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...Face/Off In this schizoid actioner, John Woo harnesses his explosive visual finesse to a mad fable of two men (Nicolas Cage and John Travolta) who become what they most hate: each other. Hollywood high concept meets Hong Kong turbo technique for double the pleasure, double the art. Woo's best since Bullet in the Head...
Pimpernel followed a similar course, with a concept album and a Top 40 single (You Are My Home) before reaching the stage. Wildhorn gets positively woozy about the way his music affects audiences: aids patients write to thank him for the inspiration they get from A New Life, a song from Jekyll & Hyde. And as for those critics? Friends send him copies of early bad reviews of Puccini and Verdi operas to make him feel better. "There's a tendency to get bitter and cynical, but I'm not going to do that," he says. "I've got too much...
...adult, the ladies? man "had a very utilitarian concept of women," said a police investigator; it was to "befriend those creatures because they could serve...
...There are nights when I have insomnia where I can't sleep because of the stress," Ocon says. "Being a single parent is a scary concept that I don't think a lot of people understand...
...shock tactics and emphasizing the idea that gay men and women can be decent, responsible citizens. While displays of "gay pride" may have noble intent, it's fair to note that drag queens, crude sexual imagery and other outlandish aspects of many such demonstrations do little to promote a concept of gays as valuable members of the commonwealth...