Synopsis
In “Frontera,” Texas, men collecting ordinance on an old army rifle range stumble upon a human skeleton and a sheriff’s badge. Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) suspects the remains are those of Charlie Wade, a notorious lawman who disappeared in 1957 shortly before […]

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“Miramax is brilliant at publicizing its successes, but it’s even more brilliant at burying its failures,” said Dennis Rice, their former president of marketing. Miramax Films was notorious for test screening its movies - often in malls in New Jersey - and barely releasing the ones that scored poorly. Some went straight to video, even […]

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Ray (John Getz) drives his employer’s wife Abby (Frances McDormand) down a dark, rain slicked highway in Texas. She’s asked Ray to take her away, but the two end up spending the night together in a motel. The couple is awakened by a call from her husband, bar owner Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya), who has […]

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In 1969, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) arrives at the Jester Unit pre-release facility to visit her husband Clovis (William Atherton). He only has four months left on his sentence, but Lou Jean notifies him that welfare is coming to take their beloved Baby Langston and put him in a foster home. She’s just been […]

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