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...Somebody in Hollywood has to be thinking about a movie on that subject. Here's hoping it will have a smarter ending - and be more legendary - than this...
...Will Smith used to be able to crack a smile, and to crack up the audience with a joke, a silly song or his elastic, eloquent body English. Lately, though, the most reliable box-office magnet in Hollywood hasn't given himself or his fans much to laugh at. He was a tough, emotionally constipated cop chasing androids in I, Robot, and an ambitious man who loses his job, his home and his wife - everything but his young son - in The Pursuit of Happyness. Except for a romantic holiday in Hitch, the one-time Fresh Prince has become a stolid...
...holds a special place among his immense body of work.As only the second film Washington has directed (the first was the critically praised “Antwone Fisher”), “The Great Debaters” is already receiving noted Oscar and Golden Globe buzz from both Hollywood insiders and critics across the nation. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Oprah, who Washington describes as “great” and “there when you need her,” helped produce the movie and has given it her signature stamp...
...have been the day before. Together they compose a list of everything they want to do before they die, from skydiving to mountain climbing. With Cole’s money and Chambers’ drive, the two traverse the globe on the ultimate sightseeing tour. In keeping with Hollywood form, Cole and Chambers learn more both about themselves than each other during their time together. Reiner’s clichéd premise—as expected, both men end up better after their journey—serves as the primary weakness of the film. Nevertheless, the fun he provides...
...there are too many visual cues that tell us, “This is just a movie, this is just like any other movie.” We are suspended in the painless world of continuity editing—nothing dare disturb us from our slumber. How can the Hollywood orthodoxy of eyeline matches and the hackneyed methods of portraying space, continuous diagetic sound, and re-establishing shots (in short, everything that makes a movie feel slick and unreal) ever shake an adult audience as deeply as the subject matter calls for? When Washington’s character boldly writes...