BIG DADDY (1999) Starring Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Josh Mostel, Rob Schneider, Kristy Swanson, Joseph Bologna and Steve Buscemi. Screenplay by Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler. Directed by Dennis Dugan. Distributed by Columbia / Tri Star Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. I don’t ever dismiss a … Continue reading
INSTINCT (1999) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney, George Dzundza, John Ashton, John Aylward, Thomas Q. Morris, Doug Spinuzza, Paul Bates, Rex Linn, Rod McLachlan and Tracey Ellis. Screenplay by Gerald DePego. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 126 minutes. Rated R. There was probably a lot of … Continue reading
STAR WARS EPISODE 1-THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) Starring Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, Terence Stamp, Ray Park, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels, Brian Blessed, Kenny Baker and Ian McDiarmid. Screenplay by George Lucas. Directed by George Lucas. Distributed by 20th Century Fox Pictures. 133 minutes. Rated PG. Okay. I admit … Continue reading
NOTTING HILL (1999) Starring Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Emma Chambers, Emily Mortimer, Lorelei King, John Shrapnel, Roger Frost, Dylan Moran and Alec Baldwin. Screenplay by Richard Curtis. Directed by Roger Michell. Distributed by Polygram Films. 124 minutes. Rated PG-13. It is not easy … 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
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
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
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
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
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
