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...that's not the worst of Hasak's tone-deaf script. As you're watching Travolta lumber through his stunts here, his Pulp Fiction comeback seems like a sweet, distant memory. That is, until Hasak works in a direct reference to one of Travolta's iconic bits from that film, the speech about a "Royale with cheese." Travolta delivers his 2010 version of his 1994 lines with the good humor you'd expect from an essentially likeable actor, but its very presence signifies something wistful and sad. Travolta is dolled up in his cool suit, waiting to be touched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Paris With Love: Homage Overkill | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...slightly autistic father (it was Asperger's in the book). In both cases, the bad wives have fled, scared off by the autism, presumably. Richard Jenkins plays John's dad, and though the role doesn't require him to do much more than fondle a coin collection and avoid direct eye contact, his understated performance makes Mr. Tyree the film's most touching character. (See the top 10 movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear John: Another Sparks Weepie | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

Donations to American colleges and universities fell nearly 12 percent during the fiscal year ending last June, the steepest decline in fundraising since the mid-1970s and a direct result of the recent recession, according to a report released by the Council for Aid to Education yesterday...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gifts to Major Colleges Decline | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...don’t think I’ve had a direct, active role,” Korn says. “[The faculty] have to write the grants and go through a stringent peer review, but I think Harvard has done extremely well in the number of grants received...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stimulus Becomes a Life Line | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...from Tallahassee?" And this was from people who followed the show's dialogue by way of subtitles (bootleg fare is subtitled by college students pursuing degrees in English who toil away in anonymity). For my cousins, it was inconceivable that someone living in the U.S., with direct access to the show, would not be up to date on what was happening with the plot and characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Secret Obsession: Getting Lost in Tehran | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

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