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...other movie that really changed my life was Harold and Maude. I picked that one up because it had a funny video box. It looked wacky. I remember that watching it and at first being disappointed that it wasn't an all-out comedy, and then realizing, "No, wait, this might be the greatest movie I've ever seen." And before I knew it I was just totally overwhelmed at this venue, Blockbuster. Then it turned into what we know now, which is not an exciting place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pineapple Express Director David Gordon Green | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...said, "Yes! This is the idea! I will try this with a condom." So I went to a hardware store--I felt a little like MacGyver--and I bought a tube, put some holes in it, attached these nozzles and connected them to a box of liquid latex. The latex sprays out of the nozzles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Quest? Build A Better Condom | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...chief among filmmakers championing hometown stories, and his latest work, Sparrow - a stylish pickpocket caper starring Simon Yam that premiered in February in Berlin and opened at the top of the box-office list in June in Hong Kong - is infused with an affection for Hong Kong's people and cityscape, as well as concern for threatened urban landmarks (a very topical preoccupation). "The movie is a way to gently vent my protest," To says. Among other directors, Sylvia Chang's accomplished triad-cum-family drama Run Papa Run, released in April, covers decades of Hong Kong's social transformation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Syndrome | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...this week's election was less about whether Hun Sen would win - a CPP victory was always a given - but about how big that win would be, what gains opposition leader Sam Rainsy might make at the ballot box, and what this would mean for the balance of power in Cambodia. And the results suggest suggest that balance has tipped in the CPP's favor more than than ever before. Though he did not vote for the CPP, Dara, a small business owner in Phnom Penh, said the ruling party's win was a result that even he could live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cambodia Reelects Longtime Leader | 7/28/2008 | See Source »

From meager beginnings as a copyboy, Jerome Holtzman worked his way up, becoming "the Dean" of American baseball writers. A Chicago-based reporter and a columnist for the Sporting News, Holtzman made contributions to the game far beyond the press box. He penned an Encyclopaedia Britannica item on America's pastime and invented the statistic now known as the "save," which is the yardstick by which a relief pitcher's ability to preserve leads is measured. It was baseball's first new official stat since "runs batted in" was introduced in 1920. Holtzman, who won entry to the Baseball Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

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