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Movie review: 'Identity'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic3 stars (out of 4) "Identity" is a slick, bloody thriller, but it's also, to its credit, a genuine whodunit. Starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta and a better-than-usual ensemble, it's a relentlessly tricky and scary show, with a bit more plot and humanity...Tags: Sony Corp., Natural Disasters, Disasters, Movies, Entertainment
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'Trapped'
Times Staff Writer"Trapped," which opened Friday, is not the kind of unwatchable mess you might assume a film withheld from reviewers' scrutiny would be. It is, however, something equally unfortunate: a mess you'd rather not be watching. "Trapped" is directed by Luis...Tags: Dakota Fanning, Abusive Behavior, Sony Corp., Movies, Criminals
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Movie review, 'Trapped'
Tribune staff reporterKidnap thriller "Trapped" belongs in the class of manipulative suspense films shared by B-graders "Double Jeopardy," "Enough" and "The Juror." What sets "Trapped" apart is timing, since its release coincides with a rash of child abductions given...Tags: Radio Industry, Movies, Criminals, Entertainment, Crimes
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Fall Movie Preview
The Hartford CourantBetween the end of summer and the edge of winter and the holiday season, the movies shrink. The budgets are lower; the weekend totals dip. As young acolytes await the second coming of Harry Potter on Nov. 15 and older fans count the days until Pierce...Tags: France, Dustin Hoffman, Jennifer Lopez, Michael McKean, Yo-Yo Ma
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'Simone'
Times Staff WriterGiven that he's prone to overacting when he has flesh and blood performers to contend with, co-starring Al Pacino with a computer-generated actress in "Simone" is asking for trouble. And trouble is definitely what resulted. Inexplicably written, directed...Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Grace Kelly, Celebrities, Winona Ryder, Movies
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Movie review, 'Simone'
The brave new world of movie CGI (Computer Generated Images) -- programs that are a bewitching counterfeit of life itself -- has changed the movies more radically than we may realize, bringing us mock stadiums packed with mock people in "Gladiator," and...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Kim Basinger, Jay Mohr, Lauren Bacall
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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: Willem Dafoe, Marton Csokas, Jennifer Lopez, Haley Joel Osment, Diane Lane
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L'Ennui (Boredom)
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday October 15, 1999 Cedric Kahn's relentless "L'Ennui" is such a rigorous exploration of sexual obsession that it proves to be a most demanding film. Virtually devoid of eroticism and sensuality, it depicts with the utmost realism a 17-year-...Tags: Alicia Goranson, Willem Dafoe, Frances Fisher, Matthew Modine, Danny Huston
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The Legend of 1900
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday October 29, 1999 Giuseppe Tornatore's "The Legend of 1900" is a beautiful and venturesome companion piece to the director's beloved "Cinema Paradiso," for both are deeply moving affirmations of the power of the imagination. Adapted by...Tags: England, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Movies, Bill Nunn, Entertainment
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Mumford
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday September 24, 1999 "Mumford," the latest film from writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, is a slight yet amusing doodle that depends for its success on audience tolerance for the whimsical antics of the small town's worth of genial eccentrics it...Tags: Mary McDonnell, Zooey Deschanel, Lawrence Kasdan, Ted Danson, Movies
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The Break
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday May 1, 1998 Robert Dornhelm's compelling "The Break," an offbeat romantic political thriller, opens with an exciting, faultlessly staged, 20-minute escape from a Belfast prison. A weary long-term IRA convict, Dowd (Stephen Rea) is in the...Tags: Health, Romania, Restaurants, Movies, Ken Loach
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Heavy
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday June 28, 1996 "Heavy" is a small, quiet miracle of a movie in which tenderness, compassion and insight combine to create a tension that yields a quality of perception that's almost painful to experience. In his feature debut, writer-...Tags: Patrick Kelly, Lifestyle and Leisure, Shelley Winters, Deborah Harry, Movies
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