September 1998 – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation – Review

September 1, 1998

Throbbing music plays loud & steady. Most of the bad, um, things have extra arms, heads, legs, or stuff that makes things freeze, blow up, and other cool shit.

L.A. Confidential – Review

September 1, 1998

One of the most intricate plots in recent movie memory (which I won’t even try to recount here), and like any good film noir, it’s thick with atmosphere.

In & Out – Review

September 1, 1998

As the characters come to terms with Howard’s gayness, the pace picks up and funny turns hilarious. Rewind the “moment of truth” and laugh yourself stupid.

Grease – Review

September 1, 1998

America has always been nostalgic about the 1950s. There was American Graffiti, Happy Days, and perhaps the quintessential ’50s epic, Grease.

Boogie Nights – Review

September 1, 1998

Boogie Nights is, on the whole, an assiduously ardent portrayal of the rise to prominence and penetration into the mainstream of pornographic film in the 1970s.

An American Werewolf in Paris – Review

September 1, 1998

London was goofy and quirky and seemed unselfconscious, Paris is intentionally funny, and while it elicits chuckles and snorts, they’re resented in retrospect.

187 – Review

September 1, 1998

Gangs rule the schools, intimidation is the only way to maintain respect, and the administration is more concerned with lawsuits than education.

Drill Team – Hope and Dream Explosion – Review

September 1, 1998

‘Twas pulled from the garbage, Consumed by a partridge; Its eggs hatched the band called “Drill Team.”

Difference Engine – Calidad – Review

September 1, 1998

Difference Engine’s flowers are not as stately as roses, and they certainly have no thorns to add an interesting dichotomy of beauty and masochism to the mix.

Die Form – Duality – Review

September 1, 1998

Take Death In June and extract all the Nazi crap, add genuine romance to the songs, along with a female singer who can carry that mood, and you get Duality.