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...superb fight scenes (choreographed by Tony Ching Siu-tung) have a steely stateliness that suits the film's gravity. Each of these working warriors has the soul of an artist and believes every stroke of the pen or the blade must be justified. The film is similarly thoughtful and rigorous; there's not a wasted frame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men, Women and Fighting | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...acknowledge the terrorism threat. The Israelis noticed that this often prompted bombers to put off their journey or to make cell-phone calls to their handlers for traffic information, sometimes enabling Shin Bet to trace a bomber's location and capture him. Now, in a strategy code-named the Blade procedure, when Israelis have hard evidence that a bomber is on the way, they will often announce it. Officials say dozens of terrorist attacks have been prevented that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda In America: Disclosure: What Do You Tell People? | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...most obtrusive product placement since Cast Away.) And morose gumshoes will obsessively patrol the streets for sophisticated robots that have an itch to be human. Yes, readers of future past, I, Robot--"suggested by" Isaac Asimov's pioneer collection of short stories published in 1950--is another gloss on Blade Runner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Future Is Getting Old | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...most obtrusive product placement since Cast Away.) And morose gumshoes will obsessively patrol the streets for sophisticated robots that have an itch to be human. Yes, readers of future past, I, Robot - "suggested by" Isaac Asimov's pioneer collection of short stories published in 1950 - is another gloss on Blade Runner. The cop here is Spooner (Will Smith), investigating the death by defenestration of an inventor (James Cromwell) days before his company's new line of "automated domestic assistants" - home androids - is to be unveiled. Because he's the standard cop-hero sociopath and also because he just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future Is Getting Old | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

...There will be a new edge to the blade in 10 years,” McMahon said...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The DNA of Harvard Falling Behind | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

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