Prince...it's a great name, isn't it? It's a great name for a dog. It's a great name for spaghetti on Wednesday night. It's a great name if you want to throw a party in 15 years. And now, it's a great name for a movie star.

We speak of Purple Rain, the independently-financed flick starring Prince and his dozens of musical cronies. The film is coming momentarily to a theater near you—and we're here to tell you about it. (We feel obligated to mention that we have yet to see Purple Rain...the press has been shut out until the week before its premiere. This doesn't particularly bother us, since it gives us a chance to catch up on stuff like finishing off our Michael Jackson interview sessions. And, in any case, we've learned plenty about the movie already. Maybe even too much.)