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Cookie’s Fortune (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Cookie’s Fortune (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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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
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Elwood Reid – He Didn’t Six

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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 →

Vincent Patrick – Putting Up a Smoke Screen
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Vincent Patrick – Putting Up a Smoke Screen

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Vincent Patrick Putting Up a Smoke Screen by Ronald Sklar If you lead a squeaky clean (read: deadly dull) existence, chances are the closest you’ll ever get to an exhilarating, rewarding life of crime is by reading the great works of Vincent Patrick. His two previous novels, The Pope of Greenwich Village and Family Business, … Continue reading →

Patch Adams (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Patch Adams (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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PATCH ADAMS (1998) Starring Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Josef Sommer, Irma P. Hall, Frances Lee McCain, Harve Presnell, Peter Coyote, Michael Jeter, Richard Kiley, Ellen Albertini Dow, Jay Jacobus and Harold Gould. Screenplay by Steve Oedekerk. Directed by Tom Shadyac. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading →

54 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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54 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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54 (1998) Starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Sela Ward, Breckin Meyer, Sherry Stringfeld, Ellen Albertini Dow, Heather Matarazzo. Lauren Hutton, Michael York, Ron Jeremy and Peter Bogdanovich.  Screenplay by Mark Christopher. Directed by Mark Christopher. Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures.  Rated R.  92 minutes. What a blown opportunity!  This film takes the 70s sex, … Continue reading →

The Last Days of Disco (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Last Days of Disco (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (1998) Starring Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Matt Keeslar, Mackenzie Astin, Matthew Ross, Tara Subkoff, Burr Steers, David Thornton, Jaid Barrymore, Michael Weatherly, Robert Sean Leonard and Jennifer Beals. Screenplay by Whit Stillman. Directed by Whit Stillman. Distributed by Castle Rock Entertainment. 114 minutes. Rated R. Writer/director Whit Stillman … Continue reading →

The Spanish Prisoner (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Spanish Prisoner (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE SPANISH PRISONER (1998) Starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman, Richard L. Freidman, Jerrold Graff, G. Roy Levin, Hilary Hinkle, Gary McDonald and Ed O’Neill. Screenplay by David Mamet. Directed by David Mamet. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 110 minutes. Rated PG. The Spanish Prisoner is an intricate puzzle … Continue reading →

Titanic (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Titanic (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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TITANIC (1997) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Victor Garber, Lewis Abernathy, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton. Screenplay by James Cameron. Directed by James Cameron. Distributed by Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Pictures. 194 minutes. Rated PG-13. Okay, let … Continue reading →