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Movies of 1993
22 Films I loved
Benny & Joon
Dazed and Confused
The Firm
The Fugitive
Groundhog Day
In the Line of Fire
The Piano
The Program
Rudy
The Sandlot
Schindler’s List
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sleepless in Seattle
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Tombstone
True Romance
Honorable mention
A Perfect World
Dave
Dazed and Confused
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
A Perfect World
Falling Down
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Indecent Proposal
Judgment Night
Jurassic Park
Malice (first movie I saw in the theater!)
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Pelican Brief
The Program
Red Rock West
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Sniper
All ages-ish / family
The Beverly Hillbillies
Dennis the Menace
Free Willy
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Look Who’s Talking Now!
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Sandlot
Searching for Bobby Fischer
To see:
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Call of the Wild
Guilty pleasures
Cliffhanger
Demolition Man
Grumpy Old Men
Son-in-Law
Holiday
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Want to see
A Bronx Tale
The Age of Innocence
In the Name of the Father
Gettysburg
Like Water for Chocolate
Philadelphia
Short Cuts
Not worth the time / Overrated / Disappointing / Horrendous
The Last Action Hero (disappointing)
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Essential music of 1993
Albums
Digable Planets - Reachin’ (A New Refutation…)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
U2 - Zooropa
Honorable mention
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?
My 44 favorite songs of 1993
Big My Secret by Michael Nyman
Dreams by the Cranberries
I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) by Meat Loaf
Lo Boob Oscillator by Stereolab
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through by Meat Loaf
Runaway Train by Soul Asylum
The Scent of Love by Michael Nyman
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwol'ole
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes
Yesterday, When I Was Mad by Pet Shop Boys
January
Dreams by the Cranberries
Runaway Train by Soul Asylum
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Yesterday, When I Was Mad by Pet Shop Boys
February
The Scent of Love by Michael Nyman
Linger by the Cranberries
Lo Boob Oscillator by Stereolab
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through by Meat Loaf
I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) by Meat Loaf
March
April
Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) by Meat Loaf
Not Sorry by the Cranberries
May
What Is Love - Haddaway
June
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwol'ole
What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes
July
Everything Louder Than Everything Else by Meat Loaf
August
Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire) by Meat Loaf
September
Are You Gonna Go My Way? by Lenny Kravitz
October
Big My Secret by Michael Nyman
I Will Always by the Cranberries
November
December
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