Movie Reviews6.3/10
True Lies: James Cameron’s Spy Comedy Has a Hollow Middle
A deep dive into James Cameron's True Lies, the 1994 spy comedy with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, and why its middle never holds.
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Tag: 1994 movies
Movie Reviews6.2/10
The Vampire Lestat Tells His Own Story, and the Film Cannot Decide Whose Movie It Is
Interview with the Vampire (1994): Neil Jordan's Anne Rice adaptation, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, and the casting fight Rice lost then won.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Jim Carrey Became a Movie Star Playing a Cartoon Id Unleashed by a Magic Mask
Jim Carrey's 1994 breakout in The Mask: how Chuck Russell kept him over studio picks, Cameron Diaz's debut, and a $351.8M hit built on one face.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Tarantino Built Pulp Fiction Without a Composer, Letting Surf Rock and Soul Cuts Carry the Crime
Pulp Fiction at 154 minutes has no film score — just a jukebox soundtrack, three looping stories, and dialogue that does the work. A review.