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Sean Penn disgraces himself in this hideously manipulative melodrama about a retarded man's battle to keep his daughter.
By Charles Taylor
January 4, 2002
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Sting shows son video of his own birth; O'Reilly fires back at Penn; Cruz opens the gush floodgates; grumbling in "Starsky and Hutch" land.
By Amy Reiter
January 4, 2002
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His Gothness exposes his soft side. Plus: Aniston turns on the waterworks over "Friends" end.
By Amy Reiter
August 29, 2001
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Sean Penn! Crispin Glover! A drag Olivia Newton-John! The strange saga of
how "The Beaver Trilogy" was made is even weirder than the film itself.
By Paul Cullum
March 1, 2001
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Jack Nicholson as a hallucinating ex-cop is almost as good as he's ever been, but he can't save Sean Penn's pretentious thriller.
By Charles Taylor
January 19, 2001
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The new film from the folks who gave us "Angels and Insects" is strictly "Minor Piece Theatre."
By Michael Sragow
May 5, 2000
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Why have so many actors who've won Oscars seen their careers tank?
By Donna Freydkin
March 22, 2000
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Steve Kloves, screenwriter for Curtis Hanson's new "Wonder Boys," takes on Hollywood's hottest property -- boy wonder Harry Potter.
By Michael Sragow
February 24, 2000
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As Rick "I'm going to make you so happy" Rockwell rocks Fox's world, Jenny "I'm a little hottie!" McCarthy rocks Kirk Douglas' lap.
By Amy Reiter
February 23, 2000
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Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 16, 2000
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Ms. Ray of Light preaches to the lithe one; the rigors of stardom: Annette Bening threatens to do herself in if she has to act again; lessons on lesbian kissing from Sarah Michelle Gellar. Plus: Scary Spice resorts to the Ph-word!
By Amy Reiter
January 5, 2000
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Rising star Samantha Morton shines in this charming, finely crafted film from Woody Allen.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 3, 1999
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The company that owns the National Enquirer doesn't want the world. Just the Globe, the Sun and the National Examiner.
By Sean Elder
November 23, 1999
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Sharon Stone's close shaves with dairy; Dubya gets 2-D for "King of the Hill"; Christina Ricci, not fat; and ... Porn again? Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez bring the Mitchell brothers to the screen in "Rated X."
By Amy Reiter
November 16, 1999
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Sean Penn talks about the hurly-burly of Hollywood and why, despite his recent spate of great films, he wants to quit acting -- again.
By Paul Sherman
January 14, 1999
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Did the heroes of WWII really know what they were fighting for?
By Sarah Vowell
January 13, 1999
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The big dead one: What was supposed to be Terrence Malick's long-awaited comeback is instead a cliched, self-indulgent throwback to the '70s. Reviewed by Charles Taylor
By Charles Taylor
January 8, 1999
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Director Anthony Drazan successfully brings the sexist, self-destructive camaraderie of 'Hurlyburly' to the screen.
By Jonathan Lethem
December 23, 1998
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Charles Taylor reviews 'The Game', directed by David Fincher and starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.
By Charles Taylor
October 12, 1997
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'She's So Lovely' is a ridiculously conceived, confusedly
executed, morally repugnant film.
By Gary Kamiya
September 29, 1997
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Shooting Sean Penn on Sight: Anne Rice answers Salon readers' questions.
By Anne Rice
September 16, 1996