<P>In 1934, It Happened One Night was released to both critical and popular success. It was based on a short story, Night Bus, which was first published in Cosmopolitan and it featured two of the most popular stars of its day.<BR>It went on to …
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<P>"The Bucket List" is a movie about two old codgers who are nothing like people, both suffering from cancer that is nothing like cancer, and setting off on adventures that are nothing like possible. I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make th…
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<P>Strange, that "Alfie" (1966) is halfway remembered as a comedy, when it was actually about a man who attempted to live life as comedy despite the lowering gloom which he thoroughly deserved. Alfie, in 1966 and again in the 2004 version, desp…
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<P>A peephole into the nastier corners of the male ego and human nature, the two-character Sleuth has enjoyed a robust life on the stage and on film. (Michael Caine had the role of the younger character, co-starring with Sir Laurence Oliver in …
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<P>In the same way that the Beatles' cover of Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" or the Stones' version of "Route 66" cut to the soul of American music without being American, Hong Kong cop and gangster movies have often seemed more quintessentially A…
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<P>It's vaguely disconcerting to admit that, less than 24 hours after seeing Under the Tuscan Sun, the thing I remember most clearly about it is neither the characters nor the situations, but the photography. This is a beautifully shot motion p…
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<P>Istv醤 Szab?s latest picture, Being Julia, is based on a novella entitled "Theater" by W. Somerset Maugham. Not having read the source material, I can't speak to the faithfulness of the adaptation. But I can say that Being Julia is one of th…
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<P>Something passed between them: the faintest hint of a common destiny.</P>
<P>I quote this line because you do not expect such language in a movie about a clever little pig. One of the chief delights of "Babe," indeed, is that it is such a …
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<P>In >College Road Trip, one-time bad boy of comedy Martin Lawrence stars opposite a Disney Channel superstar, a pig and Donny Osmond, in that order. I'll pause to let that sink in for a moment. The guy who shot up drug lords alongside Will Sm…
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<P>Call me swine-phobic, but the last thing I wanted to see was a moving comedy about a pig. But after grunting my way into "Babe," I came out squealing with pleasure. A hilarious fantasy, about a plucky piglet that learns how to tend sheep, "B…
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<P>Sleuth is Kenneth Branagh's re-make/re-imagination/re-invention of the 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz film which, in turn, was based on Anthony Shaffer's stage play. In the original, Laurence Olivier played the high-born snob Andrew Wyke and Mich…
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<P>If ever a film was Oscar bait for cinematography and production design, Girl With a Pearl Earring is it. First-time director Peter Webber and his team have adroitly channeled the look of Vermeer into a celluloid facsimile. In this adaptation…
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<P>"A Perfect World" contains a prison break, the taking of a hostage, a chase across Texas, two murders, various robberies, and a final confrontation between a fugitive and a lawman. It is not really about any of those things, however. It's de…
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<P>When it comes to the final hour, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, delivers the goods. The last 60 minutes offer adventure as rousing as anything provided in either of the previous installments, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the…
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<P>M aximus: I'm required to kill--so I kill. That's enough.</P>
<P>Proximo: That's enough for the provinces, but not for Rome.</P>
<P>A foolish choice in art direction casts a pall over Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" that no swordplay can cut …
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