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The "Yuck!" is left unsaid. And while it is easy to imagine this actress playing television's most famous ex-virgin, Donna Martin of Beverly Hills, 90210, it is less easy to imagine her starring in an independent movie like The House of Yes, a new black comedy from Miramax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NOT JUST DADDY'S GIRL | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

Think of an old-dark-house party catered by Noel Coward. A place as creepy as the Pascals' needs a virgin sacrifice, and that would be Lesly (Tori Spelling), a waitress engaged to the young master of the house, Jackie-O's twin Marty (Josh Hamilton). He's halfway between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AN INCESTUOUS COMEDY OF TERRORS | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

What makes The House of Yes the type of movie that sends you home talking is that the characters are real enough to be recognizable, yet perverted enough to upset our sensibilities. Jackie O. is not a totally foreign character, but the extent to which she carries out her fantasy...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Take a Pillbox Hat and a Social Taboo... | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

The movie revolves around the character of Jackie O., played by Time's recently crowned "Queen of the Indies" Parker Posey. Posey is at her best, as a women so completely mesmerized by the Kennedy myth that she has completely reformed her identity. She parades around in three-strand pearls...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Take a Pillbox Hat and a Social Taboo... | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

Waters does an excellent job of building climax. The movie is so atypical that one cannot assume anything about the characters let alone what they might do. With the family trapped in the house while the storm rages outside, the tensions and emotions reach a dangerous level. When the lights...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Take a Pillbox Hat and a Social Taboo... | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

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