Gary Dretzka
Leonard
Klady
David Poland
Ray Pride
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HERO (Special Screenings) - Miramax acquired this Chinese historic blockbuster believing it had the next Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. And while the film by Zhang Yimou includes Tiger's Zhang Ziyi and Jet Li was a foreign-language nominee in 2002 it doesn't measure up to the earlier film. Nonetheless, it has enormous visual delights and some exciting action set pieces that will leave you breathless. (8:30 p.m. Ford Amphitheatre) HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (Special Screenings) - A slacker comedy for the new millennium. The title duo - youthful ethnics - come down with the munchies and seduced by a television promo go on a holy quest for the delights of White Castle's mini burgers. However, the path proves more difficult than one might expect and as Cunard used to say, kinda, getting there is all the fun. (10 p.m. DGA 1) UNTOLD SCANDAL (International Showcase) - An enormous success in Korea last year and currently turning up the heat in Japan, this tale of sexual intrigue may seem somewhat familiar. In fact, it's the latest screen variation of Dangerous Liaisons transposed to the elite clan society of 18th Century Korea. For the uninitiated, a scheming charmer makes a wager with a former lover that he can bed a virtuous woman and that pursuit appears headed toward tragic consequences. (9:30 p.m. Laemmle Sunset 5) UP
FOR GRABS (Documentary Competition) - A real life saga
that gives new meaning to the catchphrase "keep your eye on
the ball." Who caught San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds record
breaking 73rd home run? Both Alex Popov and Patrick Hayashi claimed
that honor and filmed evidence and eyewitness reports failed to
provide the unimpeachable truth. Could the court settle the case?
A genuine cliffhanger and a total delight to watch the principles
engage in rhetoric and some of the basic seven deadly sins. (5:15
p.m. Laemmle Sunset 5) "When
the Berlin wall fell, the perpetual right in America, which always
needs an enemy, didn't have an enemy any more, so I had to serve
as the next best thing," Imelda Sues: She Doesn't Look Like A Good Person In The Documentary The
Last of the First: Much like "Buena Vista Social Club"
and "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," "The Last
of the First" shines a spotlight on musicians' musicians who
have been forgotten or overlooked. ``I think Michael
Moore's Fahrenheit 911 will bury us. But... I think his film
will take in enough at the box office that it probably might even
help us some too.'' Next Year,
Straight Outta Compton?
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