Word: corliss
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...Colosseum might be a modern extreme sport or a Vin Diesel melodrama reimagined as art. Superb acting certainly helps. Offscreen, Crowe may seem a lout; onscreen, he radiates the maturity of a strong, scarred man--a star suitable for epics past and epics to come. --By Richard Corliss...
...month run is virtually sold out, but booking agents may be persuaded to part with certain tickets at $1,000 a pop. Or you can go to the multiplex in December and catch the duo in the movie version of The Producers musical. --By Richard Corliss...
...Wong's elfin radiance, Zhang's panoply of pouts, flirtations and surrendering smiles. Even if a Chinese movie doesn't sound like your idea of summer fun, give 2046 a chance. Its pearly artistry and gorgeous faces should put you quickly, deeply, in the mood for love. --By Richard Corliss...
...very first issue of Time, in March 1923, had film reviews. It called Charlie Chaplin "gorgeously funny." Much has changed about the movies since then, but great films have always got the magazine's attention. Here, from film critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, is the best film of each decade since Time began. Metropolis 1927; Fritz Lang Lang's epic poem of urban dystopia and class warfare set the standard for imagining the future - and how it might feel to be a part of it. Even now, in the age of cgi, his dark vision remains unsurpassed. Dodsworth...
...with outsize appendages--who bring lots of energy to an endeavor that is neither lurid nor especially compelling. This is the triumph, and the limitation, of 9 Songs: it makes explicit movie sex ordinary--as ordinary as the sexual activities of most of the folks watching it. --By Richard Corliss...