June, 1997 | Lollipop Magazine

Gravity Kills – Manipulated – Review

June 1, 1997

It’s tempting to dis Gravity Kills for trying to be all things to all people. Problem is, they’re good at all of it.

Go Dog Go – Glad to be Unhappy – Review

June 1, 1997

It’s not pretty. It’s tortured. It’s intense and manic. It’s Kurt Cobain on speed instead of heroin.

God Is My Co-Pilot – The Best of… – Review

June 1, 1997

Queerpolitik is almost never as musically edgy and full-on abrasive as it is in the callused hands of God Is My Co-Pilot.

George Thorogood – Rockin’ Life Away – Review

June 1, 1997

From the title track by Jerry Lee Lewis to other covers by John Hiatt, Merle Haggard, and Frank Zappa, George stays the course you’d expect of him.

Last Man Standing – Review

June 1, 1997

Similar to Reservoir Dogs, everyone dies. Well, except the dames Willis sends on their way before the bloodshed turns the dusty roads to mud.

Kingpin – Review

June 1, 1997

Kingpin is but the latest manifestation of the so-stupid-it’s-smart lowbrow gag-film, that venerable tradition inaugurated by National Lampoon’s Animal House.

Grosse Pointe Blank – Review

June 1, 1997

Blank’s undying love for the girl he left ten years ago makes it easy to overlook the um, professional killer thing, and cheer for him.

Feeling Minnesota – Review

June 1, 1997

Feeling Minnesota doesn’t really go anywhere unexpected. Worse, the characters are said to have interesting backgrounds, but you never find out what they are.

Dead Man – Review

June 1, 1997

Dead Man could be the great American novel, ’90s style. But then “the eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn from the crow.”

Courage Under Fire – Review

June 1, 1997

Courage Under Fire tells an exciting story in which every development complicates matters more until viewers are left not knowing what’s real anymore.