Hollywood Reporter Posts Reviews for Rent, Syriana, and Memoirs of a Geisha

So sayeth Kirk Honeycutt:

• Rent:  Hugely entertaining and high-spirited adaptation of the hit rock opera.
• Syriana:  Mosaic of Middle East geopolitics is at once too simplistic yet plot-wise too convoluted.
• Memoirs of a Geisha:  A respectable film version of best seller that nevertheless misses the novel's subtleties.

Comments

[dziga]

There is a guy in real life whom the character in RENT named "Mark"
is based on (except he is not gay)--his
name is Paul Garrin, who among other things is known for breaking the story on the infamous Tompkins Square Park Police
Riot that took place in 1988 in the East Village, one of the events that inspired
Jonathan Larson to author his play "RENT".
Paul became known as the
"Man with a Video Camera", and could be
seen carrying his video camera with him everywhere,
often finding himself videotaping the police and the many riots
that went down in the East Village during the 80's and early 90's.
more about Paul Garrin:
http://pg.mediafilter.org see his famous clip
"Man with a Video Camera"
rtsp://stream.freethe.net/manwcam.mov
or buy his videotape "By Any Means Necessary"
which chronicles the housing struggles in the East Village
between 1988-1991 that inspired the story behind RENT. http://shadowshop.com
go there and click on "video" (or "tapes).
You can view a sample clip there, and order the video online.

[Yu-Gi-Oh]

I am planning on seeing the Broadway show "Rent" during the Christmas holiday. I am looking forward to it as the reviews are positives.