Category: Mid-Day Mini
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Mid-Day Mini – Ice Castles
The Facts: Synopsis: A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Stars: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt, Jennifer Warren, David Huffman Director: Donald Wrye Rated: PG Running Length: 108 minutes TMMM Score: (5.5/10) Review:Â Oh boy,
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Mid-Day Mini ~ Terms of Endearment
The Facts: Synopsis: Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Covering several years of their lives, each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy through humor and strength. Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow Director: James L. Brooks Rated: PG Running Length:
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Mid-Day Mini ~ Music of the Heart
The Facts: Synopsis: Story of a schoolteacher’s struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids. Stars: Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan, Angela Bassett, Cloris Leachman Director: Wes Craven Rated: PG Running Length: 124 minutes TMMM Score: (5.5/10) Review:Â In 1999, most movie-goers who heard that Streep was starring in a new Wes Craven film
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Mid-Day Mini ~ …first do no harm
The Facts: Synopsis: The true story of one woman’s struggle against a narrow-minded medical establishment. Stars: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins, Allison Janney, Margo Martindale Director: Jim Abrahams Rated: PG-13 Running Length: 95 minutes TMMM Score: (5/10) Review:Â It was big news when Streep took leave from her cinematic playground and ventured into the
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Mid-Day Mini ~ Ironweed
The Facts: Synopsis: A schizophrenic drifter spends Halloween in his home town after returning there for the first time in decades. Stars: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Waits, Carroll Baker Director: Hector Babenco Rated: R Running Length: 143 minutes TMMM Score: (7/10) Review:  The pairing of Nicholson and Streep worked so well in 1986’s Heartburn
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Mid-Day Mini ~ Plenty
The Facts: Synopsis: A young Englishwoman spends 20 years to make whatever kind of life for herself at the expense of others around her in post-World War II England. Stars: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Sting, Ian McKellan Director: Fred Schepsi Rated: R Running Length: 121 minutes TMMM Score: (6/10) Review:  Here’s
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Mid-Day Mini ~ The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The Facts: Synopsis: A film is being made of a story set in 19th century England about Charles, a engaged biologist who falls in love with outcast Sarah. Anna and Mike, who play Sarah and Charles onscreen, find themselves in a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters Stars: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons,
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Mid-Day Mini ~ Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
The Facts: Synopsis: A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent. Stars: Gary Gitchell, Jessie Misskelley, Damien Wayne Echols, Jason Baldwin Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Rated:
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Mid-Day Mini ~ Erin Brockovich
The Facts: Synopsis: An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city’s water supply. Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger Director: Steven Soderbergh  Rated: R Running Length: 131 minutes TMMM Score: (8/10) Review: Though Roberts had been nominated twice
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Hi Bruce, I think it definitely ranks in strong PG level, especially near the finale where it gets pretty intense.…
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