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Muhammad Ali inside the ring and Muhammad Ali outside the ring were totally different men; his abrasive, magnetic daring and infectious self-love outside the ring galvanized the world and distracted many from his sniper's precision. He was a heavyweight with the fluttering gracefulness of a middleweight.

~Elvis Mitchell

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Ali was the African-American who exulted in saying exactly what he was capable of, and the bouncing-boy braggadocio of hip-hop is impossible to imagine without him. So it makes sense that one of his spiritual children, the sunny-dispositioned rapper turned actor Will Smith, would play him.

~Elvis Mitchell

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'Ali' offers stunning re-creations of bouts Ali fought. In the second Liston fight, the auditorium is underlighted and clouded with fetid cigar smoke, which was why the famous picture of a snarling Ali standing over Liston was so dramatic; indoor arenas are now bright enough to be spotted from Alpha Centauri.

~Elvis Mitchell

Topics: Ali Alpha Arenas Auditorium Bright Dramatic Enough Famous Fight Fought Now Offers Over Picture Second Smoke Standing Stunning Which Why

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'Infernal Affairs' uses a vibrating terseness usually found in the writer and director Michael Mann's work. Thematically, this film deploys the techniques Mr. Mann brought to bear on 'Heat,' right down to using a similar cold-blooded electronic score.

~Elvis Mitchell

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The world may not be ready yet for the film equivalent of books on tape, but this peculiar phenomenon has arrived in the form of the film adaptation of J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.'

~Elvis Mitchell

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Watching daring, high-tech criminals in action, I have the same thought that probably occurs to other moviegoers: if these guys just held on to some of the money they spend on equipment, they wouldn't have to turn to a life of crime.

~Elvis Mitchell

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It would be hard to make a movie worse than the first 'Ocean's Eleven,' the 1960 Lewis Milestone film.

~Elvis Mitchell

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For those not so taken by the star power, this new 'Ocean's Eleven' is the equivalent of a domineering team you can't stand that enters the Super Bowl. Even if you don't like the players, the odds are so good that it's tough to bet against them.

~Elvis Mitchell

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The Wachowskis' use of space rivals that of musical directors like Gene Kelly and Mark Sandrich.

~Elvis Mitchell

Topics: Directors Gene Kelly Like Mark Musical Rivals Space Use

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Since most of 'Mean Girls' consists of the outsider Cady observing the tribal rites of her new setting and laying it all out in narration, this movie is just like home for the meticulous and ruthless deadpan that Ms. Fey has perfected for the satirical 'S.N.L.' newscast in which she and Jimmy Fallon are the anchors.

~Elvis Mitchell

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: December 6th, 1958

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