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...elevate more than 20 bishops this year to bring the College of Cardinals to its full complement of 120 voting members. John Paul, having already named more saints than any other Pope, plans on Sept. 3 to declare two of his predecessors blessed. The elevation of John XXIII, hero of the progressive Vatican II initiatives of the early 1960s, will raise no hackles, but that of Pius IX, an oppressor of Jews in the mid-1800s, will. (The march toward canonization of another Pius--XII--has stalled in the face of renewed charges that he stood by silently during...
...ethnic rivalries and ethical responsibilities--in other words, kick everybody's ass, without regard to race or kinship. Han's only ally is the black kingmaker's daughter Trish O'Day (R.-and-B. thrush Aaliyah), in a romance so tepid it is consummated with a hug. But our hero is at his combative best on his own. You have to see this Han solo...
...attackers with his infant son strapped to his back. His martial poses have classic beauty and power. His spin-kicks flout all laws of physics; there's nothing like Jet Li in a foot fight. His best Hong Kong movies (such as Fong Sai Yuk and My Father Is Hero) offer buoyant, daredevil action comedy of the kind no other national cinema even tries to touch...
...Roman Catholic church can't find a politically correct Pius. Since the 1960s, it has synchronized the canonization process of liberal hero Pope John XXIII and conservative favorite Pius XII, but recently Pius' "cause" has stalled. The Vatican won't say why, but Jewish groups' critiques of the Holocaust-era Pope may have played a role...
...standard Hollywood film, Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) would be the villain: he sports a goatee, smokes and--gasp!--reads books. Yet in the Polanski netherworld, Corso is the hero, in search of the devil's autobiography. Before it goes both sluggish and batty, the movie offers some of the grace notes of classic thrillers. It's handsome and elaborate, with nicely quirky turns by Depp, Frank Langella and Emmanuelle Seigner (Mrs. P). Polanski, the perpetual exile, has made his most accessible film since fleeing the U.S. soon after Chinatown...