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Instead of being a docudrama about the tense near-win for the Red Sox that slipped right through Bill Buckner’s hands, the film follows an afternoon in the life of New York playwright, yet devoted Sox fan, Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton, “Batman”) as he hops from cab to cab on a sunny...
Despite his chance meetings with cliché character types along the way (a sour wife bent on divorce, a rebellious teenage daughter, an old friend offering sound advice), Keaton sustains the movie’s tension when he has to choose between attending opening night of his play or Game 6 of the Series...
...wife, uncontrollable sexual attraction for his mistress, and maniacal desperation to not lose the fortune he has gained. “Match Point” epitomizes Woody Allen’s distinctive ability to simultaneously revere and fear women. Johansson joins the esteemed ranks of Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep; women who Allen portrays as both the model of feminine perfection and as the downfall of man. Nola doesn’t have the quirkiness of Annie Hall, the innocence of “Manhattan” jailbait Tracey, or the frantic delusions of Anjelica Houston?...
...years, Stephen Chow was famous across Asia as the bad boy of Hong Kong comedy. Who knew he was also a wildly gifted director, until this Buster Keaton--esque martial-arts comedy? In old Shanghai, a gang has scared everyone off the streets--everyone except the harder-than-jade residents of Pig Sty Alley, who help turn a mobster wannabe (Chow) into a Bruce Lee gotta-be. Behind the frantic fun is a directorial eye so acute it makes most Hollywood directors seem myopic...
...interaction between Keaton and McAdams is the film’s only saving grace, but both these actresses deserve much better fare. Their warm smiles are bright spots amongst the villainous Meredith and the oafish duo of Wilson and Mulroney...