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...needs to take lesson in cool from his daddy, L.C. Cheever (Robert Duvall), a poker champion and a master of icy self-control. But they have issues - something to do with the way the old man treated Huck's mother - and they are, eventually, head-to-head competitors in a very big Texas Hold 'Em game. Huck also has - you guessed it! - commitment problems. He meets a sweet-spirited woman named Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore), who's a poker innocent, but wise in the ways of fiddle-footed men whose obsessions do not necessarily include settling down with sensible women...
...Plausibility isn't the biggest challenge for the comic-book-movie fan base. Sentimentality is. An Ain't It Cool News review, supposedly written by the mother of a friend of AICN critic Moriarty, tosses Spidey 3 into the sar-chasm by informing us that "There's only about 25 minutes of actual Spidey footage in this movie - which makes all kinds of room for: That darling Mary Jane singing (two songs!). Peter Parker crying. Harry [Osborn] crying.... The Sandman crying. Eddie Brock crying. Mary Jane crying. Aunt May crying.... And yes, I might as well tell you, there...
...That sounds out of synch with the prevailing tone of pop culture, where sentiment has been largely banished, in favor of the male attitudes of cool, tough and ironic rule. Where can mass-moviegoers find release for their tenderer feelings? Only at dozens of inspirational sports movies, where guys (on screen and in the audience) get to cry and cheer and win. And, this weekend, at Spider...
...Loker Commons Project Manager, Zachary A Corker ’04, the term “Hall” alludes to social gatherings at the Oxbridge Universities that we Harvard students unceremoniously call a dinner or drink. Now, Harvard has its own distinct Hall, which is like a cool Happy Hour for seniors. For $25, a senior can get a sleek stein mug and key chain engraved “Upper Hall ’07”. While this price may seem steep, it’s also a senior’s ticket to abundant alcohol...
...moment, and during the climactic head-to-head between Spider-Man and Venom, I really would have rather stayed in the Marvel universe than be jarred into our own. But the flaws in “Spider-Man 3” are ultimately forgivable. The characters, cool factor, and visceral action make the movie a blast to watch the whole way through. So grab your little brother and nerdy comic-collector friend, and crawl over to a theater near...