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Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

1. Hard Core Logo 2000 full review
2. The Tigger Movie 2000 Anybody who first saw Tigger and learned the wonderful things about him more than 20 years ago is going to feel great, as will the very young who have been raised on Pooh and Co., one of the few cartoons that avoids hostility and violence. full review
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999 A playful, sexy piece of work -- just what the Bard might have conjured up for a movie adaptation of his beloved spring-fever comedy. full review
4. October Sky 1999 Sweetness is too rare in movies these days, so audiences can feel lucky about the earnest dose of it in October Sky. This film is family. full review
5. Ride with the Devil 1999 An impressive cast energizes Lee's smartly balanced themes of innocence and treachery. full review
6. Runaway Bride 1999 full review
7. The Rugrats Movie 1998 It's a fun-filled oddity among G- rated animated movies. But some folks may conclude that the babies' creators have gone off the deep end to satisfy a '90s sensibility that favors edgy entertainment. full review
8. Species II 1998 full review
9. Breakdown 1997 A 96- minute thrill ride that twists and turns before accelerating to a wonderfully overwrought finale. full review
10. Good Will Hunting 1997 Intimate, heartfelt and wickedly funny, it's a movie whose impact lingers. full review
11. Gridlock'd 1997 The film seems so fresh it's almost possible to forget that it is a fraud in its description of the culture of hard drugs. full review
12. Home Alone 3 1997 full review
13. Liar Liar 1997 ...Jim Carrey makes a wild and remarkable comeback to cheerfulness... full review
14. Switchback 1997 full review
15. Year of the Horse: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live 1997 This is an intimate, lyrical yet incendiary film, and it will please fans of both Young and Jarmusch. full review
16. Michael Collins 1996 Handsome, but curiously cold, considering the emotional heat of Anglo-Irish matters. Fortunately, Liam Neeson commands almost every frame. full review
17. 101 Dalmatians 1996 full review
18. Big Night 1996 A small movie -- and that's its subtle charm. full review
19. Brassed Off 1996 The characters are beautifully drawn in this bittersweet melodrama written and directed by Mark Herman. full review
20. The Crow: City of Angels 1996 Comes across as a scattershot video with corny and contrived action scenes. full review
21. James and the Giant Peach 1996 James and the Giant Peach is frequently so alluring that viewers may feel the urge to get lost in the picture's curious shadings, intricate merriment and fantastical atmosphere. full review
22. Jude 1996 Jude is knockout Hardy, filled with stormy visual poetry and accompanied by a gorgeous yet simple score. full review
23. The Pallbearer 1996 full review
24. Pocahontas 1996 Disney's 33rd animated feature, and its first with characters based on real people, is a stunning movie with clever twists, vivid characterizations, insightful songs and a surprising harvest of revisionist history. full review
25. Restoration 1996 The movie takes on a somber, fitful atmosphere of straining epic proportions. But it strays into an episodic bog that leaves it gasping for dramatic life. full review
26. Scream 1996 The film plays lively games with the macabre. full review
27. Sgt. Bilko 1996 Wacky is just the right tone for a spring comedy. full review
28. Braveheart 1995 At times the film seems an obsessive ode to Mel Gibson machismo. full review
29. Clueless 1995 By the time you skip out of the theater, you've had a great time but can't remember a single reason why. full review
30. Cry, the Beloved Country 1995 full review
31. Eye For An Eye 1995 The film, like a TV show that paints everything in black and white and aims for tabloid-style shock value, proceeds along predictable lines. full review
32. A Month by the Lake 1995 full review
33. Picture Bride 1995 full review
34. Swimming with Sharks 1994 The film has no subtlety, so the one-dimensional story comes across as a sophomoric, pointless tirade. full review