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...PAUL GIAMATTI IN SIDEWAYS The indie-film stalwart proves himself a leading man in this smart, engaging comedy about the search for the perfect wine and other pleasures. His partner is the adorably horny Thomas Haden Church--a cinch for a Supporting Actor nomination...
...gift of communicating, subtly and immediately, a broad range of feelings: happy, hurt, stubborn, forlorn, any or all of these in a flash, with just a flick of her head, a sigh, a glance. Movie charisma may not be easy to analyze, but it's a cinch to spot. And when Zhao shares a scene with anyone?with Jiang Wen, China's De Niro, or Hong Kong heartthrob Ekin Cheng, or bad boy Nicholas Tse?she's the one you watch...
...around forever. After all, he'd been around forever: 82 years as a professional artist, 76 years as a chronicler of the theater. All that time, he'd never been inactive; never given up or given in. Al Hirschfeld had not only made it to 99, he seemed a cinch to hit 100. The Broadway establishment certainly thought so: it had set aside the day of his centenary, five months from now, for a ceremony renaming the Martin Beck Theater for him, with the guest of honor surely in attendance. (Who was Martin Beck? The man who built the Palace...
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...Stardom proves no cinch for Tracy. The school authorities declare that our heroine's hairdo is a "hair-don't" and exile her to the special ed class. She and Link Larkin, her "common-law boyfriend," are ostracized from their keen teen group. Her best friend, Penny Pingleton, is denounced as a "checkerboard chick" for dating a black student. True to its early-60s milieu, the film climaxes in demonstrations, violent disputes, jail time for the civil-rights marchers. And (this is a fantasy, folks) they danced happily ever after...