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...DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS FROM HERE ON OUT? Well, you never can tell. I keep looking around for things, but then when I get the opportunity, say, to direct Harry Potter, I say no. When I get the opportunity to do something like Spider-Man, I say no. The films that are offered me that have childlike souls, I tend to say, "I've done that." I don't know if that just means I've grown up for good or whether something's going to come along that's going to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUNICH: THE INTERVIEW: His Prayer For Peace | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

...Directed at a teenage audience, girls growing up playing hockey that Ruggiero aims to inspire to pursue their ambitions, the prose at times comes off as silly or childish, but it is stilted in the name of getting through to the younger generation of female Olympic hopefuls...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hockey By The Book | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

...succeeded in bringing art alive for his audience. Viewers so far have been “intrigued about the Legos, had lots of fascination about the technical aspect, and felt they could do it too,” says Musser. These landscapes, in fact, stimulate a sort of childish impulse: you want to take the paintings off the walls and play with them. It is a very peculiar experience in which a toy becomes art and art becomes a game. The people who actually rearranged the paintings sometimes took this task very seriously, and often felt that there...

Author: By Bianca M. Stifani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mather Throws a Block Party | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...burdened by the superfluous particulars of Shalimar’s 15-year foray into the world of Islamic fundamentalism, forcibly drawing our attention away from the novel’s main plotline. It is in this section, however, that the crucial evolution of Shalimar from a childish clown to a ruthless killer occurs, costing him his humanity and our sympathy.It is the parallels between modern life and Hindu mythology that most enrich “Shalimar the Clown.” The world that these characters live in, though littered with mythical snakes, prophetesses, and omens that can only...

Author: By Jessica A. Berger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shalimar the Clown | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

ADULTS LOOKING TO RELIVE THE HAPPY times and innocence of childhood are revisiting their school days (and nights). Men and women of every age are turning to all sorts of childish pursuits for hobbies, work- outs and vacation activities. Can milk-and-cookie breaks and nap time be far behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Child's Play | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

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