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Extending His Web
Tribune staff reporterSuperman is an easy sell. He can fly, he's nearly impervious to harm and he's got that square-jawed profile that women love. The archetypal superhero, Superman represents every unrealized dream of adolescent readers. Spider-Man, on the other hand,...Tags: The Incredible Hulk (movie, 2008), Gaming, Superman (fictional character), Juvenile Delinquency, Ang Lee
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Extending his web
Superman is an easy sell. He can fly, he's nearly impervious to harm and he's got that square-jawed profile that women love. The archetypal superhero, Superman represents every unrealized dream of adolescent readers. Spider-Man, on the other hand,...Tags: The Incredible Hulk (movie, 2008), Gaming, Superman (fictional character), Juvenile Delinquency, Ang Lee
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A Lion in Winter
Sun movie criticPart I An American hero -- and antiheroBeyond anything else, Marlon Brando is the towering original who came out of the Midwest 58 years ago and electrified Broadway and then Hollywood with the visceral excitement and veracity of his acting. He exploded...Tags: Philosophy, Robert Duvall, Superman (fictional character), Vietnam War (1955-1975), Karl Malden
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X-Men
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday July 14, 2000 To be a teenager is to feel different, misunderstood, perhaps even a bit of a mutant. It was the gift of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the creators of the Marvel comic decades ago, to realize with "X-Men" that conflicted...Tags: Famke Janssen, Ian McKellen, Stranger Than Fiction, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Sex Crimes
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Any Given Sunday
TIMES FILM CRITICWednesday December 22, 1999 Think of the Oliver Stone-directed "Any Given Sunday" as a fan's notes. This energetic and diverting sports soap opera throws a few head fakes in the direction of an iconoclastic examination of the dark side of...Tags: Defense, Shark (tv program), Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Football
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Lethal Weapon 4
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday July 10, 1998 If we get the movies we deserve, what have we done to be worthy of "Lethal Weapon 4"? A fourth-generation copy of a distant original, "Lethal 4" is less a movie than a habit. Like a too-long-running TV show, it makes a...Tags: Bruce Lee, Death, Rene Russo, Jet Li, Weaponry
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Conspiracy Theory
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday August 8, 1997 Even a blind hog, or so they say, finds a truffle now and then. So could it be that Jerry Fletcher, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, has actually stumbled on the truth? Fletcher is a New York City cabdriver who...Tags: Julia Roberts, Death, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Cylk Cozart, Celebrities
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday August 8, 1997 It's time to set Willy, the orca whale, free once and for all. "Free Willy 3: The Rescue" is sparked by its two young stars, Jason James Richter and newcomer Vincent Berry. But it is otherwise dull and tedious, which is so...Tags: Hunting, Death, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment
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Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFriday January 13, 1995 If ever there was a show-biz survivor, it's the Crypt Keeper. After being blacklisted in the '50s when "Tales From the Crypt," his horror comic book, was accused of polluting the minds of young readers, the Crypt Keeper re-...Tags: Death, HBO (tv network), Billy Zane, Robert Zemeckis, Spike Lee
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Assassins
FOR THE TIMESFriday October 6, 1995 For those of you who choked on laughter when Sylvester Stallone stood in the middle of a futuristic street in "Judge Dredd," dressed in a Halloween outfit from Nintendo, and bellowed to the skies, "I yam the law!," some good...Tags: Andrew Lazar, Gaming, Death, Nintendo Company Ltd., Crime, Law and Justice
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
TIMES STAFF WRITERWednesday July 19, 1995 The family that tends killer whales together stays together. That's the message of "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home." When you're in need of some familial togetherness, sometimes only an orca will do. The first "Free...Tags: Children, Death, Native Americans, New York Knicks, Whale (animal)
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