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...been a rough year for some acclaimed writer-directors. They spend all their ingenuity and a good deal of money putting a personal twist on an old genre -- Lawrence Kasdan with his Wyatt Earp western, James L. Brooks with the would-be musical I'll Do Anything, Barry Levinson with his behind- the-screen Jimmy Hollywood -- and what happens? A big nothing. The critics cluck; the public stays home in droves. One hates to see ambitious artists fail, even if their fizzles can be more provocative than the minor films that become major hits. But somehow these men became estranged...
...this, at least and at most, for the jovial new suspense movie I Love Trouble: it knows what to do with its star. Screenwriters Charles Shyer (who also directed) and Nancy Meyers (who also produced) realize that adventure with a comic twist is the most suitable genre for an actress who is no great shakes in the emoting department but has brightness and vulnerability to burn. So they made her character a cub reporter who hasn't figured out how attractive, resourceful or brave she is -- a heroine in the process of becoming. It's a nicely contoured outfit...
...charges that he stabbed to death his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Controversy continued as authorities released dramatic audiotapes of an emergency 911 call made by Nicole Simpson to police in October, reporting her ex-husband's break-in at her home. In a twist at week's end, a judge aborted a grand jury investigation of the case for fear that swelling publicity might have influenced panel members, and channeled the proceedings to an open hearing instead...
...first glance, Benny's story seems to be yet another case of a patient asserting his right to die when medicine can only prolong suffering. The twist is that Benny is still, in the eyes of the law, a child who cannot make such weighty decisions on his own. If he were in his 70s, the decision would seem like a victory: a dignified death with the consolation of a rich life fondly remembered. Benny, however, seems not only too young to die but also too young to want...
HYERES: The investigation into the February murder of French legislator and anticrime crusader Yann Piat near this southern city took a new twist last week. Shortly after her murder by two motorcycle-riding gunmen, police had collared two thugs who worked as musclemen for Piat's political rivals. A probe of the local political milieu then resulted in charges of corruption against several officials. Last week police dropped murder charges against the original suspects and arrested Lucien Ferri, 22, who has confessed to firing the fatal shots, and Marco Di Caro, 21, who admitted driving the motorcycle. This opens...