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Show life MONDAY • JANUARY 29 • 2007 B3 Spencer Speaks Movie Reviews American Denial Courtesy Photo/rot ten to ma to es.com Flyboys' dogfights are just plane outta control. ACES leaves you longing for a cigarette Luke Hickman Life Editor What do you get when you mix Snatch and Domino, two of the greatest gritty flicks of the last decade? You get Smokin' Aces, the tightest subtle comedy action flick that'll fill your canteen until this cinematic drought is over. The premise: A hit has been put on this has-been magician-turned-crime boss, Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven, HBO's Entourage). A competing crime boss is paying one million to whomever can take out this FBI snitch and deliver Israel's heart. Who does it attract? Every successful degenerate hit man, bounty hunter and bail bondsman from LA to Western Europe. With ten hit men trying to take Israel out, FBI agent Richard Messner (Ryan Reynolds, Just Friends) has got to do everything he can to protect his informant. Like any ensemble piece, Smokin1 Aces is a highly complex movie. But where most get slushy, Aces keeps it together. Though complex, at no point is it confusing. Where you might get confused with the characters, something subtle always pops up to remind you the details. The editing in Aces is perfected to cut out any lag that might have been. There isn't a moment of fluff or any other filler. From the minute the setup and characters have been established, the action begins. And once it kicks off, it doesn't stop until nearly the end. The performances by the all-star cast surpass all expectations. Piven's nervous on-the-edge-of- breakdown performance is filled with such powerful emotion that you'll pity him. Ryan Reynolds puts aside his smart-ass persona to actually play a multileveled character that he's never played before. Alicia Keys shines in her first time on the big screen. Ben Affleck, Common, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jason Bateman (TV's Arrested Development) and Matthew Fox (TV's Lost) make Aces an even more memorable experience by breaking their molds. If you're looking for a stylized, humorous, nonstop action movie that'll keep you guessing and smiling from start to finish, then do not miss the drought-buster, Smokin' Aces. Go to the netxnews.net to read Life writer Erik Frederickson's take on Smokin'Aces. WHAT: This concert features the Nachtmusik Chamber Orchestra. Marden Pond will be conducting. You will hear melodies by Mozart, Haydn and some Vienna Waltzes. Enjoy selections of chocolates, Schwarzwaelder, Kirschtorte, Mozartkugeln and more. Nannies Unlimited Great Jobs. Nation Wide - Out of Stale, I yr commitment. Caring families, excellent salaries, www. nannies-unlimitcd.com 801-756-1119 Excellent Nannies Wanted East Coast. Save S's while watching kids. Top salaries. Paid airfare. Use of car. Reasonable hours. Paid vacations and holidays. 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They season, you're not miss- come into the room, and ing much. Well, when I #1: They look weird, #2: say "much," I really mean They act weird and finally, #3; they sound weird. Then "much talent." Why, of course there they sing, and it's the most are people that are decent hideous sound you've ever enough to make it to Hol- heard joined together with lywood. It seems that the crazy Voodoo-looking, nonfocus of the first few epi- rhythmic dancing. These are sodes of American Idol are the same people who enter on those who, for lack of a the audition brimming with better word, 'suck' at sing- ... well ... I wouldn't call it confidence. It's more of a ing. I totally get it though. sense of false hope. Then the judges tell them The producers know exactly what America wants they are bad and the real to see during the first few fun starts. Step 1, Denial: episodes. We want to see The contestants can't beself-delusional people fail lieve that they are hearing miserably. 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