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p 8 the tribune thursday october 23 1997 st the tribune arts enter tat playing god awful screen scene stuart green if xfiles star david duchovny hopes to make his mark on the big screen after his role runs its course hes going to have to either take remedial acting lessons or pick his parts more carefully in playing god his first film since the above- average television series became a runaway hit duchovny is painfully awful as eugene sands a prescription drugaddicted exdoctor who gets hooked up with a crime lord named raymond blos som timothy hutton after saving one of his henchmen blossom hires sands as a sort of freelance personal sur geon to tend to all of his war- wounded thugs but sands who is reluctant at first to take the assignment ends up falling for the crimi nal lifestyle and blossoms voluptuous moll angelina jolie things quickly start going against him when the fbi convinces him to be their rat in exchange for overlooking his nonprescribed use of potent pharmaceuticals and when blossom finds out all hell breaks loose directed by british new comer andy wilson playing god is as overwrought and tired as crime pictures come its look and tone are reminis cent of a poor mans simp sonbruckheimer 48 hrs film without the benefit of at least competent editing duchovnys wooden acting style may work for his role as the brooding fox mulder but it simply flattens this film hes not alone how ever hutton is equally uninteresting david duchovny plays god as drugaddict doctor who takes on some under-the- operatingtable work after losing his medical licence but its not entirely their fault mark haskell smiths script is rife with cops and robbers cliches and juvenile oneliners that are meant to be funny but arent playing gods a failure on many levels and it may take divine intervention for duchovnys career to recover from it boogie nights has all the right moves there are two things you need to know about boogie nights l with its graphic depiction of the porn industry circa 1 9771983 and criminal vio lence its not for everyone 2 notwithstanding its subject matters its one of the best films this year writerdirector paul thomas andersons hard eight sprawl ing twoandahalfhour ensem ble epic is both a nostalgic ode to the disco era and a horrible reminder of the excesses of the time mark wahlberg stars as eddie adams an extremely well- endowed up and coming porno actor who is taken under the wing of industry mogul jack horner burt reynolds and his family and shown the tricks of the trade it follows his rise to the top of the industry and his rapid decline in the years that follow as drugs and his ego get the best of him but boogie nights is not just a docudrama about the pom indus try or an adult film masquerading as art its a finelycrafted work thats funny shocking ironic and always riveting andersons choice of stars is one of the best pieces of casting in a film this year with every member of the ensemble making the most of their roles boogie nights is stunning sophomore effort from a filmmaker whos proving himself a force to be reckoned with going global glass sculptor francis muscat poses with his work globe series 2 ry interior landscape glassmixcd media at the latcham gallery p t sjoerd witteveen a stellar display of art sunderlandarea artist francis muscat has turned the latcham gallery in the whitchurch- stouffville public library into another galaxy his exhibition called spontaneous circulari ties recent work by francis muscat which opened on oct 5 features a series of glass works suspended throughout the gallery to cre ate the effect of bodies in space the work con tinues muscats interest in structure the envi ronment and the versatility of glass as an artistic medium muscat whose studio is a highlight on the annual uxbridge celebration of the arts studio tour explained that this exhibition deals with his sculptural exploration of the sphere in doing so he created a series of planets a new solar system in many cases i have built up layers of glass so that the evocative edges form the planets sur face while the transparency of the glass hints at a mysterious interior geography he said some of the works are animated by motors and the resulting movement introduces another dimension to the work by playing motion of the frozen state of the glass in addition to the planets the artist has includ ed several wrapped works glass sculptures wrapped with wire thread or cord which also create an interplay between the surface and the glass core muscat has been working with glass for a number of years earlier this year his work was included in an exhibition at waterloos renowned canadian clay and glass gallery as well as being well received at the toronto out door art show at nathan phillips square for more information contact the gallery at 6402395 push playing the town crier friday night fullertons oct 23 all the hits with tony pierre oct 2425 grant fullerton performs fullertons motto good food music and friends 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