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...suburbs, Gandolfini, 37, was a latecomer to acting, but in the nine years since he committed himself to it, he has managed to deliver intensely layered performances that are devoid of the promiscuous emoting and, seemingly, of the cerebral prep work that can make more experienced actors' work--Al Pacino's in the '90s, say--less than what it should be. As Tony, Gandolfini is masterly at conveying the simmering rage beneath his character's humanity. He brings all the right sweaty fidgetiness to a man whose life demands that he take his daughter to a college interview and kill...
...isolated, and the film fails to build any comic momentum. It is an example of a movie that boasts fantastic scenes but which on the whole is not the most polished or cohesive product. The scene in which Max puts on his play--an adaptation of the gritty Al Pacino cop drama Serpico and a hard-boiled Vietnam epic--are comically brilliant, as is the montage that reveals all of Max's activities and the clever sequence in which Max and Blume play tricks on one another. But there is too much down time between these bits of inspired comedy...
...sequence late in Elizabeth which cross-cuts between shots of the Queen at prayer and the conspirators against her being assassinated--this capo of England never chooses to become "Godmother." And without Elizabeth's complicity in her own fate, the consquences of her power lack the tragic heft of Pacino's deeds at the end of The Godfather Part II. The china doll face...
...confirms our suspicions, giving us more of Pitt's "I-am-beautiful" campaign in an overindulgent $90 million romantic "epic." The film, interestingly enough, is directed by Martin Brest--the same man who in 1992 gave us the charming drama Scent of a Woman. But where Woman had Al Pacino at the helm and young Chris O'Donnell in the eagerbeaver supporting role, Meet Joe Black reverses this buddy-buddy formula. Here, Anthony Hopkins is demoted to a supporting role and Pitt becomes the leading man. This odd conception of the roles proves fatal: Pitt can't carry the burden...
...culture." All three Fugees have recorded solo albums. Wyclef's went platinum, and Pras' forthcoming CD, Ghetto Supastar, has generated a No. 1 single in Switzerland, Belgium and several other countries. Hip-hop mogul Sean ("Puffy") Combs is preparing to co-star in a movie with Al Pacino and planning to launch a line of urbanwear in 1999. Beastie Boys has a record label, a magazine and a clothing line. Rapper Master P is set to co-star as a computer specialist in Takedown, a movie from Miramax's Dimension Films about computer hackers. Master P may play a gangsta...