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...story of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking crystal meth after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. “Breaking Bad” is quite literally “Weeds” on crack. As if the cancer plot isn’t enough, White also has a pregnant wife, a son with cerebral palsy, and a DEA-agent brother-in-law. Not even “Weeds” managed to get to those storylines until its second season.Naturally, a premise this loopy calls for a stronger-than-average lead actor...
...done.” After a barrage of sports films tackling the worlds of NASCAR racing, figure skating, and now basketball, Ferrell says this is the end of his athletic movie run. However, “Semi-Pro” does manage to give the familiar underdog plot a slight twist. As Moon, Ferrell plays the owner and team captain of the Tropics, a sub-par American Basketball Association (ABA) team from Flint, MI. When the ABA merges with the NBA, Moon tries to take his team to the big league by shooting for a fourth-place finish. The tension...
...Core” will be accompanied by a Harvard course website imitation. “Lecture videos” will be posted, along with a blogspot managed by the actors. Harvard students will also be able to share testimonials about their own sexual experiences and leave feedback about the plot and characters’ lives. “The Hard Core” goes even further in viewer participation than television reality shows like “The Real World.” Stories shared on the website about sexual intimacy at Harvard may be incorporated into the script...
...Corliss thinks Shakespeare In Love and its leading lady, Gwyneth Paltrow, were not Oscar-worthy? The film has the cleverest plot, most literate dialogue and best acting and musical score, all while offering hilarity and heartbreak, romance and cold calculation. It succeeds marvelously in every way. Paltrow gave a breathtaking performance as both Lady Viola and Thomas Kent and got only one Oscar for it. What was the Academy thinking? Alan B. Posner, Royal Oak, Michigan...
...plausibility is the concern of the 9/11 Commission, not of audiences looking for an exciting time at a February popcorn picture. Their vantage point isn't above the action, where they can dispassionately parse the plot and solve the mystery. It's behind the wheel of Dennis Quaid's churning vehicle, which sends innocent pedestrians sprawling as he pursues the bad guys. He's Mel Gibson as Madman Martin Briggs, and he's not in a sophisticated political parable like The Manchurian Candidate but the latest unofficial remake of Lethal Weapon...