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...Volume I sounds dangerously close to Charlie’s Angels: there are many martial arts action sequences, all of the main characters are women and one of them is played by Lucy Liu. However, whereas Angels was mindless fun, Kill Bill is a thoughtful and beautiful homage to classic themes and styles while remaining the most fun and exciting film of the year. Within the film, one can see hints of all of Tarantino’s influences and tastes—blaxploitation, spaghetti westerns, Hong Kong kung fu, Japanese samurai, anime—but all are wonderfully adapted...
...think it’s tough to deal with all the smarter-then-thou arrogant bastards at Harvard College, well, it just gets worse at Harvard Law School, as shown by this semi-classic flick. Timothy Bottoms, recently of “That’s My Bush,” goes to Harvard law school and meets troop after troop of ridiculous-if-you’ve-never-been here caricatures, including “Contracts Law” Professor Kingsfield and his beautiful daughter Susan, played by Wagner. He falls in love with the daughter and learns...
Thoreau’s beloved hometown and now a New England classic destination, Walden Pond offers nature, nature and more nature. Visitors are free to go hiking, fishing and boating, but dogs, bicycles, floatation devices and grills are prohibited. Call ahead to check on parking availability because only 1,000 visitors are allowed at a time The park also has a gift shop, bookstore and art gallery...
...boys say that the classic dark wood bookshelves, which came complete with several volumes of Shakespeare, not to mention about 30 rotting CUE Guides, add a touch of sophistication to their party scene. “The fact that it was part of that library gives it some class, some atmosphere,” says George M.J. Morris...
...weapon. Plainly, the stalemate would not stop North Korea going nuclear, and there was no support among regional allies for military confrontation. Instead, China, South Korea and Russia have urged the U.S. to show greater flexibility on the question of security guarantees, to allow for the brokering of a classic diplomatic deal that would allow all sides to step back from the path of confrontation while proclaiming their core demands have been...