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...McKellen does another fine job in what has become his second career: infusing a bluff, wily menace into blockbusters in need of some perking up. (By Monday, given his appearances in X3 and The Da Vinci Code, this eminent Shakespearean is likely to become the movie actor seen by the most paying customers in a single weekend...
...minimalist aesthetic can find reasons to praise Climates. Here are four. One is that under its cloak of aesthetic severity, Climates has a beating heart, aware of the charm, selfishness and contradictions in any person. Another is that, though Ceylan the director loves taking long closeups of Ceylan the actor, he's worth it; this is a face, craggily attractive, that rewards extended attention. A third is that the movie occasionally reveals a wry, wise sense of humor. On his second encounter with Serap, she is the one eager to have sex, he the reluctant one. As she cuddles...
DIED. Frankie Thomas, 85, curly-haired actor who shot to fame in the '50s as the hero of TV's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet; in Los Angeles. The live, often cheesy show--it once employed a turtle to portray an evil dinosaur--followed the 24th century exploits of Tom and his fellow Space Academy trainees, who aimed to ensure "universal peace." Airing three times a week, it spawned idioms ("Don't blow your jets!") and dozens of Tom Corbett products. After the show ended in 1955, Thomas quit acting--"After Tom, where else could I go?" he said--and became...
...charming shrink he played on TV for 20 straight years--nine seasons on Cheers, then 11 on Frasier. Frasier was Grammer's lottery ticket, a guest spot that miraculously turned into a high-paying regular gig. But over 20 seasons, any part, no matter how charming, becomes an actor's tomb. "The problem with playing a guy for as long as I did is that it's hard to keep surprises," he says. "You know, you spend 20 years in front of the camera ..." Pause for effect. "Lesser actors might be played out." He has a good long laugh...
...seriously, how does an actor escape being buried alive? Grammer's non-Frasier forays to date have ranged from the unspectacular (Down Periscope) to--well, his Macbeth on Broadway closed after 10 performances. So he has buried himself anew, this time in fake ears, fake teeth, six hairpieces and lots and lots of blue makeup. This summer he becomes Beast, a hairy, brainy, inwardly tortured mutant scientist in X-Men: The Last Stand. To borrow Beast's signature exclamation: Oh, my stars and garters...