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Again, this one should have been a no-brainer. Oscar-winning director Ron Howard followed his critically acclaimed Cinderella Man with this soggy adaptation of Dan Brown’s huge historical-novel best-seller. Unfortunately, costars Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou had absolutely zero chemistry — did they even make eye contact? — while Paul Bettany’s chain-whipping Silas scared the bejeezus out of us.—Youyoung Lee
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According to Oliver Stone’s controversial 1991 film, the real force behind John F. Kennedy’s assassination wasn’t Lee Harvey Oswald, but…a shady businessman who was working with the CIA — or was that the Mafia — and also Lyndon Johnson?! Whatever. Stone’s take might not have been exactly accurate as history, but it made for a hell of a movie.
THE DA VINCI CODE (2006)
Again, this one should have been a no-brainer. Oscar-winning director Ron Howard followed his critically acclaimed Cinderella Man with this soggy adaptation of Dan Brown’s huge historical-novel best-seller. Unfortunately, costars Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou had absolutely zero chemistry — did they even make eye contact? — while Paul Bettany’s chain-whipping Silas scared the bejeezus out of us.—Youyoung Lee
JFK (1991)
According to Oliver Stone’s controversial 1991 film, the real force behind John F. Kennedy’s assassination wasn’t Lee Harvey Oswald, but…a shady businessman who was working with the CIA — or was that the Mafia — and also Lyndon Johnson?! Whatever. Stone’s take might not have been exactly accurate as history, but it made for a hell of a movie.
