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...Kidman's ex-boyfriend, is the quintessential John Wayne cowboy that Hollywood has never fallen out of love with. Unfortunately, he's not nearly as good-looking as the camera would have us believe. Cursed with a bad haircut and looking overweight, Quinn will never be a real heart-throb alongside the likes of DiCaprio or, for the older set, Cary Grant. Still, the filmmakers do their best to convince us he is still worthy of the love of sexy Bullock. His performance was not all that bad, but given such cheesy gimmicks as the use of his sheriff...
...witty assistance of veteran Cardigans producer Tore Johannson integrating diverse genre elements and quotations to create the albums deliriously composite and cohesive sound. Good Humor is almost inconceivable: a broad, ecstatic blend of the pristine disco of ABBA, the elegant jazz pop of Steely Dan, the rhythmic bass throb of funk and the bleary-eyed cocktail electronica of trip-hop. The product is anything but tired; on Sylvie, for example, the rueful, cosmopolitan irony of the lyric is offset completely by a glowing arrangement. The overlay of subtle syncopations and retro instrumentation makes the song surreal and engaging, like...
...past, Jason Priestley has played roles that have propelled him into nationwide teen idolhood. Similarly, Ronnie Bostock, the heart-throb B-movie actor that Priestly plays in Richard Kwietniowski's debut film occupies an equivalent pop-culture status. Ronnie's biggest fan, however, is not the typical hormone-racked female teenager, but rather the established middle-aged English writer, Giles De'Ath, convincingly played by John Hurt. It's a good showcase for Hurt's talents, the pretty performance of Fiona Loewi and the budding skills of Kwietniowski. It also presents an interesting dilemma about how an elderly man reclaims...
...past, Jason Priestley has played roles, such as the character Brandon on the hit TV show "Beverly Hills 90210," that have propelled him into nationwide teen idolhood. Similarly, Ronnie Bostock, the heart-throb B-movie actor that Priestly plays in Richard Kwietniowski's debut film, Love and Death on Long Island, occupies an equivalent pop-culture status. Ronnie's biggest fan, however, is not the typical hormone-racked female teenager, but rather the established middle-aged English writer, Giles De'Ath, convincingly played by John Hurt. Hurt gives the film his very best, but he can't overcome...
...tragic modern history of Tibet, but opts for glossy formulaic packaging over genuine emotional resonance, even in the central relationship between Brad Pitt's Austrian mountaineer and the young Dalai Lama. Pitt never frees us from the sensation that he's out of place--a Hollywood heart-throb trying to look spiritual and attempting a dreadful accent. The film actually becomes more dramatically compelling as Pitt's character fades in prominence, though it's amusing to watch his arrogant narcissism get deflated...