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AFTER HIS SPECTACULAR DEBUT LAST YEAR WITH boyz n the Hood, director JOHN SINGLETON was asked what sort of film he would make next. "A masterpiece," said the young tyro. Not according to insiders who have seen a rough cut of Singleton's latest, Poetic Justice, starring Janet Jackson and rapper Tupac Shakur. The audience turned thumbs down when Columbia Pictures held a test screening last month. Singleton lately has been reshooting some scenes...
...played by Carver. When life becomes awful, he escapes into reveries of scenes from her films. And when life becomes truly unsustainable, he joins her forever in a brightly lit world of soft shoe and smiles. The real star, as so often, is Prince, whose staging tricks are as spectacular as in his Phantom of the Opera. This time they serve a far better show...
Harvard forward Steve Flomenhoft, who scored Harvard's final goal last night, agreed that Harvard's tough weekend translated into a less-than-spectacular team performance...
SCHRAFFT'S, GIMBEL'S, THE BILTMORE Hotel: all are gone. But one beloved New York City institution blessedly prospers: the RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR. One million people are expected to see the 60th edition of the Music Hall show (through Jan. 6), double the number of a decade ago. No wonder. Here's a spectacular that really is -- a lavish celebration of the spirit of Christmas simultaneously traditional and inventive. Teddy bears dance The Nutcracker, Scrooge learns compassion, ice skaters whirl around a mini Rockefeller Plaza rink, the Rockettes march The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, and shepherds and sheep...
Fortunately, Playing With Fire is far lighter fare than Creditors. It's an off-beat, fun show. While the script is less than compelling, the acting is uniformly outstanding. Kuan's bumbling, over-the-hill father is spectacular. Hsu and Vietzen make Kerstin and Axel's affair believable, though their kissing scene is a bit frenetic. And as Knut, Franklin is downright bizarre in an appealing, homey...