![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Saving Private Ryan’ scribe Robert Rodat wrote the screenplay ‘Independence Day’ Roland Emmerich directs. Mel Gibson stars as a South Carolina widower who joins George Washington’s troops after the Redcoats start executing his children. “The Patriot” - The British are coming, the British are coming. R (drug use, some sexuality, language and a scene of violence). Jeanne Tripplehorn, Salma Hayek, Holly Hunter and Stellan Skarsgard star. The four stories, all of which were shot in separate 93-minute takes, bounce off each other in interesting ways, but in the end, the film is better in theory than execution. Here, he splits the screen four ways and presents a darkly satirical portrait of the ways in which beauty, talent, power and ambition collide in Hollywood. “Timecode” - 2 stars: No one will ever accuse ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ and ‘Miss Julie’ director Mike Figgis of playing it safe. The Farrelly Brothers’ follow-up to ‘There’s Something about Mary’ isn’t quite the laugh riot that their earlier film was but it comes pretty darn close. Complications ensue when both nice-guy Charlie and wild-man Hank fall in love with the same girl. “Me, Myself & Irene” - 3 stars: Double your fun with this psychotically funny comedy starring Jim Carrey as a Rhode Island state trooper with a split personality. ![]()
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