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'Storytelling'
Times Staff WriterWith "Storytelling," Todd Solondz continues his acidly funny exploration of the darker side of life in the suburbs of New Jersey that began with "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1996) and "Happiness" (1998). This time he also probes the ambiguous,...Tags: Ted Hope, Documentary (genre), Conan O'Brien, Pulitzer Prize Awards, High Schools
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Run Lola Run
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday June 18, 1999 "Run Lola Run" is the message, but flame-haired Lola hardly needs the encouragement. Tireless, unstoppable, fueled by the energy of desperation, Lola flies through the streets of Berlin, dodging cars, parting columns of nuns,...Tags: Movies, Berlin (Germany), Moving, Entertainment, Cinema Industry
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Winter Sleepers
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday April 7, 2000 Tom Tykwer's "Winter Sleepers," made just before "Run Lola Run" put him on the map, finds us peering down at a skiing village nestled in the mountains of Germany. The camera darts in and out of snowy crevasses and peeks into the...Tags: Germany, Movies, Entertainment, Death, Vehicles
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The Princess and the Warrior
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday June 22, 2001 Only a filmmaker of talent, daring and confidence could have a prayer of pulling off a romantic thriller as audacious as "The Princess and the Warrior." However, Germany's prodigious Tom Tykwer, reunited with his charismatic...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Germany, Movies, Entertainment, Cinema Industry
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Movie review, 'The Bourne Identity'
If John LeCarre wrote spy novels for the head, Robert Ludlum aimed for the gut. Ludlum's plots may have been no less intricate than those of his British counterpart, but the recently deceased American author preferred to propel readers through his vast...Tags: Brian Cox, Espionage and Intelligence, Chicago Tribune, Theme Park Vacations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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A season ticket to film
"American Pie," "Scary Movie," "Rush Hour" and "Doctor Dolittle" all get second chapters and "Jurassic Park" gets a third, while director Tim Burton puts his own spin on "Planet of the Apes." Unofficial sequels also pop up, like John Singleton's "Baby...Tags: Jason Biggs, Ewan McGregor, Mariah Carey, Comedy (genre), Martin Sheen
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We won't want for wide-screen choices
Yes, this summer you'll have the chance to see a lot of movies, even more than last year, as the studios try to build on last summer's record-breaking grosses while the multiplexes provide more and more screens for them to do so. Have at it. As always,...Tags: Gary Winick, Michael Myers, Comedy (genre), Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn
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Film review, 'Anatomy'
Special to the TribuneThe German film "Anatomy," written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky ("The Inheritors"), should be a lot more entertaining for American audiences than it is. After all, how do you not like a slickly-shot horror movie about a sexy young medical student who...Tags: Germany, Movies, Society, Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945)
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Summer Movie Preview
Courant film CriticIt has been suggested that summer has already begun at the cineplexes, with the huge opening for ``The Scorpion King." Whether The Rock has legs as well as arms will be seen. But well before Memorial Day, the traditional start of summer, the long season...Tags: Jason Biggs, Daniel Craig, Brian Cox, Claire Danes, Michael Myers
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'The Bourne Supremacy'
Times Staff WriterIn the smash-and-grab-you-by-the-throat action flick "The Bourne Supremacy," style is meaning and that meaning is fast, fast, fast. As in the earlier "The Bourne Identity," Matt Damon stars as a former CIA super spy caught in the ultimate pulp-...Tags: Passenger Cars, Brian Cox, John Woo, Memory Loss, Espionage and Intelligence
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Movie review: 'The Bourne Supremacy'
Tribune Movie Critic3½ stars (out of 4) With his jock good looks, diffident air and squinty-eyed intensity, Matt Damon is an unlikely looking movie hero. But maybe that's why he's so good as ex-CIA hit man Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Supremacy," a movie in which not...Tags: Anthony Minghella, Brian Cox, Espionage and Intelligence, Joan Allen, Central Intelligence Agency
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'Anatomie 2'
Times Staff WriterIn September 2000, Columbia released in the U.S. "Anatomie," an ingenious sci-fi horror thriller and box-office bonanza in Germany starring "Run Lola Run's" Franka Potente, with scant warning and no press previews. Its even more ambitious sequel, the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Muscle, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Germany, Plastic Surgeons
Jan 25, 2002
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May 15, 2001
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Apr 28, 2002
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Jul 23, 2004
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Jul 22, 2004
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Aug 13, 2004
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