Word: crooke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Little Leaguer among the big leaguers -- shy, abashed at performing before vast crowds, befuddled by but eager to join in the adult male rituals of his teammates. There's a beamy gentleness about actor Daniel Stern's directorial debut (he also contributes a version of his klutzy Home Alone crook, this time playing an addled pitching coach), and there are finely tuned supporting performances by Amy Morton as Henry's mom and Gary Busey as a fading pitcher who takes the kid under his faltering wing...
...smokes cigarettes like they're going out of style; he also gazes admiringly at pictures of Bogart and emulates the screen idol's swagger. Belmondo perfectly conveys the desperation of this character who looks and thinks like a big-time gangster nut is really just a two-bit crook...
...apartment in North Philadelphia with the city's jagged skyline pointing up behind, Orphans traces the lives of Treat (Joe Pacheco) and Phillip (Steven Longmuir), two orphaned brothers in their 20s. Treat, a petty crook with violent tendencies, has kept his simple-minded younger brother Phillip alone in the house for years. Phillip's combination of childlike ignorance and unnerving acuity is at once beguiling and somewhat unbelievable...
...three roles have a taint of cliche: petty crook, idiot savant and mobster. What saves Orphans itself from cliche is the level of emotion that is maintained throughout. Playwright Lyle Kessler builds momentum nicely by shifting alliances and unearthing painful memories within this throwntogether family. A satisfyingly dramatic ending allows the two brothers to acknowledge the pain of their lives...
...CROOK COUNTY, OREGON: For the first time since the county lines were drawn in 1882, voters here were wrong about a presidential election: they picked Bush...