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White Nights (1985)
Worth seeing
I'm not a dance fan, but the opening ballet sequence alone is worth the price of a rental. Baryshnikov had a vertical leap matched only by Olympic high jumpers and a few NBA players. Even if the drama flags in spots, the characters are sympathetic and well-drawn, and the action/suspense is as good as that in other adventure flicks of the time. By now the movie also serves a documentary purpose, convincingly conveying the feel of life in the Soviet Union during its waning years.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
The Catherine Banning Affair
Rene Russo plays the real main character in this mediocre remake of the Steve McQueen classic. Even aside from the nude scenes, her Catherine Banning is better developed and more interesting than Pierce Brosnan's one-dimensional Thomas Crown. McQueen's anti-hero was enigmatic; Brosnan's is simply not believable. The best thing I can say about this movie is that it caused me to rent the original from my local video store.