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...feelings that these characters created together have been likened to a modern-day "Casablanca," in which love can be awakened in midlife, while at the same time, an overwhelming sense of responsibility may prevent it from flourishing. Still, "Bridges " leaves the audience with a touching optimism--that while they may be fleeting, moments of perfect passion are indeed possible...
While movies in the genre of "Casablanca" and "Bridges" have the mystique of fantasy world of long ago, they actually provide a story laced with both hope and duty, and show the delicate balance between...
...bulb performance of Marisa Tomei in Only You (1994) stand up to Carole Lombard's luminosity in My Man Godfrey (1936)? How can Winona Ryder, Uma Thurman, Sarah Jessica Parker and Drew Barrymore compete with Rita Hayworth's Gilda, Gene Tierney's Laura, Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa in Casablanca and Merle Oberon's Cathy in Wuthering Heights? It's the same twentysomething age group, but these actresses had more than faces. They were riper, more mature, more compelling and light-years ahead in performance power. Jean Harlow in any of her 1930s flicks on video is a greater presence than...
...G.I.A.), a savage offshoot of the Islamic Salvation Front. As the war progresses, more moderate groups within the Islamic Front have been overshadowed by the G.I.A., whose dramatic hijacking of an Air France flight last December fanned fears that Algeria's war could destabilize all of North Africa from Casablanca to Cairo...
...turns out, I would have been better off spending my evening with "Casablanca" and a pint of Haagen-Dazs. Based on my research, I don't think traditionalists are going to be calling for a return to the true meaning of Valentine's Day any time soon...