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'Infernal Affairs' uses a vibrating terseness usually found in the writer and director Michael Mann's work. Thematically, this film deploys the techniques Mr. Mann brought to bear on 'Heat,' right down to using a similar cold-blooded electronic score. Elvis Mitchell
Work Director Down Brought Similar Bear Writer Affairs Score Michael Infernal Heat Vibrating Electronic Uses Using Film Found Right Techniques
For those not so taken by the star power, this new 'Ocean's Eleven' is the equivalent of a domineering team you can't stand that enters the Super Bowl. Even if you don't like the players, the odds are so good that it's tough to bet against them. Elvis Mitchell
Good You Tough Power Ocean Odds Those Super Super Bowl Bet Taken New Like Bowl Equivalent Against Them Stand Team Even Star Eleven Players
Scene by scene, you can't help being impressed by 'Mean Girls;' it's like a group of sketches linked by a theme, with some playing much better than others. Elvis Mitchell
You Better Girl Group Others Some Scene Like Impressed Linked Than Being Mean Sketches Theme Much Help Playing
You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white men. Elvis Mitchell
You Men White Independent Independent Film About Know Audiences Hispanic Just Asian Ignore Film
It's so funny: whenever there's a new technology introduced, there's always this fear it's going to end entertainment as we know it. When records came around, they were going to be the end of live music. Nobody would ever want to go see live music again. Elvis Mitchell
Funny Music Technology Entertainment Fear Live Introduced Would See Records Nobody New Know Around Always Came Go Were End New Technology Going Whenever Want Again Live Music Ever
Just the idea of seeing a type of narrative we've not seen before is a chance to be surprised. Elvis Mitchell
Seen Before Type Seeing Idea Narrative Surprised Just Chance
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
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