Highlights
A native of Rochelle, Ill., the actress Joan Allen graduated from Northern Illinois University. A Tony Award winner, she has been working in films since 1985 and has been nominated for an Oscar three times. Her films include "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Upside of Anger," "The Bourne Supremacy," "The Notebook," "The Contender," "Pleasantville," "Face/Off" and "Peggy Sue Got Married."
A native of Rochelle, Ill., the actress Joan Allen graduated from Northern Illinois University. A Tony Award winner, she has been working in films since 1985 and has been nominated for an Oscar three times. Her films include "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Upside of Anger," "The Bourne Supremacy," "The Notebook," "The Contender," "Pleasantville," "Face/Off" and "Peggy Sue Got Married."
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Oliver Stone, master of controversy
Special to NewsdayList five films you think represent the storied career of director Oliver Stone, and whatever you left out would start a new conspiracy theory. So here are seven films that summarize one of the more controversial careers in American cinema: PLATOON...Tags: Tom Berenger, Maria Bello, Michael Douglas, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Bacon
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Jeremy Irons speaks plainly, if elegantly
As a kid, living on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England, Jeremy Irons played cowboys and Indians and watched "The Cisco Kid" on television. I'm hearing this as I sit with my recorder in a suite at Toronto's Royal York hotel, across from...Tags: Barbet Schroeder, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Steppenwolf Theatre
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Movie capsules
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Babylon A.D. * PG-13. 1:25. Vin Diesel isn't the whole problem with this gritty sci-fi road picture in the "Children of Men" mold, with Diesel playing a mercenary hired to escort a waif...Tags: Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Babylon A.D., Penelope Cruz, Bangkok Dangerous
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Movies: Recent openings
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Babylon A.D. * PG-13. 1:25. Vin Diesel isn't the whole problem with this gritty sci-fi road picture in the "Children of Men" mold, with Diesel playing a mercenary hired to escort a waif...Tags: Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Babylon A.D., Bangkok Dangerous, Wanted
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Box office
Tropic Thunder *** $14.6 million $86.9 million 3 weeks Rated R Running time 107 minutes What it's about A failing action star ( Ben Stiller, above), a drug-addicted comic ( Jack Black) and a celebrated Australian actor ( Robert Downey Jr.)...Tags: The Dark Knight, Armed Forces, Vin Diesel, Defense, Traitor
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'Death Race'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comParents, here's the truth. This weekend, your 14-year-old boy may claim to be seeing a Saturday matinee of " The Rocker," rated a mild PG-13, but he is assuredly planning to sneak into "Death Race," rated R. And who could blame him? Filled with weaponized...Tags: Ian McShane, Movies, Prisons, Tyrese, Television
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Birthdays
62 Connie Chung TV journalist 60 Robert Plant Rock singer 56 John Hiatt Singer 54 Al Roker TV weatherman 52 Joan Allen ActressTags: Robert Plant
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'Death Race' Is Awful But Fun
ORLANDO SENTINELOf all the Z-movies in the Roger Corman catalog, they had to remake "Death Race 2000." But if the original "Death Race," with its murderous road rally drivers who take down pedestrians for "points," seemed darkly prophetic back in 1975, the new one feels...Tags: Ian McShane, Roger Moore, Athletics, Track and Field, Vehicles, Minority Groups
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For 'Death Race' remake, director Paul W.S. Anderson was driven to ramp up the mayhem
Special to The TimesOn a Monday in late August 1995 -- after "Mortal Kombat" was the top-grossing movie of the weekend -- the film's then-30-year-old director, Paul W.S. Anderson, had lunch with the king of exploitation films, Roger Corman, who asked him, "What do you want...Tags: Jude Law, Prisons, Economic Policy, Juvenile Delinquency, Vehicles
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Movie Tells Fascinating Tale Of Screenwriter 'Trumbo'
Los Angeles Times" Trumbo" is an unconventional film about an unconventional man. Part documentary, part expertly staged readings, it focuses on the unquiet life and unforgettable words of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, someone who, as his son puts it, never had to go...Tags: Movies, Brian Dennehy, Liam Neeson, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Ring Lardner Jr.
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Coming soon
Wednesday THE ROCKER (Fox Atomic), Twenty years after being kicked out of an '80s hair band, drummer Robert "Fish" Fishman reclaims his rock-god throne by joining his nephew's band. With Rainn Wilson and Christina Applegate. Next Friday DEATH RACE...Tags: Penelope Cruz, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, The Rocker, Ice Cube
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'The Recruiter' Looks At How Young People Are Drawn Into The Army
As if to portray the back story of the fighters abroad so vividly depicted in "Generation Kill" (HBO2, 8 p.m.), the latest in HBO's Monday night summer documentary series concentrates on what motivates young people to join the armed services in a time...Tags: Armed Forces, Kelsey Grammer, Conan O'Brien, Charlie Chaplin, David Letterman
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