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Speed Racer
By Peter Rowe
Speed kills, but it
also thrills. Watching Andy and Larry Wachowski's
hyperkinetic, candy-colored "Speed Racer" is like
spending two hours caroming through a pinball machine.
Sense and subtlety are road kill as the cartoon-deep
plot zips by, but your inner third grader will be too
jazzed to complain. [more]
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Smart People
By Peter Rowe
"Smart People" is
"My Fair Lady" without the classic songs and with a key
role reversal: Here, the pompous professor needs the
makeover.
Creaky and too, too
long, "Lady" could use an update. But the 1964 Audrey
Hepburn vehicle played for high stakes. Prof. Higgins
taught elocution and waged class warfare, turning his
Cockney pupil against her linguistic roots and culture.
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'Horton' is a wholly Seussessful
adaptation
In the charming, vibrant
cartoon version of Dr. Seuss' 'Horton Hears a Who,' a 'person's a
person, no matter how small.'
By Peter Rainer | Film critic of
The Christian Science Monitor
For some
bizarre reason, I was not brought up on the Dr. Seuss books even
though, by age and temperament, I should have been. My loss.
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 88
Minutes
By Zachary Woodruff
The film "88
Minutes" seems to be the shortened title for "88 Minutes
of Your Life You'll Never Get Back," or possibly "88
Minutes That Could Be Better Spent Giving Yourself a
Series of Paper Cuts."
A real-time thriller
in the spirit of "High Noon," "24" or an eventful trip
to the dentist, the film stars Al Pacino as Dr. Jack
Gramm, a famous serial-killer expert who receives a
phone call announcing his imminent death. "Ticktock,"
says the baddie, with voice disguised. "You have 88
minutes to live."
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