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T h e third in the American Pie series
is the gayest yet. As the wedding o f Jim
and M ichelle (Jason Biggs and Alyson
Hannigan) lixuns, the others seek the aid of
dancing queen Bear (an excellent Eric Allen
Kramer) and his sidekicks to make the event
memorable. Borrowing from Flashdance and
Pink Flamingos alike, American Wedding is
uneven, hut queer audiences with a taste for
gross-out humor should have a gixxl time.
— Aruiy M angels
‘■•'C'- B uffalo S oldiers
Miramax shelved this wickedly cynical
film after 9/11 because it feared accusations
of fHxir timing. Actually, the suits should’ve
been more concerned about poor reviews.
Joaquin Phoenix plays a U .S. soldier who
makes dmgs and sells Mop & G lo on the
black market, and Ed Harris adds poignancy
as his loser commanding officer, hut director
Gregor Jordan nins out of ideas around the
halfway point. Tx> much black, not enough
comedy.
—Jim Radosta
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C apturing
the F riedmans
Truth is stranger than fiction in one of
the most fascinating documentaries you’ll
ever see. New York filmmaker Andrew
Jarecki mixes his own footage with old home
movies of the Long Island Friedman family,
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whose father and youngest son were arrested in
1987 for child sexual abuse. At the heart of
this rather moving film Ls the question of truth
vs. memory, and each family member’s percep
tion of both.
— Lisa Bradshaw
D emon of the D erby
This dtx:umentary by Sharon Marie Rutter
is alternately uproarious and sad. Her subject is
A nn Calvello, the Bay Area’s “meanest mama
on skates,’’ who cleaned up in roller derby dur
ing the 1950s and ’60s— sporting wild hair
dye, far-out fashion and violently underhanded
tricks way before Dennis Rixlman was even
horn. Now “Banana Nose Calvello” is turning
70, bagging groceries at Safeway and still skat
ing (kx)king remarkably like a drag queen) in
any team that will have her.
— LB
hejesus out of him. Lotsa
tongue swapping and teary-
eyed glances between Amer
ica’s First Qxiple. But
please— W hat lesbian.' Where
lesbian? T he other alleged dyke
is a psychopathic stalker who tears
into J-Lo and Ben’s apartment and slashes
her wrists a minute or two later. Oh, and don’t
miss the lovable retard (Ben and J-Lo’s kidnapping
victim and pal) who dreams of “going to
Bayuxuch” while a heavenly chorus screams its
approval in the background. Like you ctxild.
— Gary Morris
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Director Gary Ross ( Pleasantville) slaps tix>
many layers of sap over Laura Hillenhrand’s best-
selling btxik, which won America’s heart with its
uplifting Depression-era story o f one very special
racehorse and the lives he touched. However,
the blah sentimentality can ’t bury the resilient
talents of Tobey Maguire, William H. Macy
and Chris Ccxiper. Worth an air-conditioned
peek for the performances only.
— C hristopher M cQ uam
T o KILL A
M ockingbird
Gigli ( “rhymes with really,” as
we’re constantly told) is extra-
godawful. Ben Affleck works his
sleepy, “come suck me” eyes to
near-catatonia while romancing
contract criminal/dyke Jennifer
Lopez in this brainless flick. Prob
lem is, J-Lo keeps forgetting she’s
supposed to he a lesbian. She
cruises Ben from the get-go,
iruxming over him while mono-
loguing about “my pussy" and how
women are better at eating it,
before, of course, fucking the
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Ladies
of the
Wild '
West
What's popped
and what's flopped,
a theater near you.
If you’ve only seen this perfect film on
your 19-inch set, run to HollywotxJ Theatre
by Aug. 7. Gregory Peck won the Oscar in
1963 for his brilliantly understated portrayal
of lawyer Atticus Finch from Harper Lee’s
Pulitzer-winning (yet one and only) novel
about race relations in the Depression-era
South. Varying bits of social commentary
mix with a traditional homefront, and
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the problems o f tomboy Scout will
have you nodding in understanding
sympathy.
— LB
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