Word: hmmm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...picture was born as a short film and probably should have stayed that way, since I reckon no conclusion this certain needs a build-up this long, mmm-hmmm. To its credit, though, "Sling Blade" plays out among real human beings, a welcome break in a year of airborne cows and impossible missions. A few swift cuts in the editing room and Thornton could have had a real winner. As is, "Sling Blade" is a worthy runner...
...vocals on Dreamland are immediately arresting. Like Holiday, Peyroux has a bittersweet, brokenhearted alto; she lingers and slides off notes, finding emotion in the slow, sad fade rather than the obvious vocal burst. "When I first heard [Peyroux], I thought, 'Hmmm--this is fascinating,'" says Cyrus Chestnut, an acclaimed young pianist who plays on Dreamland. "A lot of singers do Billie imitations, but this was something completely different. It didn't sound contrived. She had the nuances, the huskiness down. And she has her own story to tell: with her voice, her heart, her spirit...
...next year. But if you think she is doomed to play only transatlantic prisses in genteel screen dramas, think again. "Gwynnie is very American," says Kloves, "but the interesting part of American--dark, dangerous. Her appeal is her mystery and unpredictability. It's what people liked about Steve McQueen." Hmmm. Maybe Paltrow can be the one-stop movie star of the next millennium: Grace Kelly and James Dean, in one glorious package...
Like most sci-fi movies, ID4 is a sensation machine. You leave saying "Wow!" instead of a speculative "Hmmm." These days the real head scratchers are on TV; there you'll find the genre's cool, metallic intellect touched by the fever of despair. The X-Files' twin mantras--"The truth is out there" and "Trust no one"--are the ideal ingredients for a sci-fi cocktail with a '90s twist. The paranormal and the paranoiac have joined hands through a pop-cultural wormhole; they meet and multiply. It's not so much science as psychic or psychoanalytic fiction...
...barreling tornado attacks Hodges, Tex, covered by the headline, "On the Trail of Twisters." The inside story reveals a bit more in the second paragraph: "No, this is not one of those scary scenes from the movie 'Twister,' which opened in theaters across the country last week." Hmmm, sounds like this is a major movie, and it's out just in time for the beginning of the summer season. Maybe I should go to the box office and pay my $7 to see it. After all, it's the major news event of the week and I can be part...