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Next Friday ALEXANDRA (Cinema Guild) Opera star Galina Vishnevskaya plays an elderly woman visiting her grandson, an army officer, at his base in Chechnya. THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS (IFC First Take) A handsome general and a married coquette play dangerous...Tags: Gillian Anderson, Sony Corp., David Duchovny, Will Ferrell, Movies
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'Wackness' comes of age
Sun movie critic(B+) The Wackness is a funny, touching mood piece about a New York City high-school grad named Luke (Josh Peck) and marijuana dealer who spends three months before college trading dope for therapy with his shrink ( Ben Kingsley) and falling in love with...Tags: The Wackness, Jane Adams, Movies, Mary-Kate Olsen, Fire Island
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'Wackness' doesn't live up to its hype
amNewYork Movie Critic"The Wackness" is set in Manhattan, 1994, and not a minute goes by where director/writer Jonathan Levine doesn't whack you over the head with reminders that it's Manhattan, 1994. In the first 10 minutes you get references to Zima, Zelda, Pearl Jam and...Tags: Kurt Cobain, Notorious B.I.G., Schools, Robin Williams, Movies
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Other movies this summer
Special to NewsdayIt's not all about blowing stuff up, though it often seems that way. The summer movie season is also about the stuff lurking beneath the hype radar -- or, maybe, just gets shouldered off to the side by the bigger, noisier product. Sometimes, though,...Tags: Belief and Faith, Nicolas Cage, Don Cheadle, Film Festivals, Ben Kingsley
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'Turn the River'
Times Movie CriticACTOR-TURNED-DIRECtor Chris Eigeman is perhaps best known for his roles as the spiky preppy from Whit Stillman's 1990s lockjaw trilogy ("Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco"), a persona he has more or less reprised in turns on the...Tags: Schools, Movies, Manhattan (New York City)
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Olsen and a sexy beast heat up Sundance fest
Here's an image that'll be difficult to top at Sundance: Mary-Kate Olsen making out with Gandhi. In "The Wackness," Sir Ben Kingsley plays a psychiatrist who trades therapy for marijuana with Josh Peck of Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh." The Kingsley...Tags: Movies, Utah, Mary-Kate Olsen, Film Festivals, Ben Kingsley
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Denise Richards Voted Worst Bond Girl Ever
Zap2It.comDenise Richards has a curious distinction in the world of 007, but it's one she'd rather live without. The 36-year-old actress was named the Worst Bond Girl Ever by fans, reports the UK's Daily Mail from an unscientific poll. Richards played nuclear...Tags: Ursula Andress, Carole Bouquet, Public Holidays, Barbara Bach, Enya
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That's wack!
Here's an image that'll be difficult to top at Sundance: Mary-Kate Olsen making out in a phone booth with Gandhi. In "The Wackness," an early buzz movie that premiered Friday night at the festival, Sir Ben Kingsley plays a psychiatrist who trades therapy...Tags: Method Man, Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Nintendo Company Ltd., Movies
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FX Lifts '4 Oz.' with 'Nip/Tuck' Creator
Zap2It.com"Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy has landed a new project at FX, this time focusing on the life of a transgender man. The cable network has ordered a pilot episode for "4 Oz.," a drama about a man who realizes he'd rather live as a woman and the...Tags: News Corp., Brad Pitt, Television, Satellite and Cable Service
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'The Treatment'
Special to The TimesShow of hands, please: Does anyone want to see an amiable romantic dramedy by a maker of sobering religious documentaries? Yes, actually, you do. Oren Rudavsky, whose previous work includes "Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust,"...Tags: Colorado, Western Medicines, New York, Medicine, Albert Brooks
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Pilots: Janssen on the Beat at NBC
Zap2It.comFamke Janssen has signed on to an NBC pilot from "House" creator David Shore, in what would be her first starring role in a TV series. The "X-Men" star will play a police officer in the untitled show. NBC has also cast Rocky Carroll ("Chicago Hope") in...Tags: NBC, Television
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Fast-Paised review: 'The Ten'
Ten short stories written by "The State" alums David Wain and Ken Marino reinvent the lessons of the Ten Commandments. Paul Rudd, Adam Brody, Justin Theroux, Winona Ryder, Gretchen Mol and Jessica Alba star. Big question: Can Wain equal his last big-...Tags: Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Bible, Roberta Flack, Movies
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