Monday, October 20, 2003

MOVIE - OUT OF TIME - Review Rating $$$$$ $ (OUT OF 10) STARRING - Denzel Washington (Matt), Sanaa Lathan (Ann), Dean Cain (Chris), Eva Mendes (Det. Alexandra Cole), John Billingsley (Chae), Alex Carter (Dr. Cabbot) & Robert Baker (Tony Dalten). DIRECTOR - Carl Franklin (One True Thing, One False Move, Devil in a Blue Dress, 1989's Nowhere to Run & High Crimes) Let's get something straight right off the bat. Out Of Time, though another cop movie starring Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington, is about as diametrically opposite his last cop role, in the movie Training Day, as you can get. Training Day provided Washington the opportunity to demonstrate his mastery of the craft of acting while Out Of Time merely provides him with the opportunity to cash in on his prior, and well-deserved, success. If you don't like surprises then Out Of Time is a well acted but very predictable murder mystery. Running time - 114 minutes FULL REVIEW & LINKS TO ALTERNATIVE REVIEWS Comments by Halo Scan: 11:30:28 PM     | MOVIE - UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN - Review Rating $$$$$ $1/2 (OUT OF 10) STARRING - Diane Lane (Frances Mayes), Raoul Bova (Marcello), Sandra Oh (Patti), Vincent Riotta (Mr. Martini) & Lindsay Duncan (Katherine). DIRECTOR/WRITER - Audrey Wells (Guinevere) Based on the book by Frances Mayes entitled Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy. Under The Tuscan Sun is a fairly standard "there is life after 40" and "everyone deserves a second chance" type of movie. There are some humorous sequences but for the most part the script is worn out cliché piled on worn out cliché. Running time - 102 minutes FULL REVIEW AND LINKS TO ALTERNATIVE REVIEWS Comments by Halo Scan: 11:13:52 PM     |

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