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CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Sources: Gallup; CNN; USA TODAY}]CAPTION: THE CLINTON ROLLER COASTER...
...theory, all these pictures should be cheered. Films, even American films, needn't be only a baby sitter or a roller coaster. They can aspire to edify, to pry minds open to moral indignities around the world and in our own cranky hearts. Why can't directors aim high -- not just for an Oscar but, hey, maybe a Nobel Peace Prize? And why shouldn't moviegoers, like everyone else during the holidays, be subject to compassion overload? Or be confronted by purposeful screen suffering until they shout, like Wayne and Garth, "We're not worthy...
Harvard (3-6 overall) will be looking to put a gloss on what can only be described as a roller-coaster season. On the one hand, the Crimson lost squeakers to such perennial Ivy powers as Dartmouth (39-34) and Penn (27-20). On the other hand, Harvard was soundly trounced by such less-than-exceptional squads as Cornell (27-0) and Brown...
...Fearless" highlights Max's fundamental isolation through silent, close-up slow-motion shots of him ponderously feeling his naked body and relishing strawberries, and loud, fast-paced cuts to the crash. The style and mood of each scene contrasts with the next, and the overall effect of this roller-coaster ride is admittedly intense. By the long, drawn-out ending, however, the audience is exhausted and out of sympathy for Max's long overdue return to normalcy...
...further detail the plot's laundry list of contrivances and deceptive turns would be pointless, if not impossible. They come fast and furious, and, like the highs and lows of a roller coaster, they are exhiliratingly enjoyable despite their random nature. The play's development is always one step ahead of the audience, and the race to keep up does get tiresome towards the latter half of the second act. Fortunately however, Levin, keen to an audience's limited capacity to watch and process a bullet-paced thriller, allows for extensive monologues in which characters, like members of a Greek...