Chuck E. Weiss Chuck E.’s In Love by Jay S. Jacobs “How come he don’t come and p.l.p. with me down at the meter no more…” With that opening line to a hit song in 1979, singer/songwriter Chuck E. Weiss was introduced to American popular culture. Problem was he didn’t write the song – or … Continue reading
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 (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
YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998) Starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chapelle, Steve Zahn, Dabney Coleman, Michael Badalucco and Greg Kinnear. Screenplay by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. Directed by Nora Ephron. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. Rated PG. 119 minutes. The latest chapter in the Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks flirtation, You’ve Got Mail is … Continue reading
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998) Starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rupert Everett, Geoffrey Rush, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, Tom Wilkinson, Simon Callow, Steve O’Donnell and Sandra Reinton. Screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman. Directed by John Madden. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 122 minutes. Rated R. Proof in these post-Farrelly times that … Continue reading
I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1998) Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer, Muse Watson, Bill Cobbs. Matthew Settle, Jeffrey Combes, Jennifer Esposito and Jack Black. Screenplay by Trey Callaway. Directed by Danny Cannon. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 100 minutes. Rated R. The supposed Scream renaissance of the hip slasher … Continue reading
BRIDE OF CHUCKY (1998) Starring Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Alexis Arquette, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Kathy Najimy and John Ritter. Written by Don Mancini. Directed by Ronny Yu. Distributed by Universal Pictures. Rated R. 89 minutes. Four years ago, Jennifer Tilly was nominated for best supporting actress in Bullets Over Broadway. Two years ago … Continue reading
Del Amitri – Hatful Of Rain… The Best of Del Amitri (A&M) Del Amitri’s single from about two years ago, “Not Where It’s At” was about a guy who had fallen for a woman who was a total scenester, but she rejected him because he just wasn’t cool enough for her. Ironically, that also pretty much nails … Continue reading
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
Brian Wilson – Imagination (Giant) It’s kind of sad that after decades of being an acknowledged pop musical genius, former Beach Boys front man Brian Wilson is probably best known now by kids as the guy that Barenaked Ladies sang about. On Wilson’s first solo album in nearly a decade, he sets about straightening that out. … Continue reading
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