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Last weekend, lacking cinematic inspiration, I went to see Love Actually. It was crap, actually. The plot was so thin it almost certainly had an eating disorder. The acting was unremarkable; the jokes were patchily amusing, but consistently predictable. It was, in short, exactly the kind of movie you go to over a holiday weekend and then instantly begin to forget...
...conservative groups are gearing up for a faster battle too. For weeks a group of about 30 socially conservative activists have been meeting to plot strategy on gay marriage, which they expect to be a hot-button issue in the 2004 presidential election. "Our people are raring to go," says Lou Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition. "Every time you get two lesbians on television talking about marriage, that just fires them...
...make him an endearing character, deserving of reconciliation with his family and all those who were amused or abused by his goatish charm. Old friends appear; old enemies turn wildly generous; unexpected epiphanies are sprinkled on Remy like the holy water in last rites. Indeed, the movie's plot essentially stretches out the last few minutes of It's a Wonderful Life...
Tyrangiel included Hanks among the actors "condemned to deliver endless variations on the same performance." He is forgetting Road to Perdition, The Green Mile and Cast Away, all starring Hanks and all with very diverse characters and plot lines. FRANCES MOORE Gresham...
Noises Off does not pretend to be great drama; indeed, its lack of a compelling plot is its biggest weakness. It is no more or less than a well-constructed farce, heavily dependent on the energy and skill of a cast to bring it to life. In this, despite some weaknesses, the Adams production definitely succeeded...