Patch Adams (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on December 25, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

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 →

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Del Amitri – Hatful Of Rain… The Best of Del Amitri (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on September 30, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

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 →

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Brian Wilson – Imagination (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on July 21, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

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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Garbage – Version 2.0 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on July 7, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Garbage – Version 2.0 (Almo Sounds) The surprise success of Garbage’s debut album took this band from being a vanity project for producer Bruce Vig and a bunch of studio boffins with a hot British bird fronting into an actual working rock band. This new sense of permanence works in this follow-up’s favor, giving a sense … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 12, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

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 →

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Vonda Shepard – Songs From Ally McBeal (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on June 4, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Vonda Shepard – Songs From Ally McBeal (550 Music Soundtrax) Shepard is a L.A. cult singer who’s hit career paydirt playing the musical voice of TV’s quirkiest new lawyer. She has a strong bluesy folk sound that captures the streetwise but frazzled feel of the series. The rocking out theme song “Searching My Soul” captures the … Continue reading →

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Sliding Doors (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on April 24, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

SLIDING DOORS (1998) Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorne, Zara Turner, Douglas McFerran, Paul Brightwell, Nina Young, Virginia McKenna, Kevin McNally, Terry English, Paul Stacey and Peter Howitt. Screenplay by Peter Howitt. Directed by Peter Howitt. Distributed by Miramax Films. 99 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sliding Doors begins with a very intriguing idea. It … Continue reading →

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The Spanish Prisoner (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on April 3, 1998 by popenterta • Leave a comment

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 →

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Titanic (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on December 19, 1997 by popenterta • Leave a comment

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 →

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Duran Duran – Medazzaland (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on October 14, 1997 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Duran Duran – Medazzaland (Capitol) Duran Duran’s career has been up and down so many times that you think it was built by the Otis Elevator Co. Right now the band is way down after the disastrous reaction to their 1995 covers album Thank You, a curious follow up to 1992’s Wedding Album, which had them back on … Continue reading →

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