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The Thirteenth Floor
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday May 28, 1999 If looks were everything, "The Thirteenth Floor," a sleek time-travel mystery that offers a rich and accurate re-creation of 1937 L.A., would have it made. But for all the soaring visual splendor of its past, present and future,...Tags: Movies, Roland Emmerich, Gretchen Mol, Dennis Haysbert, Entertainment
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Steal This Movie!
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday August 18, 2000 "Steal This Movie!" is a vital and conscientious rendering of the life and times of Abbie Hoffman, one of the most charismatic figures of the '60s antiwar movement. He emerged as a countercultural hero as one of the so-...Tags: Jon Avnet, Cinema Industry, Democratic Convention (1968), Democratic National Conventions, Crimes
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The Cell
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday August 18, 2000 Some movies make you sorry you've seen them, and "The Cell" is one of those. Creepy and horrific, it's a torture chamber film about a man who tortures women that puts viewers through as much misery as the people on the screen....Tags: Abusive Behavior, Jennifer Lopez, Dylan Baker, Vince Vaughn, Movies
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Actor Vincent D'Onofrio Back in Hospital
LOS ANGELES - Vincent D'Onofrio, star of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," was back in a hospital Tuesday after fainting for the second time in a week. D'Onofrio was hospitalized for two days last week when he fainted after rehearsing a strenuous scene...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Television, Law & Order: Criminal Intent (tv program), Medical Procedures and Tests
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'The Salton Sea'
Times Staff Writer"We encourage the support of this unique natural resource," the producers of "The Salton Sea" piously state in the film's closing credits, though it is not at all clear how having the goodwill of a smug and tawdry film is going to help that natural...Tags: Adam Goldberg, Cinema Industry, Death, Peter Sarsgaard, Recreational Substance Use
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Movie review, 'The Salton Sea'
Sporting more tattoos than Guy Pearce in "Memento," Val Kilmer dips himself in ink to portray drug addict Danny Parker in "The Salton Sea." A "tweaker," or crystal methamphetamine addict, Parker's days and nights are spent scoring dope, staying up for...Tags: Guy Pearce, Adam Goldberg, Batman (fictional character), Death, Crimes
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Desperately seeking successes
Here's a little secret about the Sundance Film Festival: Most of the movies aren't that great. This isn't a revelation to anyone who's attended this -- or most other -- festivals, and it really shouldn't come as a surprise: Given that Sundance's focus is...Tags: Finance, Death, Film Festivals, Sissy Spacek, Arts and Culture
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A season ticket to film
"American Pie," "Scary Movie," "Rush Hour" and "Doctor Dolittle" all get second chapters and "Jurassic Park" gets a third, while director Tim Burton puts his own spin on "Planet of the Apes." Unofficial sequels also pop up, like John Singleton's "Baby...Tags: Paul Bettany, Death, Angelina Jolie, Arts and Culture, Marlon Brando
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5 films that are great post-WWII movies
1. PLATOON (Oliver Stone; 1986) 4 stars Based on his experiences as a Vietnam War rifleman, Stone's "Platoon" came as a shocker: Through the battle tour of surrogate Chris (Charlie Sheen), an 18-year-old Army recruit in 1967, Stone gave us a raw...Tags: Defense, Kyra Sedgwick, Martin Sheen, John Woo, Crimes
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5 films about or based on real-life moviemakers
1. SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder; 1950) 4 stars In this classic backstage Hollywood movie, Gloria Swanson and Erich Von Stroheim play characters modeled on themselves: aging screen-silent diva Norma Desmond and her ex-director turned butler Max Von...Tags: Martin Landau, D.W. Griffith, Orson Welles, Buster Keaton, Willem Dafoe
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Movie review, 'The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'
Under the philosophy "serious trouble beats serious boredom," five hell-raising eighth-graders stumble through adolescence at breakneck speed in "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys." Based on author Chris Fuhrman's novel of the same name, director Peter...Tags: Christianity, Emile Hirsch, Death, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Jodie Foster
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5 films adapted from stories by Philip K. Dick
1. BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott; 1982) 4 stars The peak of science-fiction noir, "Blade Runner" is set in a dystopian L.A. enveloped in high-tech shimmer, blanketed in darkness and gadgetry. Based on Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" it's...Tags: Madeleine Stowe, Philip K Dick, Stranger Than Fiction, Gary Oldman, Science Fiction (genre)
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