Word: angeli
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...things work out in this comfortably intricate comedy by Ang Lee (who directed last year's The Wedding Banquet), their father, despite his obsession with food, does better than any of them romantically. This is perhaps because cooking at his level has taught him to blend the practical, paradoxical gifts of calculation and improvisation, while his children are -- until they finally right themselves -- befuddled by abstractions and distractions. Like the cuisine it celebrates, this movie is tart, sweet, generous and subtle...
...Montreal 7:35 Henry (0-0) at Philadelphia Schilling (0-6) Florida 7:40 Weathers (5-2) at New York Saberhagen (4-1) San Diego 8:05 Benes (2-6) at Chicago Young (1-3) San Fran. 8:05 Hickerson (2-1) at Houston Reynolds (1-1) Los Ang. 10:05 Martinez (1-2) at Colorado Harris...
Some examples from the message: "absolute" is pronounced "EYEB-zo-YOOT"; "alpha" becomes "ARR-fah"; and "angle" turns into "ANG-girl." "Please note," words used to draw students' attention to important details, are reduced to "YOO-NEED...
...book, leads a recent surge in popular new movies written or directed by Asians. They include M. Butterfly, written by David Henry Hwang, the U.S.-born son of Chinese immigrants; the comedy Combination Platter, directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Tony Chan; and The Wedding Banquet, a comedy directed by Ang Lee, who moved to the U.S. from Taiwan. Asian-style kickboxing movies have found an eager audience in the U.S. Recently one of Hong Kong's best filmmakers, John Woo, relocated to Los Angeles to direct the action movie Hard Target (which stars Belgian-born martial-arts hero Jean-Claude...
...Wedding Banquet," Ang Lee manages to combine a fairly traditional storyline with enough slightly controversial themes to make this a funny and timely movie...