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Lost in Space
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday April 3, 1998 "Lost in Space" is way more lost than it knows. Yet another theatrical feature based on a decades-old TV show (what's next--"Modern Farmer: The Movie"?), this effects-loaded extravaganza has more trouble finding its...Tags: Stephen Hopkins, Matt LeBlanc, David Lee, Jack Johnson, Plastic Surgeons
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'The Door in the Floor'
![Jeff BRIDGES has long been one of the greats of American film acting. But because his greatness comes under the deep cover of his characters and with an absence of self-aggrandizement, and because he makes relatively few movies these days, the actor's screen appearances can sometimes take on the weight of a major rediscovery. Such is the case with "The Door in the Floor," in which Bridges turns a two-dimensional image into a presence so vital, so filled with breath and blood, that you uneasily fall in love with his character and abandon all thought of the artifice that's brought it to life.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-07/13403753.jpg "Jeff BRIDGES has long been one of the greats of American film acting. But because his greatness comes under the deep cover of his characters and with an absence of self-aggrandizement, and because he makes relatively few movies these days, the actor's screen appearances can sometimes take on the weight of a major rediscovery. Such is the case with "The Door in the Floor,\" in which Bridges turns a two-dimensional image into a presence so vital, so filled with breath and blood, that you uneasily fall in love with his character and abandon all thought of the artifice that's brought it to life.")
Times Staff WriterJeff BRIDGES has long been one of the greats of American film acting. But because his greatness comes under the deep cover of his characters and with an absence of self-aggrandizement, and because he makes relatively few movies these days, the actor's...Tags: Children, Death, Ghosts (supernatural entities), Jon Foster, Nick Nolte
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Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFriday January 13, 1995 "Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog" is an old-fashioned boy-and-his-dog buddy movie, with an un-Lassie-like twist: It goes for gritty wilderness realism over fantastic feats of canine anthropomorphism. Not...Tags: Bruce Davison, June Allyson, PG Rated Movies, Dog (animal), Dakotah Incorporated
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The Mirror Has Two Faces
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday November 15, 1996 "The Mirror Has Two Faces," the title claims, and why not? But Barbra Streisand, who directs and plays the lead, has only one face, that of the star. For Streisand's followers, that will present as little difficulty as...Tags: Columbia University, Greg Kinnear, Jean-Claude van Damme, George Segal, Eyewear
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
FOR THE TIMESFriday May 2, 1997 Poor Mike Myers. Didn't anyone ever tell him you can't spoof camp? In "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," he takes on what seem to be ripe topics for parody--the late '60s spy genre and the Swinging London aesthetic--...Tags: Seth Green, Mike Myers, Kensington, Plastic Surgeons, Diana Rigg
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Bulletproof Heart
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday March 31, 1995 In the press notes for "Bulletproof Heart," starring Anthony LaPaglia and Mimi Rogers, director Mark Malone describes how he conceived a movie about a hit man who seems to have stepped out of a Camus novel. For one thing,...Tags: Murder, Cinema Industry, New Jersey, Death, Crime (genre)
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Reflections in the Dark
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday June 30, 1995 With Jon Purdy's thoughtful, well-crafted "Reflections in the Dark," Mimi Rogers follows "The Rapture" and "Bulletproof Heart" with yet another striking, distinctive screen portrayal. After a brief but crucial prologue, we...Tags: Billy Zane, Drama (genre), Medina (Saudi Arabia), Death, Crimes
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