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Movie review: 'Lord of War'
Tribune arts critic2½ stars (out of four) With a brisk stylistic nod to Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (which is not to say it's another "GoodFellas"), writer-director Andrew Niccol's "Lord of War" chases an international arms dealer around the globe, delivering to the...Tags: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Ethan Hawke, Brighton Beach, Michael Phillips
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Who can fill the role of Dumbledore?
The recent death of Richard Harris was the occasion for much looking back . . . and for "Harry Potter" fans to look forward. After all, the Irish actor's last performance was as Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft....Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Sean Connery, CNN (tv network), Celebrities, Ian McKellen
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Know your hobbits
Associated Press WriterKnow your Sauron from your Saruman? Ever mix up Gimli and Gollum, or an orc and an Uruk-hai? As the sword-and-sorcery sequel "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" ventures into theaters, the vastness of author J.R.R. Tolkien's universe can give viewers...Tags: Karl Urban, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen
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Movie review, 'Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring'
Hobbits and hobbit-lovers everywhere can rejoice, along with all moviegoers with a taste for fantasy, far-off kingdoms and great swashbuckling adventure stories. Peter Jackson's movie of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring," first part of a...Tags: Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Entertainment
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Movie review: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic4 stars (out of 4) One "Ring" - finally - rules them all. In "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," a great mythic movie cycle gets the ending it deserves - and we can finally see this stunningly completed film trilogy for what it is: one of...Tags: Cate Blanchett, Miranda Otto, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd
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'The Emperor's New Clothes'
Times Staff WriterThe clever and delightful "The Emperor's New Clothes" proposes that it was not Napoleon who died on St. Helena on May 5, 1821, but rather a look-alike impostor. In deftly bringing the Simon Leys novel "The Death of Napoleon" to the screen, director...Tags: Paris (France), Pumpkin, Tom Watson, Arable Farming, Entertainment
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'Esther Kahn'
Times Staff WriterThe exquisite yet demanding "Esther Kahn" is one of the most unusual and persuasive explorations of the flowering of an actor. It unfolds in a low-key manner in the mind of its title character, for whom life does not become real until she discovers the...Tags: Laurence Olivier, Wild Child (movie), Celebrities, Entertainment, France
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Movie review: 'Alien: The Director's Cut'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic3 1/2stars (out of 4) "Alien: The Director's Cut" is an old nightmare, made shiny new. It's a scream from another era that still echoes around us. Director Ridley Scott's new, digitally refurbished and re-edited version of his 1979 pop science-fiction...Tags: John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Halloween, Science, David Fincher
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Review: 'Fellowship Of The Ring'
The Hartford Courant``The Fellowship of the Ring," the first in Peter Jackson's ``The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, succeeds mightily as picture-book storytelling, with its constantly exhilarating tapestry of quaint Hobbit houses, dark town streets, Victorian elf chateaux...Tags: Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean, Maxfield Parrish, Elijah Wood, Landforms
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A Life Less Ordinary
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday October 24, 1997 Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. And it might turn out to be "A Life Less Ordinary." The latest effort from the crew that made "Trainspotting" so exciting--writer John Hodge, director Danny Boyle,...Tags: David Niven, Sandra Bullock, Dan Hedaya, Michael Powell, Cameron Diaz
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A Civil Action
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday December 25, 1998 "A Civil Action" comes close, achingly close, to greatness. Finely cast, classically shot, written and directed with sureness and skill and based on a book compelling enough to stay on bestseller lists for two years, it's...Tags: Kevin Conway, John Lithgow, Dan Hedaya, Celebrities, Entertainment
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eXistenZ
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday April 23, 1999 With "eXistenZ" David Cronenberg, Canada's master of the macabre, envisions a near-future in which virtual reality games will have become so perfected that their players may no longer be able to tell whether they're in a game...Tags: Science Fiction (genre), Entertainment, Petroleum Industry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law
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