Roger G. Smith's Huey grabs you by the throat and won't let go. A complex one-man play -- flawlessly executed -- that would challenge the talents of the Theatre's best. Ninety minutes of stunning, nonstop diversity, conflict, and maddening contradiction that made Newton one of the most notorious yet enigmatic personalities of America's tumultuous 60's. Smith is surely the actor to watch in 2002 after a performance of such magnitude. Truly hypnotic.
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American Beauty
(1999)
So dark, yet disturbingly funny. Family dysfunction at its worst. I felt guilty laughing so hard.
8 October 1999
From the opening scene to the rolling of the credits, "American Beauty" offers an unsettling presentation of human nature as it pertains to family, marriage, and midlife crisis. The film is as funny as it is tragic. Characterization is so tight that you get a true and palpable sense of all players as they grab you and drag you through this twisted middle class, suburban odyssey. A brilliant piece of work by director Sam Mendes. If you only see one film this year, this is it. Trust me!
Shakespeare in Love
(1998)
Well acted, well produced period piece
11 February 1999
Historically, not much is known about William Shakespeare's private life during or after his marriage to Anne Hathaway in Stratford-on-Avon. And to fully appreciate this film you must put any facts that you might have about the Bard and early English theatre in abeyance. Not so much a "suspension of disbelief" as is so often needed in far-to-many plots today but a "suspension of belief". Facts would only get in the way of its presentation -- and fun. That said, you may now sit back and enjoy the crafty manipulations imposed by the writers.
Every convention known to Shakespere in his time has been artfully adopted to give this film its warmth, its humour, and its pathos. Nothing is spared, giving it just the right amount of seriousness without slowing down its pace or evoking ennui. And just as it might be going over the top -- it stops. Brilliantly written, acted, and edited, and well deserving of all of this years Oscar nominations. Quality work like this should not be overlooked.
Every convention known to Shakespere in his time has been artfully adopted to give this film its warmth, its humour, and its pathos. Nothing is spared, giving it just the right amount of seriousness without slowing down its pace or evoking ennui. And just as it might be going over the top -- it stops. Brilliantly written, acted, and edited, and well deserving of all of this years Oscar nominations. Quality work like this should not be overlooked.
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