washingtonpost.com - Desson Thomson on MoviesDesson Thomson on Movies'The Ring': Ready for Round 2- April 24, 2005 TWO EVENTS HAVE conspired to ensure the return of that creepy girl in the well from 2002's "The Ring."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43662-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... Fallon, Farrellys Strike Out With 'Fever Pitch'- April 24, 2005 IT WOULD be tempting to call "Fever Pitch" a foul ball or some baseball term suggesting catastrophe, but that would be too flattering. The movie -- an American baseball recasting of a British soccer novel -- never quite steps up to its own plate. It's almost too dull to pan.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34093-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/m... Rambling 'Rose' Loses Its Way- April 24, 2005 "THE BALLAD of Jack and Rose" is an engaging battle between terrific acting and a flawed script. Unfortunately, the actors -- including Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener and extraordinary newcomer Camilla Belle -- lose. Writer-director Rebecca Miller's screenplay is provocative and original enough to hold its ground for a long time. But when the big picture becomes clear, our belief and trust ebb away.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15794-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... It's Quite a Kick To Do the 'Hustle'- April 24, 2005 IT ISN'T every day you meet a landlady like, well, her name is Landlady. A chain-smoking harridan (played by Yuen Qiu) in nightie and curlers, she can crack glasses with her screeching harangues and can knock guys out cold with her aerial kicks. At one point, frustrated with her shiftless husband (Yuen Wah), she cold-cocks him -- sending him bouncing off a canopy below and face first on to the ground. Before Landlord can recover, she tosses a clay flower pot onto his head. It breaks, and the.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6934-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/m... 'Annie' Doesn't Live Here Anymore- April 24, 2005 Woody Allen's Manhattan has become a cultural prison-island where the collective guilt isn't criminal behavior, it's self-absorption and haute pretentiousness.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1131-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/m... A Losing 'Game'- April 24, 2005http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7146-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/m... These Actors Have 'Upside'- April 24, 2005 WE ARE drunk. We are treading water in a mental puddle of perfect oblivion. We are having fun. Or are we In "The Upside of Anger," an edgy, tragi-farce from Mike Binder, "we" are suburban wife Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen), whose husband has suddenly left her for his Swedish secretary.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43664-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... |