Thursday, April 10, 2008

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There's a fascinating new film about... Howard Hughes' life that runs about two hours. Unfortunately, it is part of The Aviator, which clocks in at nearly three hours. A fast-moving, entertaining movie that boasts a fine performance by DiCaprio, who captures Hughes' brio, as well as the sadness that accompanied the gradual onset of insanity that turned Hughes into a legendary recluse. What a sad man. What brief buy dvd glory. What an enthralling film, 166 minutes, and it races past. A film that's extremely well-made but tantalizingly or clumsily (take your pick) oblique.

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