6 Friday December 1 Standard-Examin- 2000 t Makeup master Rick Baker does it again with ‘Grinch’ ‘Two-Fami- ly House’ feels a lot like The The Harttofd Courant thick curling eyebrows the nose the puffy cheeks and bushy - all in a deep pea green - are the work of Rick Baker Makeup by one of the masters of the art provides much of the fun in “Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” with more than 100 actors playing Whos getting makeovers along with the zany Grinch star Jim Carrey Baker who won the first Oscar for makeup for “An American Werewolf in London” when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences began to bestow the award annually in 1981 is an inheritor of a craft that goes back to the early days of movies At first actors like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton did their own makeup The Westmorq dynasty began to turn makeup artistt? into a profession by 1917 when British wigmaker George Westmore went to work at the Metro studios His six sons ultimately headed up the departments at many of the major studios “Monster pictures” create the most consistent demand for major makeup designs But science fiction drew Baker into the field The big influence in his life was 968’s “The Planet of the Apes” which required dozens of lifelike monkey masks John Chambers won a special Oscar for his work Now Baker is taking on the remake One of Baker’s most famous projects is the cantina sequence in “Star Wars ” He has won Oscars for “Men in Black” “The Nutty Professor” “Ed Wood" and “Harry and the Hendersons" In all Baker’s Cinovation Studios created 225 designs for “The Grinch" movie As many as 60 artists worked on Carrey and other actors and extras Statistics from Universal Pictures enumerate 8000 facial appliances (rubber pieces glued to actors’ faces) 3500 ears 300 wigs and 50 facial hairpieces The Sopranos’ This City is film showing in Salt Lake a pleasant surprise By STEVE SALLES Standard Examiner movie cntic miss the TV show “The Sopranos” the acclaimed HBO series that doesn't start its new season until early next year Just what does that have to do with the price of cigars in New Jersey? Watching y House" reminded me of Tony and his crew cavorting through the 'burbs and taking care of family business I “Two-Famil- In this case Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a dreamer He’s always had big plans for his financial future He started a iimo service on Staten Island Not a huge call for limos there apparently He kicked off a home painting business during the era of wallpaper Oops Then there was that disastrous pizza franchise Almost burned his house down Now Buddy has a new idea He buys a n house with the thought of opening a tavern downstairs Fie and his nagging wife would live upstairs Only one problem An Irish couple live Lions Gate Films “TWO FAMILY HOUSE”: Michael Rispoli and Kelly MacDonald Review y THE FILM: House' OUR RATING: STARRING: Michael Rispoli Kelly MacDonald Katherine Narducci Kevin Conway Matt Servitto and Vinny Pastore BEHIND THE SCENES: Written and directed by Raymond De Felitta (‘Shadow of Doubt' 'Cafe Society’) PLAYING: Exclusively at the Broadway Centre Theater in Salt Lake City Runs 104 minutes It was also nice to see Vinny Pastore alive and well He played one of the best characters Uncle Pussy on “The Sopranos” m its first two seasons The character had an abrupt departure from the show that depressed me for three days following That’s how good he was 1 House” is one of those movies It won't dazzle you but you'll walk away feeling like you got your money’s worth “Two-Famil- y pleasant-surpns- e MPAA RATING: R plans of leaving Poor Buddy is stuck m the middle of this mess His wife is constantly whining that she wants to go home to her parents he (eels badly for tossing out the new Irish found it to be quite charming surprising and endearing I in that upstairs apartment and have no The husband is a total jerk His wife is about to give birth Buddy wants to be fair with a potential eviction but loses patience when the two treat him gruffly star And with a mere $2 million budget this film looks better than it should It's rated R for language and brief sexuality and it's mom and his pals just want to sit and crack wise at a neighborhood bar Buddy is no angel but he's easily the most endearing character - along with the Irish woman Mary (Kelly MacDonald) If you think of a cross between "GoodFellas" and “Romeo and Juliet" you'll have a sense of what this movie is about playing exclusively at the Broadway Centre Theater in downtown Salt Lake City Slcsc Salles resie m mm ics eaih Tlmrsilas 1 X A ( hnnm I 4 s mornti ig ness siasl runnnn 5 JO a m lo 7 a m and I rulas on 1 The toys are back ON ICE! 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