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"Great To Be Nominated" Film Series Concludes with "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

The Manchurian Candidate (1962), yanked from movie theaters following the assassination of President Kennedy, is remembered as a prophetic political thriller. Actually, as noted on the special edition DVD, the movie, based on the novel by Richard Condon and directed by John Frankenheimer, was conceived and executed primarily as satire. The movie's thriller reputation has been enhanced only in retrospect. Jonathan DemmeDenzel WashingtonMeryl Streep

With the summer heat wearing on, Hollywood has definitely cooled off. Case in point is Collateral, the newest offering in cool noir from veteran director Michael Mann (Heat).

At one point in Newmarket's action picture, Stander, star Thomas Jane's aimless anti-hero, mutters: "This was supposed to be fun." Ostensibly based on a true story of a South African police captain who became one of the nation's most notorious criminals during the early 1980s, Stander is not fun—it is tedious.

Good performances, a clever story and Nick Hurran's crisp direction elevate Little Black Book from its cookie-cutter premise. Screenwriter Melissa Carter's tale of an insecure Brittany Murphy sneaking a few peeks into her boyfriend's Personal Digital Assistant is honest, light entertainment.

PIXAR AND THQ ANNOUNCE MULTI-PROPERTY PUBLISHING AGREEMENT

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BURBANK, CA, August 4, 2004 – Ralph Fiennes (Red Dragon, Maid in Manhattan, Schindler's List) and Miranda Richardson (The Hours, Sleepy Hollow, The Crying Game) have joined the all-star cast of Warner Bros. Pictures' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter novel series. Fiennes will play Harry Potter's nemesis, the evil Lord Voldemort, and Richardson takes on the role of muckraking journalist Rita Skeeter.

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Absent a compelling reason to exist, Jonathan Demme's remake of John Frankenheimer's 1962 political thriller, The Manchurian Candidate, is off mark. Laden with a diluted plot, Paramount's conspiracy retread is driven by corporate power, not ideology, and the change delivers a fatal blow.

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If you took a Hope and Crosby "Road" picture, cut out the witty patter, the musical numbers, the outrageous location, the sense of decency and the production code, you would have Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. The question is: would you want to?

Moving from exploring the meaning of faith to measuring the price of fear, M. Night Shyamalan's The Village feels, in many ways, like a 19th century take on Signs by way of The Twilight Zone. Unlike the earlier movie, The Village fails to deliver on its contrived premise the way Signs did.

Strong performances, subtle direction and an understated sense of humor redeem Zach Braff's Garden State from ordinary to interesting moviemaking. Although the plot and themes meander, this is a quiet, psychological picture of the indie breed that draws the audience into the experience of its characters; yet unlike most of its kind, "into the experience" is a place one is not loathe to go. Natalie Portman

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