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...Best Director Globe for The Departed, but he's been disappointed so often before - five Oscar nominations without winning, and not even a nod for Taxi Driver or Casino - that it might be imprudent for Scorsese to stoke his hopes one more time. It'll be even creepier that, this time, he's the favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood With a British Accent | 1/16/2007 | See Source »

...Whites.” But true aficionados utilize the information on Facebook to create a heading in their buddy list called, “Hot Girls I Don’t Know.” This allows you to check their away messages frequently and—creepier still—plan your schedule to deliberately cross paths with them...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: THE BELL LAP: The Facebook Power Awards | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

...hrer is even creepier when he succumbs to whispery-voiced, almost catatonic self-pity as he tries to relate to courtiers. Half of them are (as he is) contemplating suicide, while the rest are plotting desperate escapes. There has been some criticism of director Oliver Hirschbiegel's Oscar-nominated film for humanizing Hitler and his gang, but that's nonsense. Because, of course, they were human. The world has since known dictators just as insane. And we can be sure their acolytes exhibited the same range of ugly behavior (denial, cynicism, narcissism) shown in this film. The inclusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Human Face of Evil | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

Consider the use of “designated free speech zones” (can you imagine a creepier, more Orwellian name?) to sanitize crowds during public appearances by top administration officials. Protestors carrying signs critical of the administration are herded into these “designated free speech zones”—also called “designated protest zones”—out of sight of the motorcade route or event; those demonstrating in support of the president are not. Protestors who refuse to move have been arrested, and a South Carolina man is currently...

Author: By Sasha Post, | Title: Dissent Mongers | 1/5/2004 | See Source »

...about her identity, wins the love of a decent man, and withdraws thousands from a new bank account to pay off a slime-ball who was once her lover. The difference is that Julia, in ?Waltz,? is a killer bitch with a larcenous agenda and an ex-beau even creepier than Helen?s Steve. [SPOILER] This guy, Billy, has killed the real Julie, who was a mail-order bride on her way to rich, nice-guy Louis. His pretty accomplice takes Julia?s place, marries Louis, steals his money and runs away with Billy. When Louis catches up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Fear Noir | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

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