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Kicking and Screaming "Emotion in Motion" [Feb. 6], on Jet Li's latest kung fu film, Fearless, ought to have noted that no matter how hard the moviemakers tried to make Li's character seem intelligent, even philosophical, they could never mask the mindless violence the film embodies. It's...
Jelly beans weren't just candy to RONALD REAGAN, who kept jars in the Oval Office and on Air Force One. "You can tell a lot about a fella's character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful," he said. Sadly, he didn...
Directors say they frame a shot with the big--not the small--screen in mind. "I only paint on the one size sheet of paper," Spielberg says. "I make my movies for a movie theater, and I like to imagine how big that screen is. But I also realize on...
Were the Olympic Games necessary to introduce Torino to the world [Feb. 27]? In Italy, Torino is known as an industrial city, but perhaps outside Italy it is unknown. Italy isn't just Venice, Naples and Milan; there are also a number of very nice small cities. People of the...
That the film is occasionally affecting testifies to the strong performances of its cast. Deschanel imparts just the right mixture of anger and vulnerability to make her character likeable—no mean feat, given some of her character’s actions. Harris, though confined by his characterâ?...