BUT HEY - I'M A CRITIC!Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic Well, I see no reason to apologize for my films-to-look-forward-to picks of January 1999. After all, this time last year, everyone else thought ``Eyes Wide Shut'' would be a masterpiece so, by comparison, my choices of ``Anywhere but Here'' (granted, that one sucked), ``Cradle Will Rock'' (interesting), ``Fight Club'' (weirdly interesting), ``Summer of Sam'' (underappreciated) and ``Magnolia'' (hey, my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. film of the year) seem pretty decent. Next year, however, you'll have another opportunity to make fun of me for calling the following to your attention: BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER. If it lives up to the satirical promise of its title, this story about a teen-age girl wrongly committed to a lesbian deprogramming Deprogramming refers to actions to persuade or force a person to abandon allegiance to a religious or political group. Deprogramming is normally commissioned by concerned relatives of the follower, often parents of adult children, and is taken against his/her will, which has camp should be one hoot of a social comedy. I mean, RuPaul without makeup? What could be funnier? ME, MYSELF AND IRENE. I never thought I'd welcome the prospect of Jim Carrey “James Carrey” redirects here. For the murder conspirator, see James Carey. James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor and comedian. going back to over-the-top comedy. But after that dreary Andy Kaufman Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer, actor, and performance artist. Though many refer to him as a comedian, Kaufman did not self-identify as one[1]. thing, a rematch with the Farrelly brothers (``Dumb and Dumber,'' ``There's Something About Mary'') sounds like the most sublime of silliness. THE PERFECT STORM. Wolfgang Petersen knows something about directing seaborne sea·borne adj. 1. Conveyed by sea; transported by ship. 2. Carried on or over the sea. seaborne Adjective 1. carried on or by the sea 2. suspense (witness ``Das Boot''), so this adaptation of Sebastian Junger's non-fiction best seller about one mama of a Nor'easter and the fishermen caught by it ought to be pretty gripping. SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE. The ultimate film buff concept turned into a real horror movie: A great German director hires a real bloodsucker to star in his classic film. The fact that reborn king of cinema cool John Malkovich John Gavin Malkovich (born December 91953) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, producer and director. Biography Early life Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, of Croatian descent on his father's side and of Scottish and German ancestry on his headlines - and Willem Dafoe seems perfectly cast as the biter - gives the project instant credibility. X-MEN. The most popular comic book of the last couple of decades could actually mutate mu·tate intr. & tr.v. mu·tat·ed, mu·tat·ing, mu·tates To undergo or cause to undergo mutation. [Latin m into an exciting movie under the directing hand of Bryan Singer (``The Usual Suspects''). We know there'll be studio pressure to dumb and dull it into a Batman-like franchise, but with luck, the intelligence of Singer and the source material will overcome such evil. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Perfect Storm: George Clooney stars in the screen adaptation of the best-selling book (June 30). |
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