December 16, 1999

  If there's anything that could make me believe in a cruel and vengeful God (or in the existence of the Dark Prince himself), it's the incredible... More >>

• Building on Perfection

  published November 25, 1999

  How do you make a sequel to a nearly perfect film? Toy Story, the 1995 hit from Disney and Pixar, was not only the first fully... More >>

• Enough Is Enough

  published November 18, 1999

  Poor old MGM -- the once-golden studio that has been battered and abused by ever-changing ownership and management for nearly three decades now ... More >>

• Burn The Messenger

  published November 11, 1999

  Luc Besson, director of La Femme Nikita, The Professional and The Fifth Element, is not the first name that would leap to... More >>

• Twin Peeks

  published November 4, 1999

  And now... a G-rated movie from David Lynch! No, Lynch hasn't lost his mind. He hasn't gone soft in the head. And he hasn't sold out to the... More >>

• Jailbreak Babes

  published November 4, 1999

  Katja von Garnier's Bandits is technically a French film, made with French money. But in every other sense, it's a German film -- in... More >>

• Far East Epic

  published November 4, 1999

  Much like the religion that has swirled around the Star Wars trilogy for 20-some years, the fanaticism evidenced among American fans of... More >>

• Riled Ones

  published October 28, 1999

  Scotsman Irvine Welsh became a literary sensation in Britain with the publication of his first novel, Trainspotting; and Danny Boyle's film... More >>

• String Along

  published October 28, 1999

  Wes Craven -- purveyor of fine horror movies, including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven's New Nightmare and the... More >>

• Senior Fling

  published September 30, 1999

  Ah, May-December romance! It's a grand old tradition in movies going back to Daddy Longlegs, and it's almost always a male fantasy: With... More >>

• Minus a Plus

  published September 16, 1999

  There's a long tradition of stories about mysterious drifters who arrive in a small town and either create trouble or catalyze an explosion of... More >>

• Crimefighter in Spite of Himself

  published September 16, 1999

  Since his TV show ended, Martin Lawrence has gotten more ink for his off-camera life than for his movie career. There's nothing about Blue... More >>

• Ensemble Excess

  published September 2, 1999

  As a filmmaker, actor John Turturro clearly believes in drawing from personal experience: His directorial debut, the 1992 Mac (which won... More >>

• Dirty Laundry

  published July 29, 1999

  Like Gérard Depardieu, French actress Miou-Miou first came to international attention in Bertrand Blier's Going Places and... More >>

• Haunting Wanting

  published July 29, 1999

  Rated PG-13. More >>

• A Big Croc

  published July 15, 1999

  Lake Placid Directed by Steve Miner, With Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt and Brendan Gleeson. Rated R. More >>

• Gotta Get the Money!

  published July 1, 1999

  Run Lola Run is proof that the influence of MTV on feature filmmaking hasn't been all bad. The jagged stylistic excess that dominates short-form... More >>

• An Heir for Art

  published June 3, 1999

  While Hong Kong movies have been invading Hollywood through the success of Jackie Chan, John Woo and others, mainland Chinese cinema has invaded... More >>

• Guilt Galore

  published May 27, 1999

  Six Ways to Sunday is only director Adam Bernstein's second theatrical film, so it's a little early to attempt a coherent analysis of his career.... More >>

• Cornball Castle

  published May 20, 1999

  The Castle is a modest little comedy from Australia that falls into the subgenre of Capraesque idealism, in the... More >>

• Write On

  published May 20, 1999

  The Love Letter has the dubious distinction of being the other studio film to open this week. In a week when all the other majors have run for... More >>

• Fire and Ice

  published May 20, 1999

  Julio Medem's Lovers of the Arctic Circle is arguably an even more intriguing work than the recent truth-and-illusion triller Open Your Eyes, done... More >>