Roxy Carmichael is THE town celeb in Clyde, Ohio. When she's rumoured to be returning, 15 years after leaving Clyde for Hollywood, there is great anticipation. However, the skeletons in her closet rattle their bones in the shape of ex-lover (Daniels), best friend (Manoff) and the town outcast Dinky Bossetti (Ryder), who stakes her claim as Roxy's daughter. Engaging.
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WHAT'S COOKING (2000)
Certification12 Our Rating
Four culturally diverse families prepare for thanksgiving somewhere in the leafy suburbs of LA, one Vietnamese, one Jewish, one African American and one Hispanic. What's Cooking has a witty and touching script that concerns itself as much with the generational divide as it does the specifics of race, culture or sexual orientation but it is the shimmeringly liberal attitude displayed by all the characters in reference to race and culture that deprives the story of any real bite, perceptive and en
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WILD THINGS (1998)
Certification18 Our Rating
The reputation of Florida's glamorous Blue Bay High School is rocked when "Educator of the Year" Lombardo (Matt Dillon) is accused of rape by rich bitch pupil Kelly (Denise Richards). Fuel is added to the fire when white trash Suzie (Neve Campbell - "Scream") makes the same claim, and pretty soon a huge can of worms is opened as the sleaze behind Blue Bay's glossy facade is exposed. Terrifically twisty and turny.
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YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS (1998)
Certification18 Our Rating
Well, if your friends and neighbours are anything like this lot, Heaven help you. It's rare for a film to have not one single sympathetic character, but that's exactly what you get in this bleak, black comedy peopled with self-serving scumbags. A tale of sexual frustration, marital disillusionment and unhealthy carnal obsession, it centres on two miserably married couples and their involvement with a couple of dysfunctional singles (unbalanced lesbian Nastassja Kinski and loathesome misogynist J
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