Movies & TV - Jan. 19, 2005
Emotional "Hotel Rwanda" offers focused take on terror
Although not completely without disturbing footage of senseless acts of murder, the personal story of Paul Rusesabagina, an ordinary man whose selfless bravery spares the lives of 1,268 refugees, takes precedence in this emotional film.
Tags: Cheadle, Nolte, Rwanda, Hutu, Tutsi, Africa, Hotel Rwanda, Terry George, Genocide

Movies & TV - Aug. 9, 2003
Ponderous "Northfork" is too obtuse
Director Michael Polish ("Twin Falls Idaho," "Jackpot") got the urge to play the poor man's David Lynch and at that point, his grey film becomes a multi-hued mess of hackneyed surrealism and lame one-liners.
Tags: Northfork, Jackpot, Idaho, Nolte

Movies & TV - April 18, 2003
"The Good Thief" is subtler, smarter -- but is it good?
Compared to most Hollywood crime flicks, the film -- in which Nick Nolte stars as an aging, heroin-addicted, but good-hearted, crook -- is a little smarter, a little more subtle.
Tags: Nolte, Nine Queens, Kukhanidze