Word: detailism
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...stars Christian Bale as Dengler and Steve Zahn as the man who joins him in escape, is anything less than authentic and austere in its evocations of the primitive cruelties these men endured both in prison and during their escape. It has the ability to show us, in grim detail, things that Dengler, in the previous film, could only haltingly allude to. Yet, in so doing, it shifts our perspective. Inevitably, we start thinking about other POW escape movies and judging this one by their fictionally enhanced standards. Dengler becomes, in this incarnation, an almost merry soul, dauntlessly rallying...
Voice mail - you pick and choose visually what messages you want to hear - and Google Maps are ridiculously useful. The user interface is crammed with smart little touches - every moment of user interaction has been quietly stage-managed and orchestrated, with such overwhelming attention to detail that when the history of digital interface design is written, whoever managed this project at Apple will be hailed as a Michelangelo, and the iPhone his or her Sistine Chapel (Steve Jobs can be Pope in this scenario). If you're not a reviewer, chances are you won't even bother to look...
...year, there's cynicism too about the timing of the strike. But many side with highly regarded Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson, who believes that whatever the government's motives, the problem is so bad, and has gone on for so long, that decisive action must be welcomed. There's detail still to come: no one can say yet how much the response will cost, or how long it will last. But many Australians, including the federal Opposition, which has offered bipartisan support, are willing to give the Prime Minister his head...
...Though Alito and Roberts have often voted with Scalia and Thomas, they are not visionaries. Instead, they pay close attention to precedent, and they write opinions with deep attention to detail and legal craft. Unlike Scalia and Thomas, "they don't thunder," says Sunstein. "They?re excellent, but not inspiring...
...June 18, will serve as a bellwether of the integrity of Malaysia's legal system and its burgeoning press. Last fall, several local journalists were detained after covering the case but were later released. Since then, the local newspapers have reported the minutiae of the case in increasingly scandalous detail...