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...style ever since, in Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall and Spring Again and the near-wordless 3-Iron. His new film is more conventional, not so rewarding. Yeon (the actress Zia) switches her affection from her faithless husband to a condemned killer (Taiwanese star Chang Chen) who keeps trying to commit suicide. Both, the movie says, are doomed, but to Yeon life is made precious by her devotion to the condemned man. It's one of those stories with a predictable arc, and this one requires a more imaginative treatment than Kim has managed to summon...
...very least, it will lend fresh impetus to calls for a withdrawal timetable. In recent weeks, more and more members of parliament have come around to Sadr's view on this, and indications are that most Iraqis - especially Shi'ites - agree. Neither Maliki nor President George Bush want to commit to a timetable, but if Sadr can orchestrate a groundswell of support - and he is adept at rousing his followers into a fury - the Prime Minister and President could find themselves pushed into a corner...
...star behind the original 1960 Ocean's Eleven (original in that it came first) and three ensuing, numerical Rat Pack capers: Sergeants 3, 4 Guns for Texas, Robin and the 7 Hoods. Frank and his pals - Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop - weren't trying to commit art, or even make vital entertainment. Really, they had expectations no higher than the Soderbergh-Clooney mob. Both groups were underachievers and proud...
DEFINITION pri-ven-tiv di-ten-shuhn n: Holding someone considered likely to commit a crime...
...state has made some reforms to try and ensure that people don't end up wrongly convicted and sentenced for crimes they didn't commit - the original impetus for Ryan's moratorium. In addition to instituting more court oversight in the last few years, it has provided better training for lawyers in capital cases, more stringent guidelines for what qualifies for death, and put a closer watch on the police investigating and prosecutors trying these cases. Perhaps most importantly, it has set up a fund to even the field in cases that have long favored the deep pockets...