<P>It begins with the trajectory of a speck. We watch as it floats through the jungle of Nool, a wisp of nothingness that's a self-contained planet in its own cosmos. It's a dot, on a clover. But as Theodore Geisel knew -- and any child will af…
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<P>Show people are different from you and me -- more high strung, more amusing, more devil-may-care -- but not, as István Szabó's resolute charmer "Being Julia" shows us, as different as we may think. </P>
<P>Annette Bening plays Julia Lamb…
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<P>A precocious piglet overcomes barnyard prejudices and his place in the food chain to become the world's first championship sheep hog in "Babe," a captivating comic allegory about daring to be different in the face of conformity. With its pop…
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<P>You can imagine the sense of glee producers Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin must have felt when they first heard the story of Ken Carter. A no-nonsense high-school basketball coach from Richmond, California, Carter became a national celebrity …
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<P>Admittedly, it's been about 35 years since I was reader of Dr. Seuss, but my memories of his books are that they're short and economical with words. Neither of those descriptions applies to this theatrical version of Horton Hears a Who!, whi…
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<P>During the 1940s, when ten-year-old kids asked their folks where they came from, they’d often hear, “From the stork, darling.” In the 1950s, the answer might have been “From Macy’s, sweetheart.” During the ’60s, a mom might reply, “O…
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<P>Give it up, Hollywood, the mouse is gonna rule this summer. "Hercules" is a sharp and funny animated flick with just enough sentiment to satisfy Disney protocol. The animation is primo, the characters dynamite, and the music's the best since…
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<P>Wayne Wang's "Last Holiday" is a movie lost in time and space, and not just because it's a remake of a 1950 Alec Guinness picture. Queen Latifah plays Georgia Byrd, a shy New Orleans department store clerk and skilled amateur cook who, after…
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<P>Set in Tokyo, Sofia Coppola's second feature, Lost in Translation, stars Bill Murray as Bob Harris, a fading Hollywood star who has arrived in Japan to make a very lucrative whiskey commercial. Filled with career angst and concerns about his…
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<P>Next to Independence Day, Trainspotting may be the most hyped motion picture of the summer. Miramax Films, the distributor that saturated the market with ads for The Crying Game in 1992- 93 and Pulp Fiction in '94, has struck again. Trainspo…
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<P>No adaptation of an Oscar Wilde play should go wrong when it stars Rupert Everett: He simply gets Wilde in his bones, without being hamstrung by an urge to somehow freshen the material or make it feel more "modern." He was bliss to watch in …
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<P>Upon cursory examination, A Perfect World may seem like a buddy movie crossed with a road picture, but the film's surprising emotional depth transcends that which is normally found in either genre. In fact, what starts out like a good old Cl…
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<P>Richard Gere plays John Clark, not an unhappy man, in "Shall We Dance?" He loves his wife and daughter, he enjoys his job as a lawyer, and when his wife gets that funny look in her eye and asks him if everything is OK, he says sure, of cours…
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<P>Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed? Improbable as it sounds, the effervescent young movie veteran defies expectations and gives her all to the role of a nerdy teenager turned nerdy adult in this genial comedy about the nightmare side of hig…
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<P>"Must Love Dogs" is like a puppy with big brown eyes and a wagging tail who weeps with eagerness to lick your hand, but you take a look around the pound and decide to adopt the sad-eyed beagle who looks as if she has seen a thing or two. In …
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