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...city which legend said would never be conquered, but that they would come within a hairs breadth of conquering Europe itself. Few realize how close the Turks came to breaking into the very heart of Europe. If it was not for the arrival of Jan Sobieski and his Polish cavalry history would have taken a very different turn. The Turkish menace, which ultimately was defeated before the walls of Vienna at a cost of thousands of lives, could have been crushed at far less cost had the West acted earlier...
...movie opens with a telephone conversation between University of California Berkeley student Lewis Thomas (Paul Walker of The Fast and the Furious) and his female friend Venna (Leelee Sobieski of The Glass House). When Venna tells Lewis that she has broken up with her boyfriend and that she needs a road trip to “decompress” before arriving home, Lewis immediately agrees to pick her up, selling his plane ticket home in order to buy a very old used car with which to chauffeur her. However, he has not traveled far before he receives news that...
...less convincing in scenes requiring fear or tension. Dahl also described Zahn as dramatically gifted and incredibly funny. However, while comic relief is a device welcome to thrillers, many scenes dominated by Zahn’s admittedly funny comedy divert the path of the plot’s progression. Sobieski, whose talent and demeanor greatly impressed her director, is rarely allowed to showcase her gifts in the movie; her character enters the story too late and contributes too little...
Waiting on a conference call with several other journalists, I could hear shuffling papers over the line but nobody was speaking. We were all waiting to interview Leelee Sobieski, star of the new film Joyride, and the recently released thriller The Glass House, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. But suddenly, the silence was broken by a sweet female voice saying, “Hello? This is Leelee,” and then the questioning began...
...Square’s very own Brattle Theatre to showcase the works of prominent and emerging female filmmakers, will be held from Thursday, April 19 through Sunday, April 22. This year, in addition to The Luzhin Defense, Christine Lahti’s My First Mister (starring Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, John Goodman, and Carol Kane) will be highlighted, as well as films by renowned directors Sally Potter, Lynne Sopkewich and Samantha Lang. Screenings will be held all weekend long at the Brattle as well as the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline...