Julie Pinson Movies
A veteran of the soap opera, Julie Pinson has appeared on many mainstays of the genre. Beginning her career with a few minor appearances in late-'90s movies like Starship Troopers, Pinson soon moved on to a starring role on the soap Port Charles, playing Dr. Evelyn Rae. She then moved on to The Young and the Restless as Shiloh, before taking on the role of Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives and then Janet Ciccone on As the World Turns. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi- 2002
Lewis (Ryan Stiles) is so creeped out by his ex-girlfriend's wedding that no one wants to go along with him as a date. Depressed over his general bad luck with women, Lewis camps out on Drew's (Drew Carey) couch and refused leave. Fortunately, Lewis' mother Misty (June Lockhart!) shows up with the announcement that her son has a genius IQ, but she never told him because she didn't want to spoil his chances at a normal life. Emboldened by this information, Lewis seeks out a new source of womanly companionship at a MENSA meeting--and meets a brilliant misfit who turns out to be his female equivalent! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Diane Keaton made her directorial debut with this drama, adapted from the autobiographical novel of sportswriter Franz Lidz. Lidz's story was set in his New York childhood and told of how living with his four eccentric uncles helped him overcome his grief at the death of his beloved mother. The movie is set in southern California and the four uncles from the novel have been whittled down to two. Lidz was christened Steven (Nathan Watt) and he is raised by the luminous Selma (Andie McDowell) and Sid (John Turturro), his father. When Selma is taken ill, Sid keeps Steven and his sister out of her bedroom, fearing they will upset her. Sid is an ingenious but cool-hearted inventor whose head is more developed than his heart. He sends Steven off to live with his two brothers. Danny (Michael Richards) is a high-spirited, paranoid man who suffers from delusions. Arthur (Maury Chaykin) is a big-hearted guy who likes to collect other people's junk. Together they rename the child Franz and teach him to value his own uniqueness. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Starring:
- Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, (more)
New York art dealer Arne Glimcher took his first crack at film directing with this florid, high-energy romance about two brothers who flee Cuba in the early 1950s to make it as musicians in the United States. Cynthia Cidre wrote the literate screenplay adapted from Oscar Hijuelos's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Cesar (Armand Assante) and Nestor Castillo (Antonio Banderas) are popular musicians on Havana's club circuit, but when they make enemies of the wrong people, they are forced to leave for New York City, the moody Nestor leaving behind his true love. In New York, the brothers work as meat-cutters during the day as Cesar tries to organize a band and make inroads into the lively New York music scene. Soon, as The Mambo Kings, they get club bookings and Cesar falls in love with a sharp-tongued cigarette girl, Lanna Lake (Cathy Moriarty), and Nestor with the beautiful Delores Fuentes (Maruschka Detmers), who wants to be a teacher. Cesar concentrates on singing and managing the band, while Nestor plays the trumpet and writes emotional songs of love. All seems to be going well until Cesar antagonizes the moneymen on the Latin nightclub circuit and they finds themselves playing bar mitzvahs. But after they're discovered by Desi Arnaz (Desi Arnaz Jr.), the group is prominently featured on I Love Lucy. Their popularity soars and they cut a successful album called "Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love." Cesar is glorying in his success, but Nestor is disappointed and longs to return to Cuba. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, (more)
