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...exceptionally strong cast and a few more twists quickly made you forget the original. Charlie is still too saintly, but Freddie Highmore—who should have garnered an Oscar nomination for his heartbreaking performance in “Finding Neverland,” also starring Johnny Depp (Wonka)—has the requisite Dickensian face and sweetly longing eyes. And the optimism of Grandpa Joe, played by excellent character actor David Kelly (“Waking Ned Devine”) nicely balances the humorous cynicism of Grandpa George...
...West Side Story, The Sound of Music and Hello, Dolly! for movies in the 1960s, he achieved his greatest glory a decade earlier with the Burt Lancaster-Tony Curtis film Sweet Smell of Success and Alfred Hitchcock's smartest, snazziest caper, North by Northwest. Lehman never won an Oscar, but he became the first screenwriter ever awarded an honorary...
...background in publicity to craft two glorious Broadway vipers, J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) and Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis), for the film Sweet Smell of Success, and wrote Alfred Hitchcock's smartest, snazziest caper, North by Northwest. In 2001 he became the first screenwriter to be awarded an honorary Oscar...
...powerful Catholic Bishops' Conference. But a few senior clergy have, citing their own demands of conscience. In April three bishops released a letter demanding that the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo crack down on corruption and initiate more programs to help the poor. One of the three, Archbishop Oscar Cruz of the Luzon province of Pangasinan, has become a player in the scandals surrounding the President. For four years, Cruz has waged what he calls a "crusade" against an illegal lottery racket known as jueteng, which is commonly played throughout the Philippines. He's trying to expose politicians who rake...
...Young Turk, teacher and pupil, father figure and surrogate son (call them what you will) facing off in a national tournament. But what is lovely about The Color of Money is that the filmmakers are not interested in providing a clear winner here, either in the Oscar sweepstakes or in the contest for the audience's affections. They feel that it is enough to explore these two characters and a situation that is rich in melodrama and comic misunderstanding...