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Movie review: 'Whale Rider'
Chicago Tribune Movie Writer3 1/2 star (out of 4) "Whale Rider" is a far different film from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Bend It Like Beckham," but it proves a similar point: The more culturally specific a story is, the more universal it may turn out to be. Like "Wedding"...Tags: Cliff Curtis, Entertainment, Weddings, Death, Chicago Tribune
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'Catch That Kid'
Times Staff WriterCynicism has always been part of the ABCs of children's movies, snuggled alongside avarice and banality, but rarely does this kind of movie divulge its craven underpinnings as nakedly as does "Catch That Kid." An exercise in rank exploitation, this remake...Tags: Jodie Foster, Entertainment, Health, Bank Robbery, Crime, Law and Justice
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The Anniversary Party
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday June 8, 2001 "The Anniversary Party" is a celebration from hell. A successful British novelist, Joe Therrian (Alan Cumming), and his American movie-actress wife, Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh), mark their sixth wedding anniversary with...Tags: Gwyneth Paltrow, Entertainment, Michael Panes, Barbara Turner, Career and Workplace
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Movie review, 'Roger Dodger'
Tribune movie reporterYou know how sometimes you'll eat a meal and wonder, "Wow, why don't I have this more often?" You may have a similar reaction to seeing "Roger Dodger," a movie driven by such sharp verbal jousting that you realize how rare this brand of literate...Tags: Entertainment, Education, Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Berkley, Campbell Scott
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Movie review: 'Catch That Kid'
Special to the Chicago Tribune1-1/2 stars (out of 4) Here's a critical quote you're not likely to see in a movie ad: "If your family loved "Spy Kids," then don't catch "Catch That Kid." Chances are you'll all be bored by the comparative monotony of this 'tween bank-heist caper,...Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Andrew Lazar
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Summer of same
Tribune movie reporterThe sequels and franchise flicks scored big last summer, so what do we get? More of the same this year. Check out the titles, and you might conclude that this is the year of the colon. But don't be fooled by the amount of noise generated by the highest-...Tags: Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Ewan McGregor, Jessica Lange, Sex Crimes
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'Roger Dodger'
Times Staff WriterImpatient and abrasive, drop-dead arrogant but smart as hell, Manhattan advertising copywriter Roger Swanson is the kind of mesmerizing talker who can take over a movie as surely as a great raconteur can dominate a dinner table, and in Campbell Scott...Tags: Entertainment, Elizabeth Berkley, Campbell Scott, Death, David Newman
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Hip hop's building blocks
Staff WriterPeople tend to define hip-hop as music, but in fact it's an entire culture. Historians say hip-hop comprises "four elements" -- tagging, b-boying, DJing and rapping -- that emerged during the late 1970s and early 1980s. These days, rap is the focal point,...Tags: Biz Markie, Entertainment, Gaming, Philosophy, Sports
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Four Rooms
FOR THE TIMESMonday December 25, 1995 Alexandre Rockwell, who came up with the idea for the anthology comedy "Four Rooms," says of the characters in his segment, "They are walking the line, and when you walk the line, sometimes you fall into hell and sometimes...Tags: Madonna, Entertainment, Ione Skye, Jerry Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
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The Search for "One-Eye" Jimmy
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday June 21, 1996 Sam Henry Kass' "The Search for 'One-Eye' Jimmy" is a slight but likable comical look at some young layabouts in the run-down Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook. In spirit it's lots closer to Damon Runyon than the far more...Tags: Anne Meara, Steve Buscemi, Dominican Republic, Holt McCallany, Crime, Law and Justice
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Devil in a Blue Dress
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday September 29, 1995 Hard-boiled fiction is a been-around genre about done-that individuals, so the pleasant air of newness and excitement that "Devil in a Blue Dress" gives off isn't due to its familiar find-the-girl plot. Rather it's the...Tags: Entertainment, Crimes, Jonathan Demme, Carl Franklin, Denzel Washington
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Arabian Knight
TIMES STAFF WRITERMonday August 28, 1995 "Arabian Knight" is a charmer for children but is a bit too simple a tale to hold adult attention. However, parents who go with their kids cannot fail to be blown away by the sheer beauty and sophistication of the film's...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Richard Williams
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