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...just as much as anything else on screen. In this way, the film manipulates its characters, its plot, and its audience to teach a pseudo-sophisticated moral about how being true to one’s self is a greater pleasure than all the money, luxury, and girls that charm can buy. “The Good Guy” forgets that it’s hard for a film to preach integrity when its script has none...
...head of the LeVay household, Wright brings a great deal of charm and multiple dimensions to his character, avoiding the stereotypes it would have been easy for him to fall into as a rich, black husband. Dirden and Benton also deliver excellent performances as Kent and Kimber, respectively, though not as outstanding as those of Iman and Wright...
...third time was the charm for the Scarlet Raiders. Crimson co-captain Erik Kuld could not handle Mulligan’s spike, and the ball ricocheted off the senior and out of bounds to give Rutgers-Newark...
...Love & War” has already succeeded, and it’s easy to spot him a throwaway track. Those looking for Winehouse’s male counterpart may be disappointed—Merriweather has an expressive voice with a surprising upper register and a certain reckless charm to boot, but he ultimately can’t match Winehouse for alluring audacity. Even so, what Merriweather proves is that with a catchy melody, impassioned vocals, and some soul, the same corny lines still sound good the thousandth time...
...concrete facts. Williams himself has a poet’s weakness for symbols, and the play needs a certain fragility to keep it from being overly melodramatic. The current production in the Loeb sets the right mood and proceeds with confidence. When it plods, it also does so with charm...