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Elvis Mitchell
American
Critic
Born:
Dec 6
,
1958
Director
First
People
Will
Work
You
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Miramax seems to be showing the same faith in Roberto Benigni's 'Pinocchio' that the Republican Party showed in Trent Lott; the live-action version of Carlo Collodi's fairy tale about the wooden puppet whose only ambition was to be a real live boy was sneaked into theaters Christmas Day.
Elvis Mitchell
Christmas
Faith
Day
Christmas Day
Party
Ambition
Live
Puppet
About
Miramax
Seems
Only
Tale
Roberto
Fairy
Fairy Tale
Boy
Real
Version
Pinocchio
Same
Wooden
Republican
Theaters
Republican Party
Showing
Whose
It's an oddity that will be avoided by millions of people, this new 'Pinocchio.' Osama bin Laden could attend a showing in Times Square and be confident of remaining hidden.
Elvis Mitchell
People
Will
Hidden
Remaining
Could
Attend
New
Oddity
Pinocchio
Square
Times
Times Square
Confident
Avoided
Showing
Bin
Millions
Millions Of People
It is evident that the grip of 'The Return of the King' on Mr. Jackson is not unlike the grasp the One Ring exerts over Frodo: it's tough for him to let go, which is why the picture feels as if it has an excess of endings. But he can be forgiven. Why not allow him one last extra bow?
Elvis Mitchell
King
Tough
Picture
Extra
Unlike
Evident
Ring
Excess
Allow
He
Over
Feels
Bow
Him
Return
Go
Jackson
Endings
Forgiven
Which
Grip
Grasp
Let Go
Why
Why Not
Last
The film's star, Eminem, doesn't appear to have a great deal of range, but he can play himself. Even though the protagonist is named Jimmy Smith, the thoughtful '8 Mile' is a raw version of the rapper's own story.
Elvis Mitchell
Great
Rapper
Great Deal
Own
Jimmy
Range
Though
Thoughtful
Eminem
He
Raw
Named
Protagonist
Smith
Himself
Deal
Version
Story
Mile
Appear
Even
Star
Film
Play
One of a handful of films made in Detroit, '8 Mile' doesn't feature the Motown renaissance that Mayor Coleman A. Young dreamed of in the 1970s. Instead, it's the beaten-down city: 8 Mile refers to the line of demarcation between Detroit and suburban, mostly white Oakland County.
Elvis Mitchell
Made
Young
White
Films
Coleman
Oakland
City
Dreamed
Feature
Detroit
Instead
Between
County
Renaissance
Mostly
Line
Handful
Motown
Mayor
Suburban
Mile
The stoic drama 'A Somewhat Gentle Man' is photographed in a palate of steel gray tones that match Stellan Skarsgard's complexion. It's a low-blood-pressure version of the kind of thing James M. Cain used to do in his sleep, and its filmmaking accomplishment is as minimalist as its narrative ambition is minimal.
Elvis Mitchell
Man
Complexion
Ambition
Drama
Minimal
Minimalist
Kind
Photographed
Steel
Somewhat
Gentle
Match
Narrative
His
Accomplishment
Version
Stoic
James
Used
Palate
Thing
Gray
Tones
Filmmaking
Sleep
In period films, it always helps to have someone built to carry a sword, and Channing Tatum clearly hasn't missed a workout for the past two years, so he fits the bill in that regard.
Elvis Mitchell
Past
Films
Carry
Someone
He
Missed
Clearly
Period
Always
Built
Years
Fits
Regard
Bill
Workout
Helps
Sword
Two
The documentary 'Certifiably Jonathan' has engrossing moments in it. How can it not? It's got a great subject - the extraordinarily voluble comedian Jonathan Winters, whose constant rush of words can be like a blizzard: beautiful, maddening, exhausting, and finally beautiful again. But it's not a great film.
Elvis Mitchell
Beautiful
Great
Words
Extraordinarily
Finally
Great Film
Maddening
Constant
Rush
Winters
Jonathan
Like
Comedian
Documentary
Got
How
Blizzard
Exhausting
Subject
Again
Moments
Film
Whose
'Certifiably Jonathan' contrives crises for its subject - a bid to get his paintings into MOMA, among others.
Elvis Mitchell
Others
Crises
Jonathan
Bid
His
Subject
Get
Paintings
Among
The pleasantly crude 'Hall Pass' reminds us of what's been missing from movies: Those squirm-inducing moments in comedy that produce enough discomfort that, at points, what we're watching is half a heartbeat away from a horror film.
