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Movie review, 'The Weight of Water'
Special to the TribuneTwo pulp-ish tales, one set in the past and the other in the present, coarse through the metaphor-heavy "The Weight of Water." The presence of Sean Penn and Elizabeth Hurley-he's a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who quotes Dylan Thomas through a smoky, boozy...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sean Penn, Murder, Dylan Thomas, Entertainment
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Winter wrap party
Here's an advance look at most of the movie releases through the end of the year. Due to last-minute juggling by the studios, some opening dates may change. Dec. 20 - "Thirteen Days" Drama, New Line With: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp....Tags: Penelope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Wes Bentley, Takeshi Kitano, Gerard Butler
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Movie review: 'Dawn of the Dead'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic1-1/2 stars (out of 4) "Dawn of the Dead" is a big-bucks remake of George Romero's grisly 1978 horror classic about a zombie army besieging an all-American shopping mall. But despite a big budget, lots of technical flair and a good cast headed by Sarah...Tags: Mekhi Phifer, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Health, Michael Kelly, Entertainment
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Fall back into your seats
Tribune Staff ReportersNow that the summer of sequels finally has ended, Hollywood has a message for adults: It's safe to get back in the theaters again. The fall always looks great from a Labor Day perspective as the studios and indie distributors prepare to unveil their...Tags: Christina Ricci, Billy Ray, P.J. Hogan, Billy Crudup, Patricia Clarkson
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Movie review: 'The Event'
Tribune staff reporter2 stars (out of 4) My Parker-Posey-love-o-meter was completely knocked out of whack upon learning that Posey - the indie world's Julia Roberts, with movies like "The House of Yes," "The Anniversary Party" and "Best in Show" under her thrift-store belt...Tags: Suicide, AIDS, Tony Kushner, Fencing, Cinema Industry
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'The Event'
Times Staff Writer"The Event" is a deeply affecting film that is an important accomplishment on many counts. It is a celebration of life in the face of death, an affirmation of dignity in the midst of tragic loss and an assertion to the right to privacy. It marks...Tags: Cher, Suicide, Minority Groups, AIDS, Celebrities and Health Issues
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'The Weight of Water'
Times Staff WriterDirector Kathryn Bigelow has always seemed an uneasy fit with the American movie industry. Part of this discomfort is the chilliness of her touch, the almost aggressive lack of emotional heat we expect in our movies. Then there's the fact that the film...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sean Penn, Arts and Culture, Murder, Josh Lucas
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'Dawn of the Dead'
Times Staff WriterGood zombie fun, the remake of George A. Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" is the best proof in ages that cannibalizing old material sometimes works fiendishly well. The story opens with a hush in a Milwaukee hospital as an emergency-room nurse (Sarah Polley)...Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Day of the Dead (movie, 1985), Entertainment, Natural Resources, Night of the Living Dead (movie, 1968)
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Movie review: 'My Life Without Me'
Tribune staff reporter2 stars (out of 4) Shut up and die already. "My Life Without Me" is a film about a terminally ill woman and the choices she makes for her dying days. This grim yawner features universally fine performances - or at least they would be fine if they...Tags: Death, Mark Ruffalo, Health, Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics
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Drama in 2003
Against the Ropes Boxing manager Jackie Kallen is the real-life inspiration for this fictional story of a fighter (Omar Epps) and his handler (Meg Ryan). With Tony Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Kerry Washington. Directed by Charles S. Dutton. Paramount, March...Tags: Christina Ricci, Billy Crudup, Josh Hartnett, Travel, Helena Bonham Carter
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Exotica
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday March 3, 1995 With "Exotica," whose title refers to a Toronto nightclub, Canada's venturesome Atom Egoyan has made one of his most accessible films to date, a haunting and complex fable of loss and desire with wide implications. An immense...Tags: Minority Groups, Dining and Drinking, Sex, Accounting and Auditing, Entertainment
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