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From culture to culture and from reel to reel
![Mexican cinema has been flourishing for the last decade thanks to the international success of such innovative directors as Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu and actors Salma Hayek and Gael García Bernal. Hollywood has also taken notice, with major studios luring the talent. But the cinematic cross-pollination is nothing new. In the silent era, Hollywood invited Mexican movie stars Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez, Ramon Navarro and Lupita Tovar to the major studios. And though Cantinflas didn't achieve the success that he did in Mexico, the comedian stole the 1956 Oscar-winning best picture, "Around the World in 80 Days," from under the dapper nose of David Niven.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-10/25850336.jpg "Mexican cinema has been flourishing for the last decade thanks to the international success of such innovative directors as Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu and actors Salma Hayek and Gael García Bernal. Hollywood has also taken notice, with major studios luring the talent. But the cinematic cross-pollination is nothing new. In the silent era, Hollywood invited Mexican movie stars Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez, Ramon Navarro and Lupita Tovar to the major studios. And though Cantinflas didn't achieve the success that he did in Mexico, the comedian stole the 1956 Oscar-winning best picture, "Around the World in 80 Days,\" from under the dapper nose of David Niven.")
Times Staff WriterMexican cinema has been flourishing for the last decade thanks to the international success of such innovative directors as Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu and actors Salma Hayek and Gael García Bernal. Hollywood has...Tags: Guillermo Del Toro, Movies, Paul Weitz, Mexico, Entertainment
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Daniel Craig, a blond Bond?
Sun Movie CriticNow we know we're hitting the big time: James Bond has been seen on the streets of Baltimore and will be stationed here for at least another few weeks. British actor Daniel Craig, set to be introduced as the next 007 at a London news conference today,...Tags: Celebrities, Jude Law, Washington (U.S. state), Sean Connery, Daniel Craig
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'Casino Royale'
Times Staff WriterWhat becomes a legend most? How do you retool an icon without alienating a fan base that has been loyal for longer than the core movie audience has been alive? What, in other words, do you do with James Bond? Starting 44 years ago with Sean Connery...Tags: Mads Mikkelsen, Sean Connery, Abusive Behavior, Casino and Gambling, Ted Hughes
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A Life Less Ordinary
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday October 24, 1997 Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. And it might turn out to be "A Life Less Ordinary." The latest effort from the crew that made "Trainspotting" so exciting--writer John Hodge, director Danny Boyle,...Tags: Delroy Lindo, Holly Hunter, Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock, Ian Holm
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Design for living, separately
![If Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ever "go Hollywood," they'd have to leave town.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-02/16322767.jpg "If Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ever "go Hollywood,\" they'd have to leave town.")
Special to The TimesIf Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ever "go Hollywood," they'd have to leave town. Instead, the uncompromising documentarians live and work in the heart of Hollywood, the city — Bailey in a 1924 English Arts and Crafts bungalow, built by a...Tags: Celebrities, Dining and Drinking, Los Angeles, Cinema Industry, Tammy Faye Messner
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Sail away on Queen Mary, the original
![Some "getaways" are wholly dependent on the strength of your imagination. With the new Queen Mary 2's transatlantic crossings out of our reach, we did the next best thing: booked a night aboard the original Queen Mary and pretended.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2004-02/11465134.jpg "Some "getaways\" are wholly dependent on the strength of your imagination. With the new Queen Mary 2's transatlantic crossings out of our reach, we did the next best thing: booked a night aboard the original Queen Mary and pretended.")
Times Staff WriterSome "getaways" are wholly dependent on the strength of your imagination. With the new Queen Mary 2's transatlantic crossings out of our reach, we did the next best thing: booked a night aboard the original Queen Mary and pretended. Entered into...Tags: Barbie (fictional character), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Dining and Drinking, Buster Keaton, Restaurants
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'Around the World in 80 Days'
!["Around the World in 80 Days" sails along on a slipstream of pleasant scenery, amusing incident and the boundless charms of its appealing leading men, Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan: It's an unexpectedly buoyant spectacular. Based on the Jules Verne novel, the basis of a 2-ton turkey from 1956 with David Niven, this light entertainment suggests that the class of movie known as "the family film" — think Fred MacMurray and a talking dog — has yet to be vanquished by product placements, vulgarity and unnecessary violence. It may never be hip to be square, but as this genial film attests sometimes it's sweet relief.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-06/13051097.jpg ""Around the World in 80 Days\" sails along on a slipstream of pleasant scenery, amusing incident and the boundless charms of its appealing leading men, Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan: It's an unexpectedly buoyant spectacular. Based on the Jules Verne novel, the basis of a 2-ton turkey from 1956 with David Niven, this light entertainment suggests that the class of movie known as \"the family film\" — think Fred MacMurray and a talking dog — has yet to be vanquished by product placements, vulgarity and unnecessary violence. It may never be hip to be square, but as this genial film attests sometimes it's sweet relief.")
Times Staff Writer"Around the World in 80 Days" sails along on a slipstream of pleasant scenery, amusing incident and the boundless charms of its appealing leading men, Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan: It's an unexpectedly buoyant spectacular. Based on the Jules Verne novel,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Steve Coogan, Fred MacMurray, Ewen Bremner, France
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The 'Who's Whos' lists of 'Who's Dead?'
Courant Staff WriterFriday's the day we indulge in a curious fascination with coffin dwellers, mummies, cadavers, bloodsuckers, skeletons and monsters stitched together from assorted, dismembered body parts. Then we move on to trick-or-treats. Well, not all of us. There...Tags: Celebrities, Sugar Ray Leonard, Maureen O'Sullivan, Maureen O'Hara, Clayton Moore
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What's old is new - and perhaps better
Sun Movie CriticWith the last remnants of winter finally dribbling through art theaters, let us now praise summer remakes, sequels and franchises. With trailers rampant and the movies themselves unseen, every question mark registers as a come-on. Around the World in 80...Tags: Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, Tobey Maguire, Mel Brooks, Peter Jackson
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Academy has an uneasy time with box-office names
Times Staff WriterAcademy Award voters aren't shy about nominating superstars such as Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts for showy roles in films like "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Pretty Woman." But proclaiming big stars winners is another story. On awards night, both of...Tags: Barbra Streisand, Hilary Swank, Celebrities, Jim Carrey, Elections
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Con Air
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday June 6, 1997 "Con Air" is a big, loud, noisy movie made with almost scientific precision for people who like big, loud, noisy movies. Numbing but not boring, it's finally more dispiriting than exhilarating, like a wild night of debauchery...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Danny Trejo, Alabama, John Cusack, Nick Chinlund
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