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Best Scene Stealer: Armand Assante in Judge Dredd. Sylvester Stallone is the star, but Assante oozes suave comic menace as a villain who seemingly can't be killed. Hey, Mr. Mean, we thought you were dead. "I got betta," he explains...
...speaking actor, from John Barrymore and Laurence Olivier to Mel Gibson and Keanu Reeves. The latest is Ralph Fiennes, who stars in a production that has traveled from London's Almeida Theatre Company to Broadway. Fiennes, 32, is known primarily as a movie actor (he played the unforgettable chief villain -- in a world overrun by villainy -- of Schindler's List, and the fair-haired, clay-footed young scholar, Charles Van Doren, of Quiz Show), but his roots are in theater, and he handles Shakespeare's great role with a commanding blend of intelligence and ardor...
Prevent war? Forget that! This is an action movie, isn't it? And as Clausewitz might have said, action movies are a continuation of war by other means. The genre demands that stuff blow up real good. But the most physical Crimson Tide gets is when the villain punches the hero in the face, twice-without getting punched back. And in a bizarre climax, the good guy and the bad guy sit down and talk for three minutes while waiting for somebody else to tell them what...
...writing"), which contains some sonorous orations and choice epithets. Lange brings that signal gift, sexual intelligence, to the role of Mary MacGregor; the light in her eyes catches fire when she stares at Neeson. But Mary is not part of the film's main conflict, between Neeson and villain Tim Roth. Despite Lange's efforts, Mary is a mature version of that macho-movie ornament, the Girl--victim, inspiration, trophy...
...offer one villain by consensus, it is the deadbeat dad, that selfish fugitive condemned by liberals and conservatives alike for his irresponsible behavior and generous contributions to the cycle of welfare dependency. The Clinton Administration has taken aim at him (or her- around 5% of the deadbeats are moms), opening up the military's personnel files to collection efforts and pushing a national registry of parents' obligations. It also championed provisions, which passed the House of Representatives last week, that require states to revoke driving and professional licenses for nonpayment and apply property liens across state lines. At week...