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...Gilmore Girls done as domestic drama. This quiet story, based on Elizabeth Strout's novel, might never have aired without Winfrey's name. That may be why the film ramps up the melodrama; between the moody imagery and eerie music, you'd think you were watching a '70s horror flick. But the understated leads shine. Elisabeth Shue brings out mom Isabelle's repression without turning her into a mere set of conventions; Hanna Hall plays Amy with a subtle concupiscence that recalls her previous movie, The Virgin Suicides. Amy's adapters should rent it sometime...
...take from the latest flip-kick flick? No, what's truly bizarre about this scene is that it was staged for foreign guests as part of a campaign to buttress Beijing's bid to host the summer Olympic Games in 2008. The effort reaches a crucial point this week when delegates from the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) visit the capital for four days to compare it against rival cities Paris, Toronto, Istanbul and Osaka. The violence and pyrotechnics might have sent a mixed message, but Beijing has clearly learned a lesson from a failed Olympic-hosting bid in 1993, when...
BILLY ELLIOT Miramax-hyped Chocolat gets Oscar nomination over sugarcoated Brit flick...
...think a movie you plan to see is lousy and I attempt to spare you a couple of hours of boredom by talking you into a better flick, that is generally considered a friendly gesture. But if I think your spiritual beliefs are in error and I attempt to spare you an eternity of hellfire by converting you to a different set of beliefs, that is widely considered a terrible insult. The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish organizations denounce any efforts to convert Jews to Christianity. Mainstream Christian organizations avoid conversion campaigns and declare they are pleased for Jews...
Lately denials have been flying all over Hollywood. Warner Bros. Pictures denied that (contrary to a New York Post item) Marilyn Manson had been cast in the upcoming kiddie flick "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." The two actors' unions, SAG and AFTRA, denied that they are at war with each other. Warren Beatty's publicist denied that Beatty was responsible for the delayed production and runaway budget of "Town and Country," a much-troubled movie coming soon with Beatty, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn...