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Singleton </div> <div> for Reel Movie Critic </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="589"><div> HHH<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >½        </FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="589"><div>    Cast</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div>                         Val Kilmer</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><div> John Holmes </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Kate Bosworth</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><div>  Dawn Schiller</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div>                         Lisa Kudrow</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>                          Sharon Holmes</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div>     Dylan McDermott</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><div>                           David Lind</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="589"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="589" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="589"><div> Directed by James Cox. A crime thriller. Rated R (for strong violence/grisly images, pervasive drug use and language, some sexuality/nudity). Lions Gate Films. Running time: 99 minutes. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="589"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="589" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="589"><div> <B> Getback        </B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> On July 1, 1981, the murder of four people, that rivaled the gruesome Sharon Tate slaughter of 1969, occurred at 8763 Wonderland in Los Angeles. One of the two chief suspects was legendary porn star John Holmes (Val Kilmer), whose claim to fame was that he used his well-endowed lower anatomy to star in more than 1,000 porn films. After his movie career ended, Holmes survived by selling drugs to other underbelly types like himself. </div> <bR> <div> Using "point of view" flashbacks from John and David Lind (a wonderfully unrecognizable Dylan McDermott, "The Practice"), the two give their own versions, to police, of who set up and executed the crime. Pointing the finger at each other, John accuses David, saying he was jealous of John and he wanted retribution for the death of his lover. David names John as the killer, claiming his motive was getback revenge because he was angry at Ron Launius (Josh Lucas) for not cutting him his fair share in a big stakes robbery of scum bag club owner Eddie Nash (Eric Bogosian). </div> <bR> <div> Photographed in a grainy style, with plenty of grit and the feel of a documentary, with a twist of "Law & Order" investigative storytelling, detectives interrogate John and David. This allows us to see what each describes played out before us, and to judge for ourselves who is telling the truth. That is, assuming both are not lying. </div> <bR> <div> Not about the porn industry or sex for sale, "Wonderland" is a crime thriller that shows how drug dealers and a has-been movie star junkie exist in a world that most of us know is out there.  </div> <bR> <div> Remarkable acting performances allow the story to unfold and determine who did what and why. Dawn Schiller (Kate Bosworth) is John's teenage girlfriend, and in this role Bosworth ensures she won't get typecast as a "cute innocent" (as in "Blue Crush" and "The Horse Whisperer"). She shows us how a young woman can get emotionally attached to the most unlikable low-life. John loves both Dawn and his estranged wife Sharon (Lisa Kudrow), who is attractive but unglamorous, and lets him know when enough is really enough. Kudrow has a scene that rivals the exceptional performance given by Viola Davis as the mother of Antwone Fisher, in the movie of the same name. </div> <bR> <div> Many horrific and unpleasant things are portrayed in the film but you could say this true story does have some positive outcomes. Although one of the evil doers gets off with an unforgivably short prison term, another pays with his life <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Symbol" >¾</FONT> dying a slow death. Sharon and Dawn managed to be the better for their experiences and in real life, to this day, are good friends. Dealing with the perverse side of life, "Wonderland," nevertheless, is a wonderful movie about people who are anything but that.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="591" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="587"><div> George O. 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