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...Here's another collision of cultures: chaotic modern Africa and the Europeans who once raped the continent and now, with toxic tests administered by a large pharmaceutical company, don't seem to mind killing it off. A British diplomat (super-pensive Ralph Fiennes) learns that his crusading bride (Rachel Weisz) has been killed on a trip into the bush, and goes searching for keys to her murder. Meirelles expands the scope of the John Le Carr? source novel out of the European compound and into Kenyan villages and plains. This Brazilian director, who also found a place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 2005: Richard Corliss' Top Films of the Year | 12/17/2005 | See Source »

...very discouraging account of the war in Iraq so far, from its flawed inception to its chaotic daily execution. Packer, a staff writer for The New Yorker, begins as "an ambivalently prowar liberal", siding with Iraqi exile friends in their hatred of Saddam but skeptical of the Bush Administration neo-conservatives who thought Iraq could easily be transformed into a pro-American democracy. In Packer's deeply persuasive telling, their false assumptions and inadequate planning ensure that the war will procede down a path into deepening chaos, and it does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 2005: Books | 12/16/2005 | See Source »

...Mining is chaotic and safety enforcement isn't in place." WEN JIABAO, Chinese Premier, after an explosion at a mine in northeastern China on Nov. 27 killed 170 workers. This week, as many as 100 died in a separate incident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...crew of pseudo-lumberjacks while the keyboardist donned an Animal Collective-like mask. The sole female presence, dressed to impress in a business suit, clutched a cocktail during the entire set, serving the same performance role as the Butthole Surfers’ legendary nude dancer.The band’s chaotic sound may have been a far cry from Barlow and Mascis’ output, but, according to band member John Moloney, the two groups have “been at the same parties and shows for years.” Perhaps emblematic of the new generation of underground rock, Moloney...

Author: By Evan L. Hanlon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dinosaur Jr. Roam Once More | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...course, before long the whole tightly controlled operation begins to get out of hand. Amidst bickering between the three villains, the gulls begin arriving at inconvenient times and Face is hard-pressed to accommodate their needs (after all, there is only one prostitute). Thus ensues a chaotic and hilarious juggling act, which Face manages until his master returns unexpectedly to the uproarious house...

Author: By Natasha M. Platt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hilarity Reveals Human Truths | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

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