Elvis Mitchell
Comedy
Half
Enough
Pleasantly
Those
Horror
Horror Film
Points
Crude
Reminds
Missing
Hall
Pass
Discomfort
Been
Heartbeat
Movies
Produce
Us
Moments
Film
Away
Watching
In 'The Adjustment Bureau,' Damon shows movie-star concentration as David Norris, a politician whose world ambitions hit a pothole when his angry streak becomes public.
Elvis Mitchell
Angry
World
Ambition
Politician
Adjustment
David
Concentration
Becomes
His
Hit
Bureau
Public
Shows
Whose
Streak
Duncan Jones has skills; he's an architect of emotional dislocation.
Elvis Mitchell
Architect
Emotional
He
Dislocation
Skills
Who would ever have thought that Robert Ludlum would have become the father of modern action cinema?
Elvis Mitchell
Cinema
Father
Thought
Become
Action
Would
Robert
Modern
Who
Ever
When a director shifts gears as often as does Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, the man behind the emotionally rich debut film 'Amores Perros,' you may wonder if he knows what he wants.
Elvis Mitchell
You
Man
Director
Rich
Gears
Emotionally
He
Knows
Does
Shifts
Wonder
Debut
May
Often
Behind
Wants
Film
In his very first film, Mr. Gonzalez Inarritu makes the kind of journey some directors don't - or can't - travel in an entire career.
Elvis Mitchell
Journey
Travel
First
Kind
Some
Entire
Entire Career
Directors
Makes
His
Very
Film
Career
If a movie requires the lead actor to spend a good chunk of his onscreen time talking to himself, and Popeye is unavailable because of contractual disputes, it's hard to do better than Johnny Depp.
Elvis Mitchell
Time
Good
Better
Spend
Chunk
Johnny
Johnny Depp
Onscreen
Lead
Himself
Talking
Because
His
Than
Movie
Depp
Requires
Hard
Popeye
Actor
Disputes
In 'Training Day,' Mr. Washington's dry-ice grandeur - the predator's reflexes contrasting with a pensive mouth - deserves regard, and his powerhouse virtuosity will almost guarantee him an Oscar nomination.
Elvis Mitchell
Day
Training
Will
Mouth
Almost
Powerhouse
Nomination
Him
His
Reflexes
Contrasting
Training Day
Predator
Regard
Grandeur
Washington
Deserves
Oscar
Guarantee
The Ebert thing just didn't work out. We just couldn't, like, come to an agreement. And 'Movieline', they obviously didn't want me, because they fired me.
Elvis Mitchell
Work
Me
Out
Fired
Come
Like
Obviously
Because
Just
Want
Work Out
Agreement
Thing
I dress well. I travel; I seem to be relatively glamorous for a film guy - which, to me, is like being the fastest midget in the circus.
Elvis Mitchell
Me
Travel
Relatively
Circus
Dress
Seem
Guy
Glamorous
Like
Well
Being
Which
Midget
Film
Fastest
In 2013, when it turned out that the plot of LaBeouf's short film 'HowardCantour.com' (2012) had been purloined from graphic novelist Daniel Clowes's 2007 comic 'Justin M. Damiano', the actor-director responded with a series of tweet apologies that also appeared to be shoplifted.
Elvis Mitchell
Daniel
Out
Plot
Had
Also
Comic
Been
Short
Short Film
Justin
Turned
Apology
Graphic
Tweet
Series
Appeared
Novelist
Film
Sean Penn has never become the lighter, laughing guy.
Elvis Mitchell
Become
Laughing
Penn
Guy
Never
Lighter
Sean
Sean Penn
Inarritu's own nomination for Best Director for 'Babel' was the first such honor for a Mexican director.
Elvis Mitchell
Best
Director
Honor
First
Own
Nomination
Mexican
Babel
Do you remember where you were when Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died?
Elvis Mitchell
You
Remember
Were
Michael
Michael Jackson
Jackson
Died
Where
It's true that a smile can take years off a person - not that such a thing matters in Yoko Ono's case.
Elvis Mitchell
Smile
Matters
Case
Take
True
Years
Off
Person
Such A Thing
Thing
I think there are some people who have this thing where, from the very beginning, some part of them rejects convention.
Elvis Mitchell
People
Some People
Beginning
Think
Some
Part
Very
Where
Convention
Them
Who
Thing
Rejects
In the early '60s, it was still a fairly subversive thing, though, to say that you should take a painting, cut it, set it on fire, step on it, hammer nails into it.
Elvis Mitchell
You
Fire
Painting
Say
Though
Take
Step
Nails
Fairly
Still
Hammer
Subversive
Cut
Should
Thing
Early
Set
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