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Despite a largely unsatisfying and unnecessarily complicated plot, "All's Well" puts on a good show for those willing to sit through one of Shakespeare's worse plays. The Quincy House production does as best as can be expected with a faulty script and limited resources. At the end of the play, as is typical of Shakespeare, the King states that, as actors, the cast's only desire is to entertain. Although there were some unsatisfactory complications to the play, as far as this desire goes, "All's Well" lives up to its name...
Except for a loose portrayal of the life of Jesus, there is no progressive plot to speak of. Also, with the exception of the central Jesus-figure played by Shar Van Boskirk '97, the characters are a featureless succession of disciples and smiley dancers...
...French classic Diabolique, a man's spouse and lover hatch an elaborate plot to murder him. Now two women may kill the remake of that film, due out in the U.S. this month. Ines Clouzot, the eccentric widow of the film's original director, Henri-Georges Clouzot, is threatening to block the movie's release, claiming she never sold remake rights. "I first learned about the project from reading a newspaper at my hairdresser's," says Clouzot. "I can't let a pirate film come out." Production company Morgan Creek insists it bought all rights, but one of the movie...
Maybe The Birdcage--with its Romeo and Juliet plot about two young lovers and their opposing families, one gay, one straight--will challenge a few prejudices. For a start, it's funny, with two of the world's most gifted comics, Lane and Williams, as the drag queen and his slightly more butch companion. Lane is wildly endearing: a tempestuous wife, a doting mother and every inch the great lady. The film gets less comic mileage, but more political kick, from the right-wing politician (Hackman) who is the butt of the film's genial jokes. He might...
...plot: two stories, set in a late-night, neon Hong Kong. Or, actually, the same story, told in two variations: a cop thinks he's in love with one woman, then is drawn to another more mysterious...