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1998 Stories by Jean Oppenheimer

• Emotional Rescue

  published December 31, 1998

  Given the manipulative tendencies of many mainstream pictures, Stepmom easily could have slipped into a sticky morass of sentimentality and... More >>

• Of Me I Sing

  published December 24, 1998

  British actress Jane Horrocks is thrice-gifted: She can act, she can sing, and she can sing like Judy Garland. And like Shirley Bassey, Marilyn... More >>

• Drama Queen

  published November 19, 1998

  Even students of English history may have trouble sorting out the palace intrigues and intragovernmental conspiracies that fill Elizabeth, the... More >>

• Death Rattle

  published November 12, 1998

  Well, now we know why the term "bored to death" was invented. Meet Joe Black takes an interesting idea--Death assumes human form and comes to... More >>

• Hard Learning

  published October 22, 1998

  A riveting but darkly disturbing thriller, Apt Pupil isn't easy to sit through. The subject matter proves deeply unsettling, while two brief acts... More >>

• Tryst of Fate

  published August 27, 1998

  The idea of destiny--especially the notion that two people are fated to meet and fall in love--is a load of crap, but a surprising number of... More >>

• Miss Parallel Universe

  published April 23, 1998

  Gwyneth Paltrow gets another chance to show off her letter-perfect English accent in Sliding Doors, an engaging romantic comedy which employs a... More >>