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...quite-star cast includes a brief appearance by Daniel Craig as the powerful, mysterious Lord Asriel, Christopher Lee, who had parts in the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings movie series, drops by here to lend his imprimatur. Eva Green, the all-time seductive Eurobabe, is wasted in a Tinkerbell role. The film is primarily concerned with the edgy relationship of the heroine Lyra and her would-be ward Mrs. Coulter, played by Kidman as the apotheosis and parody of divine decadence. The Magisterium's own Mata Hari, Coulter takes on the challenge of deflecting Lyra's mission...
...author of four best-selling books, most notably “The Greatest Generation.” At the event, which was sponsored by the Harvard Book Store, he presented his latest, “BOOM!: Voices of the Sixties,” combining anecdotes from his life, a brief retelling of the major events of the 1960s, and a reflection on what our nation has gained and how we should best proceed. “What I hope will happen as a result of ‘BOOM! is that it will be a catalyst for national dialogue...
...shape and remind us that this is, alas, a work of fiction. Nobel laureate Doris Lessing’s name is megalomaniacally scrawled in regal yellow in the center of the cover, leaving little room for the actual title of the book. Over-compensating for something, Doris? The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz Nothing says “good, interesting read” like the red silhouette of a man’s head with a bird’s wing emerging from the back, red ink dripping eerily from its base. If Wao?...
...beloved book. Luckily, Ian MacEwan is not Jane Austen, and the adaptation of “Atonement” seems destined for a better end. The younger, more capricious Cecilia Tallis is a much better match for Knightley than the wry Elizabeth Bennet. The World War II backdrop and brief scenes of passion, as well as the quality of MacEwan’s prose, all lend themselves well to Wright’s eye for lush cinematography and emotional bravado. In many ways “Atonement” promises to harken back to the great literary adaptations...
...brief attention spans, bred by a lifetime of 30-second commercials and trigger-happy video games, doom the few causes that actually do get our blood boiling. Say “cable TV” and we’ll salivate long enough to elect you UC president; but don’t expect us to give a crap next week. We won’t. But this time at least, after the results are certified, we’ll be left with the Class of 1967, their long-incipient laugh-lines and bloodshot eyes staring us rather callously...