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TIME's film critic Richard Corliss said Lucas' Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith was "the most popular live-action digital movie in history." It didn't win any Oscars, however, and that's because it was horrible, not because of some conspiracy against digital technology on the part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All the technical achievement in the world can't make up for a horrendously bad script...
Somali-born, Muslim-raised Dutch politician and critic of Islamic extremism...
...have pushed for a more flexible approach to the Chinese, who until now only recognize the so-called "Patriotic Church" made up of Catholics not obedient to Rome. China also insists on the Vatican cutting ties with Taiwan. But Benedict?s choice of Zen, who has been a vocal critic of human rights abuses and an advocate of religious liberty, could be seen as a direct challenge to Beijing. Message: Benedict?s diplomacy is armed with both carrots and sticks...
...month after Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers stepped down, Case Western Reserve University president Edward M. Hundert announced his resignation last Thursday in the wake of a 131-44 no-confidence vote by the College of Arts and Sciences. The Case Western faculty criticized Hundert, who faced a $40 million budget deficit and lagging fundraising returns, for instituting budget cuts and sweeping academic reforms without their consultation and for having an allegedly secretive management style. Hundert said in his resignation letter that the continuing tension made it impossible for him to carry out planned university advancements. Even...
...past year has seen several films that try to speak not to the audience’s base instincts but rather to their intellects. However, Hollywood, for all its professed liberalism, does not change easily, and the quintessential icon of brainless entertainment has found the transformation into a sober critic a rather difficult one. The failure of “V for Vendetta” as political commentary, however, does not come from artlessness—there are moments of true beauty and transcendence in the movie. Rather, “V for Vendetta” is destroyed by sheer...