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LAUREL CANYON. Frances McDormand plays against type in Laurel Canyon, a well-crafted family dramedy by director Lisa Cholodenko. McDormand, the overbearing mom in Almost Famous, this time plays the type of fast-moving music producer scorned by her character in Cameron Crowe??s amusing 2000 cult favorite. Among her character’s transgressions: inviting Alex (Beckinsale), her future daughter-in-law, to join a three-way as part of an unconventional “getting to know you” exercise. Sam, her uber-straightlaced son (Christian Bale), would not approve. Sam and Alex...
...just the right amount of star power. Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe shared the screen as relative unknowns in 1997’s L.A. Confidential, but Crowe??s stock has skyrocketed since then. You want to have one dominant name on your marquee—Crowe and Moulin Rouge’s Nicole Kidman are good starts. Gosford Park, meanwhile, is hurt by an ensemble cast that doesn’t allow for individual recognition, save Helen Mirren’s outstanding final 15 minutes. Interestingly, The Royal Tenenbaums—with names like Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow...
Star power also works retroactively. Russell Crowe??s win for Gladiator was aided by past overlooked performances in L.A. Confidential and The Insider. Controversy surrounding The Hurricane two years ago may have cost Denzel Washington a Best Actor trophy two years ago—and Hollywood is feeling bad about it at just the right time...
...prove her validity as an artist on the track “Burning Up.” The song begins with the interesting concept of combining folksy acoustic sound and lyrics, before getting swqmped in a pulsing, electronic chorus. The song ends up sounding like a derivative of Sheryl Crowe??s “Santa Monica Boulevard” distinguished only by Kylie’s generic techno chorus. While Fever certainly has its share of potential club hits, two aspirin and a good night’s sleep would make it all better...
...Oscars (Russell Crowe??s performance in A Beautiful Mind outshines Penn’s) and may not even get a decent showing at the box office but, to its credit, it manages to portray a mentally challenged person in an entertaining yet dignified manner. It’s true that the protagonist and the schmaltzy movie he leads find wisdom in Beatles lyrics, but hey, nobody’s perfect...