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...originator of two beloved film franchises, Lucas is the object of diatribes by writers who refer to themselves, with remarkable self-awareness, as "crazed fan" or "fanboy tool." With two more entries from the Lucas canon out this summer, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and an animated movie and series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, due in August, Lucas' open letter mailbag should be overflowing by Labor...
...this is going to turn into a panel discussion.") But a bout of stomach poisoning breaks Cristina's mood, and she must convalesce the rest of the weekend. That leaves Juan Antonio with the disapproving, and spoken-for, Vicky. She is one of those females, rife in the Allen canon, whose insecurity is expressed as hostility to men; she castrates, or at least circumcises, them with every cutting word. And Hall, with her flawless American accent, is equally persuasive at inhabiting, not just miming, the stammering tenseness of the traditional Allen heroine...
...convey, even if it is broad, unfocused, and—like the rest of the book—all over the place.The chapter “Attila the Hun’s Greatest Speech,” effectively combines famous quotes from the speeches of the modern Western canon into a monologue that critiques the violence of our heroic leaders. “Four score and seven weeks ago, we came into this land, killing and raping everything we could get our hands on,” the Hun states. “But maybe you should...
...most bankable people in Hollywood. According to the New York Times, his films have grossed almost a billion dollars once DVD sales are included. Something’s working. Maybe it’s the films’ trademark balance of lewdness and morality. The Apatow canon includes full-frontal shots of both a live-birth and Jason Segel’s penis, as well as characters marked by their chastity and aversion to abortion. Despite their success, even the biggest fans of box office hits such as “Superbad” would concede that perhaps the most...
...acted differently, but many bishops acted on the basis of psychological reports that were...not really on top of the various aspects of this" - a likely reference to the then little-known recidivism rates of offenders. As Friday's luncheon ended, Levada made his comments about changes in the canon laws...