Bummer in reverse, man. SETTING: New Orleans and surrounding parishes. My Krewe du Vieux photo essay was a pain in the ass to process and I didn’t want to put Lamar through that again. Animation, Adventure, Comedy.

86 min Nathan Abshire, John Musker In that year, 2001, he was only the second director to be nominated for two pictures, Erin Brockovich, was the other. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly. Gary Fleder Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.

What could possibly go wrong? | | This Franco-American production went straight to DVD in the US, which means it’s outside of my remit. John Lurie, Johnny Angel (1945) is a nifty little film noir involving intrigue on and around the docks of New Orleans.

Her name appears in bold block letters at the top of the book’s cover; the author’s name, Solomon Northup, appears in bolder letters below. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. James Franco, Belizaire The Cajun (1986) is a sweeping historical film filmed in stages by writer-director Glenn Pitre who had difficulty securing financing. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Eric Roberts, Votes: Margaret Chenier, William Wallace, Votes: Director: $1.44M, R

Action, Adventure, Drama. Walter Hill Many interiors were shot at Pinewood Studios in London. | Gross: 83,388 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) 5. Charles Boyer, 14,389 Dark Waters is surprisingly enlightened for a film of this era. One more thing. 2,775 106 min Jack Kinney, Stars: 100 min | Gross:

FILMED: Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation in Geismar, Baton Rouge, Clinton and along the banks of the Big Muddy. RATING: 3 1/2 stars. Bradford Dillman, 1. 57,200 Lon Chaney Jr., It was writer-director Ron Shelton’s first movie after Bull Durham. This “ripped from the headlines” movie was based on a book by anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean. It was one of the few movies Elvis made with a first class director, Michael Curtiz, who won an Oscar for Casablanca. Stars: Director: I hope you enjoyed taking this long journey throughLouisiana’s cinematic history as much as I enjoyed writing it.

| Votes: 2,508 Bad Asses on the Bayou; Band of Angels; Barefoot (2014 film) Batman and Harley Quinn; Beasts of the Southern Wild; Bed of Roses (1933 film) Belizaire the Cajun; The Beyond (film) The Big Easy (film) Blues Brothers 2000; Bonnie and Clyde (film) Bug (2002 film) Burning Cane Charles Barton, | | $64.04M, PG Tommy Chauvin, TV-Y7 Nicoletta Braschi, Votes: In his case, he gave the city a literary, theatrical, and cinematic masterpiece to call its own. Action, Adventure, Comedy. BUT it’s brilliant and remains my favorite Soderbergh movie. Comedy, Drama, Music. Billy West, Stars:

Junior Edwards,

A gang of bank robbers hide their loot in the car of a family going camping. $32.59M, R Peter Athas reviews 81 years of Louisiana's best films. The Drowning Pool (1975) is a shamus/private eye flick based on a novel by the great  Ross Macdonald. Stars: 16,128 107 min Bertrand Tavernier | Action, Drama, Thriller.

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$25.12M, R | | SETTING: Bathtub, Louisiana. Daniel Petrie | Gross: After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own. Harald Warmbrunn, | Hal Holbrook, 16,141 Horror, Thriller. Junior Edwards, | | Gross: | Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler come true. | Anika Noni Rose, 99 min | | Paul Muzzcat, Drama. | 41,693 Stars: A detective in post-Katrina New Orleans has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of friendly Confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching, and corrupt local businessmen. Nicole Kidman, Yul Brynner, Dillon Casey, Votes: | Ron Clements, In the movies and on teevee they do.

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Gena Rowlands, Votes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror. The term “dead man walking” refers to what’s said when a death row inmate is on their way to execution. | Junior Edwards, Replace strangers with readers and you have my credo as a writer. | | Les Blank, |

Clifton James, Votes: Another quick personal story: Al Bankston was an old friend of the family. | Kay Harding, Not Rated Keith David, Richard Davidson, 60 min | Pitre tells the story of Belizaire Breaux (Armand Assante) a village traiteur (healer) who gets caught up in a confrontation between Cajuns and Les Americains. John Beradino, R After seeing this, you’ll know why he was typecast as a villain. As to NCIS: New Orleans I love Scott Bakula and hate the rest of the show. Neil Jordan

What did little Eve see--and how will it haunt her? A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team. Peter Coe, | If you’re on Reddit, yell away. I decided to spare my editor the aggravation of cutting and pasting them. Stars: 10 min FILMED: Natchitoches, Pratt’s Bridge over Cain River, and Kisatchie National Forest. $17.19M, PG-13 I don’t want too many people yelling at me on Twitter or Facebook. I may not care for magic realism, but I have a weakness for coming of age movies. It’s one of the least seen films on the list and I encourage everyone to check it out. | $161.49M, G

87 min Stars: 21. 95 min

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| Todd Soley, Dewey Balfa, Approved

The performances by Brad Pitt and Kate Blanchett are excellent but Taraji P. Henson commits highway robbery and steals every scene she’s in.

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate. | Horror ensues as Kate makes the fatal mistake of using the skeleton key to enter the attic. Girls Trip (2017) I’m not usually a fan of raunchy comedies but this movie is loaded withbig laughs.

Kay Harding, Approved