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This Weeks Movie Reviews: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Directed by Gore Verbinski. Written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski. Music by Klaus Badelt. Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce and Jack Davenport. Walt Disney Pictures, 2006. PG-13. 143 minutes. Johnny Depp caused a minor sensation three years ago as Jack Sparrow, the anti-hero of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Not since Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade (1996) was a misfit so beloved — or so imitated — and both Thornton and Depp earned Academy nominations for their performances. Depp's Sparrow was a woozy but clever scoundrel with a knack for outwitting and outlasting his enemies. With quotable lines in almost every scene — "You seem familiar. Have I threatened you before?" — Pirates isn't far behind The Princess Bride (1987) for its lighthearted treatment of the pirate life and the shady dealings among people of easy virtue. Read more...
Sketches of Frank Gehry Directed by Sydney Pollack. Music by Claes Nystrom and Jonas Sorman. Starring Frank Gehry, Dennis Hopper, Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha, Mildred Friedman. Sony Pictures Classics, 2006. PG-13. 83 minutes. "As you mature, you sort of find out the hard way that the world doesn't revolve around your butt." That's architect Frank Gehry speaking to director Sydney Pollack. Of course, in the realm of architecture, much of the world does revolve around Gehry — Guggenheim Bilbao, anyone? In this documentary, Pollack, director of movies such as Tootsie and Out of Africa, collects an offbeat but impressive collection of famous men (and one woman: curator and art historian Mildred Friedman) to tell the story of Gehry's rise to prominence. Read more...
District B13 Directed by Pierre Morel. Script by Luc Besson and Bibi Naceri. Starring Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario, Bibi Naceri and Dany Verissimo. Magnolia Pictures, 2006. R. 85 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Paris, 2010. Troublesome ghettos have been walled off and left to fester without basic city services like, say, mail … or police officers. It's the rare resident of district B13 who wants to upset the status quo — the place is run by Taha (Bibi Naceri), who appears to snort nearly as much coke as he sells — but there's always one. In this case, it's Leïto (David Belle), a frequently shirtless anti-drug vigilante. The sculpted Belle is the originator of Parkour, a street art in which "participants aim to pass obstacles in their environment, both natural and man-made, rapidly and fluidly." If that sounds a little goofy, District B13's first action sequence, in which Leïto flees through buildings and across rooftops, will convince you otherwise. The improvisational, exhausting flight is a thing of beauty. Read more...
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