Word: fictions
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Ginger and Fred's dancing may seem too orchestrated, too perfect to many younger people who would rather watch shoot-em-up dramas or sci-fi flicks. True, there is a lot to be said for dramas and science fiction. But our generation is missing out on plain, old-fashioned beauty by watching only modern movies at the expense...
What was your favorite moment in Pulp Fiction...
...this character's banal perfection, but Erbe somehow manages to flesh out a real person. While Rosie is usually too good to take, we are nevertheless swayed by Erbe's performance. Also noteworthy is Ving Rhames, who people may recognize as the band-aid wearing Marsalis from "Pulp Fiction." Here, like Jackson, he thrives on material more sophisticated than Tarantino's comicbook style...
...crying Calvin, Samuel L. Jackson continues his streak of blistering performances. Yes, he was amusing in "Pulp Fiction," but here, when character is rooted in reality, he is even more effective. Calvin is a cop even John Kelly would appreciate...
...true love. Bullock plays a token taker on the Chicago El who, while admiring Gallager from afar, has never spoken to him. She saves Gallager's life in an accident that leaves him temporarily in a coma. His family, clustered around his bedside, mistakes Bullock for his fiance (a fiction she encourages) and we're off in a movie thatTIME movie reviewer Richard Schickelsays recaptures the true spirit of the best kind of modern fairy tale--classic romantic comedy...