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Thomas Crown Affair, TheThomas Crown Affair, The (1999)
Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo
Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo spruce up the 1968 romantic thriller as respective millionaire art thief and insurance investigator magnetised against…
True CrimeTrue Crime (1999)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, James Woods
Implausible but fun, this is Clint Eastwood relaxing his usually rigorous standards with a hokey thriller–by–numbers stocked with…
Two HandsTwo Hands (1999) Recommended
Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Steve LaMarquand
Mobster Bryan Brown finds work for Heath Ledger's idle hands, who fumbles the ball and finds himself deep in the crapper… Overcoming the…
Vice, The (TV Series)Vice, The (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. Caroline Catz, Marc Warren, Ken Scott
Edgy Bafta Award Winning TV detective drama series focusing on the London Metro Squad examining crime and unsolved murder in the sex industry.
Waiting Time, The Waiting Time, The (1999)
Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. John Thaw, Zara Turner
Cracking cat–and–mouse telemovie, in which a solicitor's clerk investigating why an otherwise levelheaded intelligence officer has…
8mm8mm (1998)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini
First Hollywood effort at generating thrills from the dubious (and probably mythical) subculture of 'snuff movies', where actors are deliberately…
A Simple PlanA Simple Plan (1998) Recommended
Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda
A simple premise – three smalltown guys stumble across $4,000,000 in an undiscovered plane–crash and decide to keep it – out of…
Apt PupilApt Pupil (1998)
Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro
Creepy version of the Stephen King novella uses its pungent story–hook about a teenager discovering and blackmailing an ex–Nazi living in…
Body CountBody Count (1998)
Dir. Robert Patton-Spruill
Feat. David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, John Leguizamo
Derivative thriller following a group of thieves coping with the aftermath of a botched museum heist. RESERVOIR DOGS with a B–list cast, but…
Brown's Requiem (1998)
Dir. Jason Freeland
Feat. Michael Rooker, Selma Blair, Kevin Corrigan
Initially promising requiem for the sacred conventions of classic film noir, with an excellent Michael Rooker moonlighting as a P.I. and getting a…

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