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2006 Stories by Bill Gallo

• Flight of Fancy

  published September 21, 2006

  Anyone who wants to start feeling good about war again — and hey, pilgrim, isn't it about time? — might do well to take in... More >>

• The Longest Yawn

  published September 14, 2006

  "The Rock" — formerly known as "Flex Kavana" and, a bit later, as "Rocky Maivia" — was a practicing actor long before he turned to... More >>

• Practical Magic

  published August 24, 2006

  If, at this remove, we can imagine Vienna in the late 1890s, we behold a great imperial capital in ferment. Gustav Mahler is not only reinventing... More >>

• Baby Steps

  published August 10, 2006

  Snort a few lines of Fame, screen Save the Last Dance a couple of times, and channel what you've learned through the bad-ass pose of... More >>

• London Fog

  published July 27, 2006

  For 35 years, Woody Allen was a long shot to stray into the Bronx or Staten Island, much less the alien reaches of London, England. The creator of... More >>

• Deep Doo-doo

  published June 22, 2006

  About three-quarters of the way through Waist Deep, the hero of the piece -- an indestructible ex-convict who calls himself O2 (2 Fast 2... More >>

• Psycho Cowboy

  published June 1, 2006

  The Old West has vanished, John Wayne is dead, and -- this just in -- the two most famous ranch hands in America are gay. But there would be... More >>

• Troubled Water

  published May 11, 2006

  If some religious extremists in India had gotten their way, the gorgeous fury of Deepa Mehta's Water never would have reached the screen.... More >>

• Un-American Dream

  published May 11, 2006

  The lovable hero of Goal! The Dream Begins is the kind of guy some Americans don't find very appealing these days -- a Mexican immigrant... More >>

• Here's Your Insight, Pal

  published April 27, 2006

  Vast legions embrace the thing as gospel. Skeptics dismiss it as ecstatic nonsense. In any event, James Redfield's peculiar novel The Celestine... More >>

• Hoop Dreams Come True

  published March 16, 2006

  Through the Fire (Disney) He's averaging just nine points in his second season for the Portland Trail Blazers, but... More >>

• Primal Fur

  published February 16, 2006

  Penguins, schmenguins. If you want some new insight into the codes of animal behavior, have a look at Eight Below, an inspirational... More >>

• Kitty Litter

  published February 9, 2006

  This is not George Lazenby making his doomed run at James Bond, or even Mel Gibson presuming to play Hamlet. This is serious heresy,... More >>

• The Nude Bomb

  published February 2, 2006

  The studied British theatricality and sharp wit of Mrs. Henderson Presents are likely to make it a favorite among nostalgiaphiles, theater... More >>

• Ride the Legend

  published February 2, 2006

  Anthony Hopkins lends style points to any movie in which he appears. The thing may be a dog, but the actor who brought the gruesome psychopath... More >>

• Heavenly Hag

  published January 26, 2006

  There is evidently no limit to the sacrifices actors will make for their art. If you thought beautiful Charlize Theron went the distance by... More >>

• Rocky Waters

  published January 26, 2006

  No one has ever mistaken Rocky Balboa for an officer and a gentleman, but that's just about what we get in the numbingly predictable and... More >>

• Tarnished Ivory

  published January 26, 2006

  With the release of The White Countess, the much-honored Merchant Ivory canon is complete. The Bombay-born producer Ismail Merchant died in... More >>

• Smiles to Go

  published January 19, 2006

  We popcorn-chomping hitchhikers never know who will pick us up on the roadside. In Flirting With Disaster, it was a neurotic Manhattan... More >>

• Bet on Black

  published January 12, 2006

  Over the years, moviegoers who double as sports fans have had ample opportunity to pick and choose their favorite miracle -- Shoeless Joe Jackson... More >>

• Romeo in the Rough

  published January 12, 2006

  Over the centuries, the legend of Tristram and Iseult has fueled the derring-do of King Arthur, aroused Richard Wagner's operatic thunder, driven... More >>

• Pure Bull

  published January 12, 2006

  What's an unemployed former superspy to do? Faced with a midlife career change, suave Pierce Brosnan seems to have chosen wry self-mockery,... More >>

• Rogues' Gallery

  published January 5, 2006

  When your movie critics' tastes range from Jane Austen to Rob Zombie, there's bound to be some turbulence come award time. Perhaps not... More >>

• The War on Film

  published January 5, 2006

  War is hell, but it can also be high drama. In boots-on-the-ground documentaries like Gunner Palace and Occupation:... More >>

• Little Misses

  published January 5, 2006

  Amid Hollywood's zillion-dollar explosions and computer-enhanced trickery, plenty of quieter, better films sneaked into theaters virtually... More >>