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Capsule reviews
Capsule reviews are written and rated by Courant film critics: ***** — Classic **** — Excellent *** — Good ** — Fair * — Poor * — Don't bother Opening Friday Fugitive Pieces — Jeremy Podeswa directs...Tags: Dustin Hoffman, George Miller, Jon Favreau, Diseases, Karen Allen
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Sex, Cruelty and Theater in 'Liaisons'
Christopher Hampton's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" is a total anomaly in modern dramatic literature. Based on the 18th-century French novel of the same title, it is a dark comedy-cum-erotic thriller that observes two pre-Revolutionary aristocrats who use...Tags: Reese Witherspoon, American Airlines, Inc., Glenn Close, Theater, John Malkovich
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Fast Chat: Sam Rockwell
Another film, another whack-job character role for Sam Rockwell. In "Snow Angels," which opened recently, the gifted, 39-year-old character actor plays a suicidal, born-again Christian trying to reconnect with his estranged wife. So what else is new?...Tags: Batman, Richard Nixon, Gene Hackman, Elvis Presley, Celebrity Mothers
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Movies
PREMIUM CABLE "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" *** 6:15 p.m., Cinemax Harry's fourth movie, set again in author J.K. Rowling's amazingly well-imagined Hogwarts witchcraft school, is the best filmed Potter so far, pitting him against a renascent...Tags: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Movies, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Potter
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Oscar-Winning 'English Patient' Director Dies
Zap2It.comAcclaimed director Anthony Minghella, who adapted books such as "The English Patient," "Cold Mountain" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" for the screen, has died. He was 54. The Oscar-winning director died Tuesday morning, March 18 in a London hospital of...Tags: Anthony Minghella, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), New York, Death and Dying, Music Theater
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'The Spiderwick Chronicles'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFebruary 14, 2008 With character names like Hogsqueal, Mulgarath and Thimbletack, it's got to be derivative. So it's not altogether surprising that Mark Waters' ("Freaky Friday," "Mean Girls") adaptation of "The Spiderwick Chronicles" suffers slightly...Tags: Andrew McCarthy, New York, Martin Short, John Sayles, Theme Park Vacations
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Oscar winner Minghella dies at 54
Associated Press WriterOscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as "The English Patient," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain" into acclaimed movies, died Tuesday of a hemorrhage following surgery. He was 54. Minghella's publicist,...Tags: Anthony Minghella, Cinema Industry, New York, Renee Zellweger, Tony Blair
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Release of the Week: 'Sweeney Todd'
Courant Staff WriterJohnny Depp and Tim Burton have made six films together. Most have had some element of the sinister: Willy Wonka's creepy personality, the witches, ghosts and demon tree in "Sleepy Hollow," Edward Scissorhands' home and hands, the entire premise of...Tags: Music, Theater, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp
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'Sweeney Todd'
jan.stuart@newsday.comThe blood gushes like a burst water main and spritzes smack into the camera lens. Should we expect anything less from "Sweeney Todd" in the hands of Tim Burton, the demon prankster of Hollywood Boulevard? Hardly. The pressing question from devotees of...Tags: Music, Broadway, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Susan Sontag
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'Sweeney Todd' Goes Wide at Christmas
Zap2It.comWill Christmas be the right season for the Demon Barber of Fleet Street? DreamWorks and Paramount certainly hope so. According to Variety, "Sweeney Todd" is now set to go wide on Dec. 21, rather than taking a proposed limited, Oscar-qualifying run on...Tags: Public Holidays, Christmas, Religious Festivals, Helena Bonham Carter, Paramount
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