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Philadelphia

1993, Movie, PG-13, 119 mins

Philadelphia: Review

The first mainstream Hollywood film to deal with the subject of AIDS, and one of the few to feature gay characters in a serious dramatic context. Tom Hanks, who won his first of two consecutive Oscars for his performance here, stars as a gay corporate lawyer who is fired from the firm when his employers learn that he is HIV-positive. With his faith in the law firmly in place, and a little help from a local ambulance chaser (Denzel Washington), he decides to sue. Read the complete review for Philadelphia

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Year: 1993
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Tom Hanks: Andrew Beckett
Denzel Washington: Joe Miller
Antonio Banderas: Miguel Alvarez
Ron Vawter: Bob Seidman
Joanne Woodward: Sarah Beckett
Jason Robards Jr.: Charles Wheeler

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FX comedies test the taste threshold | Matt Roush | 8/8/2005
You thought FX would play it safe when it came to comedy? Don't make me laugh. The fearless network responsible for the twisted Nip/Tuck, the irreverent Rescue Me and the unnerving The Shield is going, where else, to extremes as it leaps into an even riskier world with back-to-back original comedies on Thursdays (at 10 pm/ET). Leading off the hour, Starved is, um, hard to swallow and possibly FX's most appallingly offensive series ever. This is a dark and graphic meditation on lonely, tormented New Yorkers whose neuroses are manifested in eating disorders. You might laugh at the antagonistic mantra of their support group — "It's not OK!" — but otherwise, it's the gag reflex that gets a real workout here. There is pathos, to be sure, but also skill, and it's hard not to admire the sometimes literal guts on display. Still, by the time the second episode reached its apex (nadir?) with read more

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