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Armageddon
TIMES FILM CRITICWednesday July 1, 1998 You know you're not in the intended demographic group for "Armageddon," the loud new film about how a Bruce Willis-led team of roughnecks tries to save the world from a deadly asteroid, if: * you even notice it's loud;...Tags: Keith David, Disasters and Accidents, Robert Towne, Cinema Industry, Robert Frank
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Proof of Life
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday December 8, 2000 It may be unfair, but it's inevitable that "Proof of Life" is going to be seen, at least in the short run, through the lens of the off-screen romance that developed on location between co-stars Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. The...Tags: Russell Crowe, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Meg Ryan, David Morse
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Movie review, 'The Bourne Identity'
If John LeCarre wrote spy novels for the head, Robert Ludlum aimed for the gut. Ludlum's plots may have been no less intricate than those of his British counterpart, but the recently deceased American author preferred to propel readers through his vast...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Theme Park Vacations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Chris Cooper
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'The Bourne Supremacy'
Times Staff WriterIn the smash-and-grab-you-by-the-throat action flick "The Bourne Supremacy," style is meaning and that meaning is fast, fast, fast. As in the earlier "The Bourne Identity," Matt Damon stars as a former CIA super spy caught in the ultimate pulp-...Tags: Action (genre), Karl Urban, Julia Stiles, Germany, Espionage and Intelligence
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Movie review: 'The Bourne Supremacy'
Tribune Movie Critic3½ stars (out of 4) With his jock good looks, diffident air and squinty-eyed intensity, Matt Damon is an unlikely looking movie hero. But maybe that's why he's so good as ex-CIA hit man Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Supremacy," a movie in which not...Tags: Music Industry, Patricia Highsmith, Karl Urban, Julia Stiles, Espionage and Intelligence
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'The Bourne Identity'
Times Staff WriterImagine awakening one morning and finding yourself suddenly blessed not only with nerves of steel and fluency in several languages, but also the action reflexes of Bruce Lee, the driving skills of Michael Schumacher and the climbing ability of Spider-Man....Tags: Spider-Man (fictional character), Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Chris Cooper, Franka Potente
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Extreme Measures
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday September 27, 1996 Numerous medical procedures are on view in "Extreme Measures," but none are as risky or as unsuccessful as the aesthetic transplants this decidedly odd thriller attempts. The forced hybrid of a preposterous...Tags: Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Elizabeth Hurley, New York University, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Dolores Claiborne
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday March 24, 1995 Like a frightening situation from one of the man's own novels, no power on Earth can apparently stop the zombielike progression of Stephen King books to the screen. Page-turners usually make for engrossing films, but with...Tags: Brian de Palma, William Goldman, Eric Bogosian, Judy Parfitt, Danny Elfman
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