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...eyes of Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton), a quiet small-town barber who manages to remain taciturn even as the film’s narrator. Instead of talking, he observes and listens. In this way, he learns that his wife, Doris (Frances McDormand) is having an affair with her boss, Big Dave (James Gandolfini). And by listening to an entrepreneur (Jon Polito) seeking funding for a dry cleaning venture, Ed decides to break out of his hair-cutting rut and put up the money...
...hold on to parts of my life I had before. Sunday night, within a span of twenty minutes, I was on the phone to many people: my wife in Ethiopia (we have not been together since I left Peshawar for meetings in the U.S. on September 6th); my boss in New York City (a much-needed ear for my need to vent); my mother on a Wisconsin farm (as the past Tanzanian President Nyeri said, "you are always a child as long as your mother is alive"); and a journalist from a leading U.S. newspaper (I am quickly learning what...
Okay, so the movie has its moments. Pretty-boy Fatone singing Def Lepard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is pretty amusing, as is Dave Foley’s performance as Kevin’s Ginko-shake-swilling boss. However, the best moments in On the Line are certainly the unintentional gags. For instance, it seems as though after the film was shot, the producers decided to make it more kid-friendly by removing all the profanity. Thus, a character will look as if he’s saying...
...realize that it would be a lot of work to change the system. But until then, the City Council needs to control the city manager—right now they treat him as their boss,” Iskovitz says...
...boss of ISI, Lieut. General Ehsan ul- Haq, is regarded as moderate, professional and without political ambition. But some wonder if he is ruthless enough to overhaul an agency still filled with Islamic sympathizers. ISI, says a diplomat, "has to be cut down to size...