“American Beauty” (1999) shoulders the weight of being the chosen representative as the best movie of the best year in cinema history. It won the
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Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) wrote more than 100 novels, so it’s no wonder he desired to have some fun and mix things up. Attacking the
When “Freakier Friday” hits theaters, it will be a sequel to the 2003 version of “Freaky Friday,” which remade the original (1976), which itself had
“The King of Comedy” (1982) is a rather simple tale of two unhinged people – Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) and his friend Masha (Sandra
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