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Witches' brew
Tribune theater criticThis story contains corrected material, published May 6, 2005. `It's a bit much, isn't it?" admits the Wizard of Oz in "Wicked," referring to an enormous metallic mask which bears a startling resemblance to Mr. Burns on "The Simpsons." But, he says, "you...Tags: Music Theater, Michael Phillips, Carol Kane, Theater, Entertainment
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Movie review: 'The Whole Ten Yards'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic2 stars (out of 4) Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry are together again in "The Whole Ten Yards." a sequel to the 2000 hit comedy "The Whole Nine Yards" in which Willis played a truculent hit man and Perry played an excitable dentist who lived next door....Tags: Bruce Willis, Comedy (genre), Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Tribune, Movies
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'Home Room'
Times Staff WriterImagine Anthony Michael Hall taking an Uzi to the rest of the cast of "The Breakfast Club," followed by a movie in which emotionally scarred survivors Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald spend a couple of hours discussing their feelings. That's pretty much...Tags: Molly Ringwald, Busy Philipps, Police Investigations, Erika Christensen, Michael Douglas
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Slums of Beverly Hills
FOR THE TIMESFriday August 14, 1998 First-time writer-director Tamara Jenkins opens her coming-of-age comedy "Slums of Beverly Hills" with a scene reminiscent of the opening of John Hughes' 1984 film "Sixteen Candles," but she makes it a lot more meaningful. ...Tags: Molly Ringwald, Comedy (genre), Family, Natasha Lyonne, Woody Allen
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Broadway Damage
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFriday June 12, 1998 When you spot a credit for a "Mouse and Roach Wrangler," you know you're watching a film about the squalid heart and soul of New York City. Viewers nostalgic for Manhattan may enjoy some of the hometown touches in...Tags: Mary Stuart Masterson, Christina Crawford, Music Theater, Lea Thompson, Broadway Theater
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Reach the Rock
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday October 16, 1998 An overhead shot of a Norman Rockwell small-town Main Street opens "Reach the Rock." It is a hot summer night, and no one is in sight until a young man (Alessandro Nivola) appears, breaking off a flagpole in front of a...Tags: Gramercy, Alessandro Nivola, Entertainment, Norman Rockwell, Movies
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Never Been Kissed
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday April 9, 1999 It's taken some years, but Drew Barrymore's career has finally come full circle. After she became America's moppet sweetheart in 1982's "E.T.," the actress' work and image took a series of hairpin turns, but now, with "Never...Tags: Drew Barrymore, Chicago Sun-Times, David Newman, Schools, Celebrities
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Just Visiting
FOR THE TIMESFriday April 6, 2001 Truly it is a peculiar curse upon the world, this high-concept joke that refuses to die. One speaks of the story of a brave, bold French knight who mistakenly takes a potion intended for his betrothed and commits murder....Tags: John Powell, Comedy (genre), Crime, Law and Justice, Death, Movies
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The wizard of ease
John Hughes III is the Wizard of Ease. Hiding behind a curtain, he twiddles knobs, capturing the clicks of ruby heels on the yellow brick road and spinning them out again in swooping, gentle percussion loops, overdubbed by vibraphone and his own distorted...Tags: Electronics, Science and Technology
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Movie review: 'Sleepover'
Tribune Arts Critic2 stars (out of 4) First and last, "Sleepover" is a movie about 14-year-old girls for 14-year-old girls, a pared-down echo of "Sixteen Candles" unlikely to win much of a following beyond its pubescent target audience. But in this time of resurgence of...Tags: Steve Carell, Kallie Flynn Childress, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Cinderella (fictional character), Teen-agers
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Home Alone 3
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFriday December 12, 1997 "Home Alone 3" follows in the, er, proud tradition of "The Sting 2" and "Jaws 3-D," movies that have nothing to do with the original film that inspired them, except a flaccid adherence to the formula that made the first a...Tags: Gaming, Sting, Macaulay Culkin, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Pesci
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