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While Williams will probably not win any dramatic awards for his acting, in the context of this film, he does everything right. Due to the nature of the directing, we observe him more as a real person than an actor, and he commands an undeniable presence on the screen, whether freestyling with kids from the neighborhood or leading his blind friend down the street. More importantly, Williams is a phenomenally gifted poet; all of the lyrics he drops in this film are his own. Combining references from the Bible, the stars and Public Enemy (to name but three), he represents...
With under two minutes to go in the game and Cornell at the Harvard 48-yard line, the defense stiffened once again, sniffing out a screen, stopping a running play and knocking down two passes...
This has been a top year for indie cinema. Fertile talents have emerged: Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex), Darren Aronofsky ([Pi]) Tommy O'Haver (Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss). Familiar renegades prove they can expand on their obsessions: Hal Hartley in Henry Fool, Neil LaBute in Your Friends and Neighbors. An old timer like James Ivory displays renewed grace with A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries. And this fall four filmmakers who made a collective splash in 1995 and '96 are presenting works that offer hope for a better, bolder American moviescape...
...dozen major characters trudging through Happiness. Stanley Tucci, the co-writer, co-director and star of everyone's favorite Italian-food film, Big Night, has created a shipful of fools in his farce The Impostors. Todd Haynes, known for his furtive, paranoid parables Poison and Safe, goes wide-screen and handsome to summon the ghosts of glam-rock in Velvet Goldmine...
...still cringing from memories of your kid's Tamagotchi pet, then you would do well to steer clear of a disturbingly similar new noisemaker. Trendmaster's C-Watches ($20) sport an LCD screen with a cartoon character that speaks the time out loud and makes various inane comments throughout the day. Kids can choose from the flatulent Mr. Tooty, an air-headed Girly Girl or an ill-humored Hothead. Luckily, there's a kill switch for the sound effects...