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Diane LaneTo Do: Blackface, Soul and The PoliceMust-see 1983 Coppola film Rumble Fish at AFI. ” Matt Dillon is a wanna-be hoodlum who idolizes his brother, former gang leader Mickey Rourke. Dennis Hopper is their wayward father who can’t shake the bottle. Daringly shot in b&w, with splashes of color. Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Penn and Nicholas Cage shine in supporting roles, while The Police’s Stewart Copeland contributed the film’s memorable score.” [AFI] Sorted dance party at the Black Cat with Britpop, Soul, Indie Pop. Free at 9PM. [Black Cat] At the 9:30 tonight: Infamy, a dance-punk/electro-pop thing of some sort. It’s got a “provocative stage performance”! [InfamyDC] The Movies Of 2006: Best And Otherwise, By Kurt LoderThere really is no such thing as a "Best Movie of the Year," especially this year. There have been some great pictures, of course; there's just no way to compare them. (Which is part of what makes them great — they're incomparable.) My top, oh, six, let's say, in alphabetical order: "Apocalypto": Debuted at number one, then quickly slid down the box-office chart. Not a holiday movie, apparently. And the subtitles and absence of star actors didn't help. Still, Mel Gibson's action fantasia is a one-of-a-kind head-rush, and it's beautiful to look at. A classic in the dictionary sense: "definitive in its field." At the moment, a field of one. "Dreamgirls": For those who can't stand musicals, a musical worth standing in line for. Has overnight sensation Jennifer Hudson, among several other things. Although just having Jennifer Hudson would be enough. "The Fountain": Darren Aronofsky's third feature — a thousand-year love story that stretches from Renaissance Spain to the far reaches of outer space — is the most radiantly imaginative sci-fi film since "2001: A Space Odyssey." Shows what wonders are possible after a director's had his budget cut in half. Actually, shows what wonders are possible, period. "Happy Feet": George Miller's first movie since the 1998 "Babe: Pig in the City" is a mo-cap take on "March of the Penguins," and it's irresistible. Also illuminates an important environmental issue — the over-fishing of the world's oceans — without getting windy about it. (Al Gore resembles a penguin in some ways, but can he dance?) "Little Miss Sunshine": The little indie that could, and did. First-time screenwriter Michael Arndt provided a family of road-tripping neurotics rich in human detail; a dream-ensemble cast brought them to life; and a smart, slow roll-out allowed the film to build an audience through word of mouth, earning back its $8-million production budget, times 10, in just five months. The freshness of the film's comic invention is intoxicating. The directors — music-vid vets Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris — are first-timers, too; and little Abigail Breslin was only 9 years old when the movie was shot. (It's her seventh film, but she's clearly just getting started.) The picture would be all sparkle and heart — not necessarily a great thing — if it weren't for Steve Carell's glum gay lit scholar, Paul Dano's furiously hostile teen brother and Alan Arkin's crusty Grandpa, who corks the syrup every time he puts in an appearance. "United 93": What Oliver Stone failed to do with "World Trade Center" — give imaginative resonance to the awful events of 9/11 — British director Paul Greengrass accomplished unforgettably with this extraordinary film, made for less than a quarter of the budget Stone had to work with. United Airlines' Flight 93 was the only one of the four aircraft hijacked by Islamic terrorists that day not toreach its intended target (in this case, Washington, D.C.). The passengers onboard rallied together to abort the mission, but no one knows exactly how. Greengrass, relying on extensive background interviews and panicked phone-call transcripts, arrived at what he considered "a plausible truth"; and to convey it, he used little-known actors (and many non-actors) and a tense, restless hand-held camera style. You don't want what happens to happen, but it still does, and it breaks your heart all over again. * * * You see the problem here. Is "United 93" a better movie than "Dreamgirls"? Must someone who prefers "Apocalypto" to "Happy Feet" necessarily have an anti-penguin agenda? There's no point in setting these movies up against one another; they stand stubbornly on their own in any context. And determining "winners" in the other traditional best-of categories is a similarly pointless exercise, although I'm willing to play along. With some reservations. "Killshot" - Canadian town to become Cape GirardeauCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - What on earth happened to "Killshot?" We all remember the excitement just a year ago, when Hollywood came to Cape Girardeau. The movie's expected release date is December '06, but only a trailer's made air so far. Many of you have called asking us to find out the latest on "Killshot" and we finally have an update for you. There's a good chance some of the scenes shot here in Cape Girardeau might not make it to the big screen at all. Downtown business owners who did their part to make sure shooting went off without a hitch say they're disappointed big. More than one year after Killshot's first projected date of release there's still no sign of the movie. Now word is some scenes will be re-shot in Canada - leaving Cape residents calling it a killjoy. "It's kind of a disappointment since we thought it would be a neat thing for the downtown to be in a movie," according to one local business owner. A Canadian film worker tells Heartland News crews plan on re-shooting two scenes in scenic lake front Port Perry in Ontario, Canada - more than 900 miles away from Cape Girardeau. As for the scenes, they include - Diane Lane leaving a downtown store a year ago, and maybe even more disappointing - they are also re-shooting the establishing shot of Cape Girardeau. "You have to understand life's all about managing expectations and this was Hollywood," Mayor Jay Knudtson says. Of course store owners had hoped Hollywood would come through for them. "A lot of local businesses closed their stores to accommodate them to shoot the movie and we lost money during that," Susan Dean who owns "A Woman's Store" says. Dean's store does show up briefly in the trailer - but, will it make on the movie? No one knows. "As long as they call it Cape Girardeau we might be able to close our eyes and believe it's Cape Girardeau. That's what it's all about anyway a lot of fantasy," Knudtson says. Film producers would not comment on why they decided to re-shoot the scenes in question but it is scheduled for this weekend in Canada, and I'm told they're working on details to make sure Port Perry looks more like Cape. Interestingly enough Port Perry had also been in the running when producers were talking about shooting the movie in the first place - but at the time, Cape won the rights. The convention and visitors bureau says film crews spent more than $700,000 while in Cape, and they welcome the chance to work with Hollywood any day. Register Your Sitepresented the Presidential Medal of Merit to designer Monique Lhuillier for distinguishing herself and
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