ENTRAPMENT (1999) Starring Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rames, Will Patton, Maury Chaykin, Kevin McNally, Terry O’Neill, Madhav Sharma, David Yip, Tim Potter, Eric Meyers, Aaron Swartz and William Marsh. Screenplay by Ron Bass and William Broyles. Directed by Jon Amiel. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. This movie takes that old … Continue reading
Gregg Oppenheimer He Loves Lucy by Ronald Sklar Dig this if you can. It’s a Monday night in 1954 and you want to go clothes shopping. Forget it, daddy-o. All the stores in town are closed for the evening and you look like a damned fool for being the only idiot walking the streets. And … Continue reading
Peabo Bryson – Unconditional Love (Private Music) On the first new disk in five years by the soul balladeer extraordinaire, it seems like time has stood still. It is amazing how Unconditional Love feels completely contemporary and yet holds the seductive allure of Bryson’s older work. Bryson’s smooth soul love songs still put the wannabes out now to … Continue reading
Peabo Bryson Feel The Fire by Jay S. Jacobs The first time I listened to Peabo Bryson’s music – I mean really listened to it – was the spring of 1984. I was at Pennsylvania State University on a date with Denise, a girl with whom I thought I might just be in love. Before going out, … Continue reading
LOST AND FOUND (1998) Starring David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Bruel, Artie Lange, Mitchell Whitfield, Martin Sheen, Ever Carradine, Stephanie Chang, Neal MacMillan, Lloyd Garroway, Estelle Harris, Marla Gibbs, Rose Marie, Frankie Muniz, Jon Lovitz, Jm J. Bullock and Phil Leeds. Screenplay by J.B. Cooks, Marc Meeks and David Spade. Directed by Jeff Pollack. Distributed … Continue reading
THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (1999) Starring Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese, Mark McKinney, Oliver Hudson, Valerie Perri, Steve Mittleman, Randall Arney, Carlease Burke, Christopher Durang, Mo Gaffney, Josh Mostel, Gregory Jbara, Cynthia Nixon, Joseph Maher, Ernie Sabella, William Deull, Joe Grifasi and Rudolph W. Giuliani. Screenplay by Marc Lawrence. Directed by Sam Weisman. Distributed by Paramount … Continue reading
COOKIE’S FORTUNE (1999) Starring Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Charles Dutton, Liv Tyler, Chris O’Donnell, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty, Courtney B. Vance, Rufus Thomas and Lyle Lovett. Screenplay by Anne Rapp. Directed by Robert Altman. Distributed by USA Films. 118 minutes. Rated PG-13. Robert Altman’s greatest films take a compassionate look at a wide-ranging variety of … Continue reading
Elwood Reid He Didn’t Six By Ronald Sklar Elwood Reid and I have formed the I-Love-Richard-Price Club. You already may (and should) know that Richard Price (The Wanderers, Ladies’ Man, Blood Brothers and Clockers) is the most brilliant working-class writer who ever lived. Elwood and I worship and adore him. So, kids: now you know the yin-yang of … Continue reading
BABY GENIUSES (1999) Starring Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall, Peter MacNicol, Dom DeLuise, Ruby Dee, Kyle Howard, Kay Ballard and Randy Travis. Screenplay by Bob Clark and Greg Michael. Directed by Bob Clark Distributed by Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures. Rated PG. 95 minutes. That splat you just heard was Kathleen Turner’s once promising career finally hitting … Continue reading
FORCES OF NATURE (1999) Starring Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn, Blythe Danner, Ronny Cox, Richard B. Schiff and David Strickland. Screenplay by Marc Lawrence. Directed by Bronwen Hughes. Distributed by Dreamworks Pictures. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. This film is so enjoyable as you watch it that you don’t quite notice that it is somewhat … Continue reading
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