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...many people speak of a "black" President? The fact that Obama's father was black does not make him black. I wonder how many people in Kenya are celebrating because they now have a white President (because his mother was white). None, I suspect. David Burdett, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capturing the Moment | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

It’s difficult to understand how this project actually made it through production, when the actors, screenwriters, director and cinematographer are so obviously phoning in their work. Sunset begins with two master thieves, Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and the luscious Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek), completing the heist of a one-of-a-kind diamond and then jetting to a tropical island paradise to enjoy their retirement. Unbeknownst to them, FBI agent Stanley Lloyd (Woody Harrelson), still simmering from his botched attempt to prevent their robbery, has tracked them down and means to nab them with a brilliant scheme.There...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

It’s difficult to understand how this project actually made it through production, when the actors, screenwriters, director and cinematographer are so obviously phoning in their work. Sunset begins with two master thieves, Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and the luscious Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek), completing the heist of a one-of-a-kind diamond and then jetting to a tropical island paradise to enjoy their retirement. Unbeknownst to them, FBI agent Stanley Lloyd (Woody Harrelson), still simmering from his botched attempt to prevent their robbery, has tracked them down and means to nab them with a brilliant scheme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

Sunset begins with two master thieves, Max Burdett (Brosnan) and the luscious Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek), completing the heist of a one-of-a-kind diamond and then jetting to a tropical island paradise to enjoy their retirement. Unbeknownst to them, FBI agent Stanley Lloyd (Woody Harrelson), still simmering from his botched attempt to prevent their robbery, has tracked them down. He informs them that he knows they have selected the island as part of a plot to steal another rare diamond and declares that he will catch them in the act. That Agent Lloyd actually believes that this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

Everyone else will sit there wondering why the characters, who are about as substantial as the clothes they wear, are doing any of things they do. After Agent Lloyd’s disclosure, Burdett is forced to contemplate the marginal utility of stealing another diamond. With the potential benefits of being a little bit richer weighed against the likely costs of imprisonment in a maximum security facility, all but one option falls away for any logical viewers, but obviously not for the insensible writers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

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