EXPLORE ANCIENT
EGYPTIAN TOMBS WITHOUT
Jolie should crash, we know her lips
are all the air bag she needs. Rated R.
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ALL THOSE
UNPLEASANT CURSES.
— Reviewed by David Elliott
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
The Devil's Advocate has a premise
that most thinking people can accept:
Satan is a lawyer.
And since Satan is "a lawyer played
by Al Pacino, we can enjoy a lot of his
mischief Pacino doesn't act anymore.
e grandstands, extravagantly. He's a
showman, jacking up his short stature
with foxy vocal tricks, his proven
charisma, his wolfish grin. As evil
lawyer John Milton — named for the
rear poet of fallen angels — the grin
beams from a pale, waxy face that
looks loaned from Madame Tussaud's.
Milton heads a vastly connected
ew York firm, full of legal eagles
with vulture minds and vampy, power-
dish lawyerettes. He lures from God-
fearing Florida a decent yet driven
attorney, the young wizard of jury
election Kevin Lomax, for a cam-
paign of diabolic seduction suitable
for the millennium.
Lomax is played by Keanu Reeves,
so sleek and oily he's ballistic. Kevin
ves his adorable wife, Mary Ann
(Charlize Theron), but he's even more
vulnerable than she to the lures of
New York, the parties and apartments
and clothes and buzz of importance.
lind ambition leads him into a mur-
der case defending a bad developer
(Craig T Nelson).
Too soon, the swank of success
turns to soul rot, nasty cover-ups,
wd 4 passes by the vamps and Mary
Ann losing her mind after too much
bewildered decorating of their deluxe
apartment.
Pacino is fun, Reeves dutiful and
heron sadly wiped out, while the
story is too much a long, labored
gizmo to cast a spell. Rated R.
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— Reviewed by David Elliott
N
°thing ruins the majesty of an ancient
exhibit. Otherwise, you'll be
Egyptian tomb faster than an annoying death
the one doing the cursing. The
curse left behind by some vengeful pharaoh.
Detroit Institute of Arts is
Fortunately, that's about the only bit of ancient
located at 5200 Woodward
Egypt you won't experience firsthand at the
Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Splendors of Ancient
Egypt
information, call the DIA at
exhibit. As the
sole Midwest site for this
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313-833-4005.
Wednesdays through Fridays 11 am to 4 pm;
collection, the Detroit
weekends 11 am to 5 pm. The museum is closed
Institute of Arts is the only
Mondays and Tuesdays.
place you'll be able to discover ancient Egyptian
The exhibition. organized by the Florida International Museum, was selected
Inn» the collciaions of the Roemer-Pellzactis Museum. Hildesheim, Cennany.
artifacts that span over
4,500
In Detntit, the exhibition is sponsored by the Chrysler C:, ,,,nation Fund.
years. Including
Additional support was provided by the Michigan Council for An. and Cultural
Main and the DIA Founders Society. Education programs an: sponsored by
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