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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 2002)
august lfi. 2ÛQ2 •, A ustin P owers in G oldmember Mike Myers creates another series of hilarious hits strung together with an incomprehensible plot, wasted talent and half-baked ideas. Beyoncé Knowles, doing a weak Pam Grier impression as Foxxy Cleopa tra, should stick to her day job with Destiny’s Child. The villainous title character is a strange fruit who roller-skates, nibbles on his sunburned flesh and admires men who are “toit like a toiger.” —Jim Radosta co-worker (Jake Gyllenhaal). When he turns out to be more than she bargained for, she finds herself at a difficult crossroads. — JR (C§> <£§> <£> L ovely & A mazing N icole H olofcener’s nicely understated writing/directing sophomore effort explores the personal and career challenges of three modem women— two sisters (C atherine Keener and Emily M ortimer) and their mother (Brenda Blethyn). T h e hilariously acerbic Keener has some great romantic (!) F ull F rontal Steven Soderbergh (Out o f Sight, Erin Brockovich, Traffic), the most consistently reliable director working today, finally fails with this pointless exercise in ego, giv ing a strong ensemble cast nothing to do but babble aimlessly. Nicky Katt provides some laughs as a cocky actor butchering a Hitler role, hut the joke wears thin fast. —JR T he G ood G irl What's popped and what's (topped, in a theater near you. P ossession Writer/director Neil LaBute (In the Company o f Men, Nurse Betty) ventures into classier territory with this romance about researchers (Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart) obsessed with investigating a married Victorian ___ , poet (Jeremy Northam) and his bisexual lover (Jennifer Ehle). The attractive cast compensates for the corny dialogue. -JR < & < & > < £ R ead M y L ips A partially deaf wallflower (Emmanuelle Devos) takes a walk on the wild side when she hires a greasy ex-con (Vincent Cassel) as her secretarial assistant. Soon enough she’s getting a rush out of helping craft a plot to steal cash from a no-good mobster. Intense, well acted and unexpectedly sexy. —JR A great director and strong cast do not save the aimless Full Frontal Friends star Jennifer Aniston rescues her career from the brink of syndication in this challenging dramedy from the guys behind Chuck & Buck. She plays a depressed wife whose misery loves the company of a sullen scenes with the adorable, much younger Jake Gyllenhaal (D onnie D arko), while child actor Raven Goodwin astounds as Blethyn’s strong-willed adopted daughter. Issues of race, gender and sex are deftly, humorously handled; it’s a quiet hut strong achievem ent. — Christopher McQuain Drive with Pride M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) adds another unsettling blockbuster to his credit with this study of what it would really be like if hostile aliens invaded planet Earth. Sans fiery explosions and overt patriotism, it’s more about a former <£§> only if you’re really hungry <^> <**£*> good effort, pass the salt mmmm, tasty! < £ }< £ > < £ > get the big tub o’ com priest (Mel Gibson) struggling with his faith in the face of unending tragedy than an interplane tary war. Unfortunately, Shyamalan feels the need to be sappy, and his usual ultra-twist end ing has turned into complete predictability. , — L isa Bradshaw T adpole Spouting off French philosophy while inex plicably drooling over his stepmother (Sigourney Weaver), Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) is one of cinema’s most contradictory, detestable characters ever. The ugly cinematography, poor acting and shallow writing don’t help, either. 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