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'Mister Foe' master of indecision

When Jamie Bell leaped, literally, into movies with "Billy Elliot," inspiring praise along the lines of "delightful" and "uplifting," one could hardly predict he'd turn into such an appealingly sullen actor. Bell's face, sallow and curiously proportioned, gives him a feral, rebel quality that he's parlayed into brooding roles in movies like "King Kong," "The Chumscrubber" and " Jumper." None of...

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