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Hanks makes waiting delightful in 'The Terminal'

By Lindsay Barnes | June 24, 2004

Much of the success of last year's critical darling "Lost in Translation" hinged on a great American comic actor playing the role of a man completely lost in a strange world he doesn't understand and playing that role with just the right mixture of pathos and silliness.

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Frost fest showcases range of original plays and ideas

By AnnMary Mathew | June 1, 2004

Loving two people at once, black men loving black men and infanticide were the major themes in the plays presented in this year's 77th annual Eleanor Frost Playwriting Festival. The first play, "Complex Mathematics in the Backyard," was ambitious but often came off soap-operatic.

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'Lenin' makes unique statement on post-Soviet politics

By Mignon Lamia | May 13, 2004

With a personal touch and a statement about life far beyond Socialist Germany, "Good Bye, Lenin," playing at the Nugget this week and slated to show at the Hopkins Center later this month, is one of few films documenting one of the most important political and geographic shifts in the past 25 years: the fall of the Berlin Wall. In East Germany in October 1989, the protests that would eventually lead to the toppling of the wall and the end of socialist party power have begun.

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Violent 'Man On Fire' shoots, but misses its target

By AnnMary Mathew | May 4, 2004

Denzel Washington plays a ruthless, revenge-bent bodyguard in "Man on Fire," -- a movie that, in terms of plot, script, direction and length, is every bit as histrionic as its title. Washington stars as John Creasy (a name jarring enough to the ears), a washed up, depressed, alcoholic, ex-government assassin.

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