Siskel & Ebert reviews from 1996

Siskel	Ebert	Title
Mar 96
+	+	Anne Frank Remembered
-	+	The Birdcage
+	+	Fargo

+	+	Executive Decision
-	-	Ed
-	-	Two Much
+	+	The Star Maker
-	+	Land and Freedom
pick		The Double Life of Veronique
pick		Three Colors: Blue, White, Red
Apr 96
-	+	Primal Fear

-	-	Getting Away with Murder
*	*	James and the Giant Peach
+	+	Jane Eyre
+	x	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
+	+	Ghost in the Shell
pick		What Happened Was...
Jul 96
+	+	Courage Under Fire
-	+	Maybe, Maybe Not
+	+	The Nutty Professor

-	-	Multiplicity
-	-	The Frighteners
-	-	Kazaam
-	-	Fled
-	+	Celestial Clockwork
	pick	Tristana
Aug 96
-	+	Matilda
+	+	Emma

-	-	Jack
+	+	Aladdin and the King of Thieves
-	+	Escape from L.A.
*	*	Basquiat
-	-	The Pompatus of Love
pick		Restoration
Sep 96
-	-	The First Wives Club
+	-	American Buffalo
+	+	Big Night

+	+	Extreme Measures
x	x	Secrets and Lies
+	+	Two Days in the Valley
+	+	Caught
+	+	Ed's Next Move
Oct 96
+	+	Get on the Bus
+	-	The Long Kiss Goodnight
-	+	Sleepers
+	+	Michael Collins
+	+	Swingers

-	-	The Associate
-	-	High School High
+	+	Normal Life
+	+	Twelfth Night
-	+	Trees Lounge
Nov 96
+	-	Larger Than Life
-	+	Unhook the Stars
+	-	Romeo + Juliet
-	-	Dear God
+	+	Vertigo (restored)

+	+	Ransom
-	+	Set It Off
x	x	Mad Dog Time
-	-	Mother Night
-	+	The Funeral
pick		I Shot Andy Warhol

+	+	Space Jam
+	+	The Mirror Has Two Faces
*	*	The English Patient
*	*	Breaking the Waves
	pick	John Alton (cinematographer) 3-film series from Kino On Video

Key

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+: thumbs-up
-: thumbs-down
*: an especially positive thumbs-up review
x: an especially negative thumbs-down review
pick: pick of the week (listed under who picked it, unless I didn't make a note of that, in which case it spans both columns)

Donald Lancon Jr [e-mail me]

Last modified: Wed, May 26, 1999