Director/Writer:Daniel MinahanUSA Films; R; 85 minutesRelease:3/01Cast:Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke Series 7 trains its wit on TV reality shows such as Survivor. The film…
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Director:Luke GreenfieldWriters:Tom Brady and Rob SchneiderColumbia Pictures; PG-13; 83 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John McGinley Given the chance, a good friend…
(Encyclopedia) Gulag, system of forced-labor prison camps in the USSR, from the Russian acronym [GULag] for the Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Camps, a department of the Soviet secret police (…
Director:Shinji AoyamaShooting Gallery; NR; 217 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Aoi Miyazaki, Koji Yakusho, Masaru Miyazaki There is a movement in contemporary Japanese music where the musicians work…
