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Unfortunately, these small surprises are negated by a shoddily disguised “surprise” villain revelation. This character’s villainy is painstakingly obvious, based on the film’s previews and the common sense that this particular actor wasn’t hired to stand around looking frumpy...
Sadly, another fine actor, Ed O’Neil is relegated to the background. The former Al Bundy plays someone high-up on the President’s staff, although his exact position is never given. It’s also unclear what exact role he is supposed to play within the narrative, as he seems to be wittily riffing off of Tom Ridge, the Director of Homeland Security...
...days this past December. During his stay, he visited thousands of members of the armed services who are involved in all aspects of the war. There, the preppy Harvard student witnessed America’s largest current military offensive by making the most of his connections. His father, actor Daniel Stern, who played the tall robber in Home Alone, was invited by the United Service Organization (USO) to Iraq to entertain the troops. The younger Stern served as the liaison between the USO and his father...
...four-hour adaptation of Robert Dessaix's intimate novel about a writer's "death" in Venice, looks good but wobbles without a suitably dramatic engine. And with some of the most anticipated works still to come (Bangarra's Unaipon, based on the life of the late Aboriginal inventor; and actor David Gulpilil's one-man show, directed by Neil Armfield), it remains to be seen if Page's dot-painting festival really resonates...
DIED. JOHN RANDOLPH, 88, avuncular character actor; in Los Angeles. Familiar on TV (Roseanne) and in movies (Serpico, You've Got Mail), he had an even longer career onstage, winning a Tony for his role as a left-wing grandfather in Neil Simon's Broadway Bound. The role echoed his life as a self-proclaimed "old radical" who was blacklisted in the 1950s...