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...dense Texan who reads the newspaper for the first time after his re-election—is startled to discover the terrors of the world. After holing himself in his room for several weeks, his chief-of-staff (an unrecognizable Willem Defoe, “Spider-Man”) books him to be a guest judge on the most popular show on the air, “American Dreamz.” The show, a more fantastical version of “American Idol,” is dominated by one self-absorbed British Judge (Grant) and contestants that include...
...support for the war thickens and thins as events unfold. While polls showed that 68% of Americans were in favor of the invasion three years ago, that figure fell as what looked like a quick victory stalled, rose when Saddam was pulled from his spider hole, sank with the sickening pictures from Abu Ghraib, but then rose a bit again as Iraqis defied threats and went to the polls, setting an example for a region where free elections are about as common as leprechauns. In recent weeks the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine, the bodies dumped in shallow graves...
...This is, of course, an ensemble vehicle. The only name actor, Brent Carver (a 1993 Tony winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman), turns Gandalf into a curious, wispy thing, with eccentric line readings and maundering instead of majesty. Carver's off-putting mannerisms tilt the focus from Gandalf to the hobbits--leprechaunish here, with round bellies and bottoms, like the Munchkins in MGM's Oz--persuasively played by jockey-size actors. James Loye, as Frodo, and Peter Howe, as Sam, get the message that heroes are ordinary folk who rise under extraordinary circumstances. In this predominantly Canadian cast...
...cast is well led by James Loye as Frodo and Peter Howe as Sam. Brent Carver, a Tony winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman, turns Gandalf into a curious, wispy thing, with eccentric line readings and maundering instead of majesty. But Michael Therriault's Gollum is a sensation. As he hisses, squeals and writhes to express Gollum's two warring psyches (the hobbit he was, the half-life wreck his ring lust has made of him), Therriault gives the most astonishing, show-stealingly schizo performance since Steve Martin's half-man-half-woman...
...about the extraordinary imagination of children and the difficulty of those same imaginations to turn off disturbing images when they get tired. I suggested that Johnny' s mom ask her son about what parts of the movie scared him the most and to try some "superhero magic " treatments. "Anti-spider spray " (water) under and around his bed. Putting away Spiderman underwear, pajamas and toys for a couple of weeks. And of course, promising to make sure that no more scary movies would come his way until he was 13. These solutions worked, so that after a week Johnny was back...