Something for everyone at the flicks<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Here is the lineup of movies playing at local
\nmovie theaters, with reviews and grades by Rayya Makarim and Tam
\nNotosusanto.<\/p>\n
Arlington Road; thriller; starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins,
\nJoan Cusack and Hope Davis. Directed by Mark Pellington.<\/p>\n
Widowed history professor Bridges suspects that the couple who
\nlive next door (Robbins and Cusack) are not the charming suburban
\nfamily they appear to be, but left-wing extremists bent on
\nblowing up government office buildings.<\/p>\n
It's a suspenseful, captivating film that benefits from a
\nsharp, uncompromising script, a stellar cast and the visual
\nprowess of former music video director Pellington. Graded B+ by
\nTN.<\/p>\n
The General's Daughter; detective story; starring John
\nTravolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton and
\nJames Woods. Directed by Simon West.<\/p>\n
Travolta and Stowe are army investigators delving into the
\ncase of a murdered female officer, the daughter of an
\ninfluential, politically ambitious war hero. It's one of those
\nHollywood movies that want to depict the military as shady,
\ntwisted and absolutely evil, only this one probably tries too
\nhard. One aspect that makes it worth seeing is Woods'
\nmultilayered performance as a tormented army colonel. B- (TN).<\/p>\n
Instinct; environmental campaign; starring Anthony Hopkins,
\nCuba Gooding Jr., Maura Tierney and Donald Sutherland. Directed
\nby Jon Turteltaub.<\/p>\n
Primatologist Hopkins will not speak a word after reemerging
\nfrom years of closely studying African gorillas in their natural
\nhabitat. It's up to cocky psychiatrist Gooding to unlock the
\nmystery surrounding the famed scholar, now incarcerated for
\nkilling people who hurt the apes.<\/p>\n
In this film, the gorillas are really kept in the mist,
\nleaving the terribly miscast Gooding ruining everything with his
\nunforgivable overacting. Show him the door, somebody. C (TN).<\/p>\n
Phantasm: Oblivion; horror; starring A. Michael Baldwin,
\nReggie Bannister, Bill Thornbury and Angus Scrimm. Written and
\ndirected by Don Coscarelli.<\/p>\n
For the fourth time, the constantly victimized Michael Pearson
\n(Baldwin) battles the sinister Tall Man (Scrimm) and his army of
\nghoulish dwarfs. Not much has changed: the flying spheres are
\nstill looking for foreheads to drill, and Michael's loyal
\nsidekick Reggie (Bannister) apparently forgets what happens if he
\npicks up strange chicks on the road.<\/p>\n
If the previous episodes are pure trashy, schlocky fun, this
\none wants to be a quasi-existentialist journey that only ends up
\nbeing too muddled and joyless. Oblivion is where it belongs. C-
\n(TN).<\/p>\n
Pushing Tin; comedy; starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton,
\nAngelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett. Directed by Mike Newell.<\/p>\n
Inside the pressure cooker that is New York's Terminal Radar
\nApproach Control center, air traffic controllers Cusack and
\nThornton entangle themselves in a fierce competition of wits and
\nderring-do, risking their marriages and the lives aboard the
\n7,000 flights that come in and out of New York. Glen and Les
\nCharles, creators of the hit TV series Taxi and Cheers, wrote
\nthis superbly acted character-driven piece. B (TN).<\/p>\n
The Sixth Sense; psychological drama; starring Bruce Willis,
\nToni Collette, Haley Joel Osment, Olivia Williams and Donnie
\nWahlberg. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.<\/p>\n
Child shrink Willis must get inside the mind of a troubled
\nyoung boy who sees dead people walking around him. It's a moving
\nhuman drama about relationships and the fragility of life,
\ndisguised as a mild ghost story.<\/p>\n
It does not matter that Willis underperforms, because Osment,
\nas the boy, steals all the scenes he is in with his staggering
\nportrayal of a reluctant psychic. Look for the unrecognizable
\nformer New Kid on the Block Wahlberg in a chilling brief turn. A-
\n(TN).<\/p>",
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