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...that all? As a matter of fact, it is. With its upper-crust settings and century-spanning scope, Any Human Heart invites comparison to Ian McKewan's Atonement. But while McKewan's novel is a work of elaborate, formal artifice, Any Human Heart is determinedly, even defiantly, formless. There is no overarching story here, not even a last-minute revelation or the standard old man's epiphany to tie it all together. Like any really honest diary, Any Human Heart is just a random, jumbled heap of days, most immensely amusing, some unbearably sad, but together they carry the full...
...weapons. Says one police commander, "We fear Colombia is being viewed by international terrorist groups as another Afghanistan, a place they can turn into a global training ground." That's why, say officials, ETA is also abetting the FARC, a charge the Basque group has not denied. The Afghanistan comparison seems extreme. Still, U.S., British and Colombian investigators say the El Nogal bombing has the markings of I.R.A. and ETA tutelage. They point in particular to the sophisticated remote-control detonation of the car bomb. Colombia suffered a horrific rash of urban bombings just over a decade ago, when...
...film of its ostensible weight, The Hours certainly takes easy shots at its lead trio—three colossally boring straw women who rediscover their lost vitality in drearily obvious ways as the picture progresses. Perhaps The Hours’ greatest value rests in its side-by-side comparison of Moore, the greatest actress of her generation, and Streep, the most acclaimed actress of hers; when judged head-to-head, Moore ends up easily topping Streep, if for no other reason than that Streep persists in being an actress onscreen while Moore is content to be a person. The Hours...
...project in VES 53a, “Fundamentals of Animation.” The film received mixed reviews when it was screened at the end of the semester. “It was a mixture of keen interest and repulsion, leaning towards repulsion,” Dougan says. In comparison to other films shown that night, Dougan describes their piece as “more pornographic, more Ninja Turtle.” On second thought, he corrects himself, “mmm, equally Ninja Turtle, more pornographic.” Janicak received a B+ in the course but attributes...
Their powers combined—uniting underground, mainstream, and Caribbean hip-hop traditions—“represent something you haven’t seen before,” Barnes notes, with agreement from the others. This includes a comparison to all previous Harvard hip-hop acts, like Witness Protection Program and David Mays. While giving props to their predecessors, Terry notes, “We’re just trying to take it to the next level...