AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

[0] `Original Sin'.(The Dallas Morning News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| August 01, 2001 | Wuntch, Philip | COPYRIGHT 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Even the most serious cineastes fall prey to the forbidden fruit of melodrama. Martin Scorsese, for example, admits to a long-term affair with "Duel in the Sun."

For contemporary moviegoers, "Original Sin" strives to fill a void left vacant since "Legends of the Fall."

But the new melodrama's overall effect is turgid rather than florid. If it had more panache, it would tumble into the infamous so-bad-it's-good category, but that's too positive a label for this sad-sack saga.

Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas play "Original Sin's" combative lovers. He's Luis Vargas, wealthy owner of a coffee plantation in turn-of-last-century Cuba. A pragmatic ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
The box office report.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Holter, Rick October 30, 2003 700+ words
...Something Like It" ($14 mil) and the awful "Original Sin" ($16 mil). ___ Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide Web at http://www...Tribune Information Services. (c) 2003, The Dallas Morning News.
Mark your calendars: Here are tentative release dates for movies.(The Dallas...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service January 4, 2001 700+ words
...November." FEB. 23: "Original Sin"; "3000 Miles to Graceland...Pierre." X X X Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...Services. (c) 2001, The Dallas Morning News. Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...
What's opening in theaters next week.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Wuntch, Philip July 26, 2001 700+ words
...Hathaway on royal etiquette. ORIGINAL SIN _ By now, every moviegoer...Hanoi. ___ Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...Services. (c) 2001, The Dallas Morning News. Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...
PBS shows still fueled by brain power.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Bark, Ed September 12, 2001 700+ words
...skin of "America's original sin business" in a one...Life 360 ___ Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...Services. (c) 2001, The Dallas Morning News. Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...
A new faith called for a new behavior.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hogan/Albach, Susan November 7, 2001 700+ words
...babies could be born with original sin. Nor did he understand...before." ___ Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...Services. (c) 2001, The Dallas Morning News. Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...
It looks like a wonderful winter in filmdom.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Ealy, Charles January 4, 2001 700+ words
...kissing and killing. ORIGINAL SIN (Feb. 23) _ Luis...Kev. X X X Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...Services. (c) 2001, The Dallas Morning News. Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide...
Not all believers share Gibson's view that Jesus died to atone for sin.(The...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hogan/Albach, Susan February 21, 2004 700+ words
...are enormous for Christians. The church's doctrine of original sin is called into question. So, too, are the meaning of redemption...It's our belief that by the sin of the first people, original sin, that the gates were closed to us, to eternal life, and...
Macho actor loved all his children _ including his own inner child.(The Dallas...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Wuntch, Philip June 7, 2001 700+ words
...Anthony Quinn as the Pope might have raised eyebrows in some Hollywood quarters. In his two autobiographies, 1972's "Original Sin" and 1995's "One Man Tango," he sprinkled his hard-won professional triumphs with spicy kiss-and-tell anecdotes...
For more facts and information, see all results

Source: HighBeam Research, [0] `Original Sin'.(The Dallas Morning News)

©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA