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But something goes wrong at about the moment they start getting romantically involved. Maybe it's a failure of chemistry between Gibson and Hunt. More likely it's a failure in the script, attributed to Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa. They just can't seem to establish a consistently bantering...
I find it appalling that Tiger Woods feels he is entitled to a piece of the PGA's profits, as reported in Robert Sullivan's piece "Show Them the Money" [BUSINESS, Dec. 4]. Sure, the PGA is making money off Woods' talent, but he is earning dough by playing in...
The accident is plausible: it involves a hair dryer, a bathtub and an electric shock. The results are improbable: the victim, Gibson's Nick Marshall, an adman confronting a career crisis, is given a magical ability to listen in on womens' thoughts. As comic premises go these days, it is...
Poor Al. Even though he was able to record about 300,000 more popular votes than George, the compassionate conservative has won the judicial phase of this election, propelling him to 271 electoral votes and the Oval Office. Yet, should the election have been this close? Sadly, Al defeated himself...
In this summary form, The Elementary Particles does seem to promise a fairly interesting read. But it is the actual prose of the novel which contributes to its generally unbearable nature. Houellebecq simply refuses to let his characters be real human beings. They can exist only as generational archetypes or...