House Party and Other New Films Review Capsule
Filmeter notes Reginald Hudlin’s House Party as fresh and fun with a sharp look at black middle class life. It mixes humor, hip hop, and sociological bite through Kid and Play’s party night. Other reviews cover Joe Versus the Volcano, Moonstruck, Road House, and La Lectrice, highlighting performances, tone, and flaws with 2 to 3 star ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Hudlin
Kid
Christopher Reid
Christopher Martin
Full Force
Grace
Joe
John Patrick Shanley
Tom Hanks
Lloyd Bridges
Hanks
South Pacific
Shanley
Hollywood Art Auction and Broadway Plans Stir TV News
Prolific producer David Wolper adds seven Picasso Miro and Lipchitz paintings to a Christie's New York auction with an estimated value over 4.4 million dollars. Neil Simon previews Jake's Women on Broadway after a San Diego trial run. Frank Sinatra's KFAS stations in Casa Grande upgrade power to 50,000 watts. Equal time concerns arise over Al McCandless race ads. Ralph Waite seeks fair coverage. A 16 year old mugger is nabbed near Gracie Mansion after attempting a purse theft from a bystander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
David
Roots
Wolper
Christie's
New York
Picasso
Joan Miro
Jacques Lipchitz
Lipchitz
Neil Simon
Biloxi
Jake
San Diego
Frank Sinatra
Casa Grande
Ariz
FCC
KFAS
Sinatra
OY Blue Eyes
Phoenix
Tucson
Pursesnatcher
Manhattan
Abc-Tv
H-E.l.p
Gracie Mansion
David Dinkins
John Lurie defies majors with self-pressed Lounge Lizards LP
Saxophonist John Lurie vents at record companies calling them the enemy as he funds and markets the Lounge Lizards new LP Voice of Chunk himself. He catalogs convoluted logistics from Nebraska to New Hampshire, aiming to prove music for music’s sake despite industry disdain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lurie
Luke
The
Lounge Lizards
Slim Whitman
Chunk
Lukie
Nebraska
New Hampshire
South Carolina
New York
America
Europe
Germany
Billboard Magazine
Lurie
High profile showbiz notes and bids across entertainment
A collage of entertainment items includes David Copperfield promising a stunt over Niagara Falls on CBS TV, an England court directing Marilyn Monroe’s estate to fund the Anna Freud Center, Karl Malden pleading restraint for Oscar tickets, Elizabeth Taylor promoting Common Threads film, real estate moves by Michael Douglas and Steven Spielberg, and various casting and TV project updates from Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boorman
Meg Ryan
Ossie Davis
Amanda Plummer
Steven Spielberg
Amblin Entertainment
Indiana Jones
Shanley
Hanks
Megs
David Copperfield
Niagara Falls
Copperfield
Marilyn Monroe
England
New York
Ms. Monroe
Marianne Kris
Dr. Kris
Anna Freud Center
London
Lee Strasberg
Bae Real Estate
Michael Douglas
Colorado
Commerce
Robert Mosbacher
Price
Bruce Springsteen
Barbara Streisand
Malibu
Trancas Canyon
John Houseman
Houseman
Joan
Pacific Palisades
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Patrick Swayze
Missouri
Orion
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Baudelaire
Marx
Marquis de Sade
Miou-Miou
Scripps Howard News Service
Ralph
Waltons
Waite
Los Angeles
Johnny Pearson
Jeffrey Jacobs
al McCandless
John Chapman
Rock
John Lurie Hawks
Ethlie Ann Ware Newspaper Enterprise Association
Wed
Urbana
SUN
Baldwin
Baldwin Organs
Frederick
Baldwin, Wurlitzer
Kimball
Steinway
Kawai
Roland, Howard, Everette, Samick, Weber
Yamaha
Korg & More
Cena Snes
Enugui RI
Simon
Motion Picture Academy
Karl Malden
Malden
Uew
Elizabeth Taylor
Ms. Taylor
Alan Bond
Bond
J. Paul Getty Museum
Dustin Hoffman
Shylock
Allison Atlas
New York University
Hoffman
Jack Nicholson
Laurence Olivier
Orbit Video Magazine
Katherine Hepburn
Bette Davis
Meryl Streep
Nixon
PBS
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Reagan
Gorbachev
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Diane English
Murphy
Candice Bergen
Mel Gibson
Glenn Close
Alain Bates
Franco Zeffirelli
Judge Reinhold
Nicolas Cage
Erika Anderson
Zandalee
New Orleans
Linda Hunt
Learning Channel
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Peter Falk
Olympia Dukakis
Melanie Griffith
Marlo Thomas
Terri Hawkes
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