Articles tagged "bette midler"

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OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[15.Jan.09] :. There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!

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Bette Midler: Jackpot

by Christian John Wikane

[7.Nov.08] :. For the already converted, Jackpot confirms Midler's greatness, but for those who only know the Bette Midler of feature films and adult contemporary radio, Jackpot is something of a revelation.

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Film Review

The Women

by Todd R. Ramlow

[12.Sep.08] :. Despite its title, The Women is not an update of George Cukor's diva smackdown of the same name.

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Film Review

Then She Found Me

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.May.08] :. As cute and inoffensive and eventually uplifting as Then She Found Me may be, it is also a formulaic exercise.

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Beaches: Special Edition (1988)

by Dan Zak

[5.May.05] :. Beaches is the Goliath of those epic '80s melodramas, squashing patience and dignity and tact.

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TV Review

Bette

by Michael Abernethy

As anyone who has seen one of Midler's concerts knows, excessive behavior is her forte.

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Drowning Mona (2000)

by Rhonda Baughman

But while the last is a truly funny flick starring these two, now, almost 15 years later, even their considerable talents can't salvage the watery mess known as Drowning Mona.