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March Madness is in full swing for freshmen this week, as “friends” show their true colors, unsuspecting victims are thrown out of blocking groups, and a general sense of drama ensues. For the six freshmen of the women’s water polo team—a group that deals with conflict in the pool on a regular basis—there will be no tension come blocking day. Sitting around a dining hall table in Eliot House, the six girls shake their head in unison at the possibility of blocking together...
...John Otis is completing his own book about the hostage drama, Law of the Jungle, to be published this year by HarperCollins
...compounded by the fact that this is a dramatization, not a documentary—makes exaggeration not only unnecessary, but also detrimental to the film’s power. A frantic escape scene featuring Yong-soo is filmed in slow motion, presumably to increase the tension and drama of the moment. It comes across as overdone and totally lacking in suspense. The film also employs its fair share of flashback-driven montages, a superfluous technique that does nothing to advance the story. Attempts at symbolism in the movie are also heavy-handed. The rain, for instance, is referenced by Joon...
...biggest upset in the specialty categories was the Best Foreign Language Film win for the Japanese Departures, about an out-of-work musician who takes a job preparing corpses at a funeral home. It emerged victorious over, among others, the French school drama - and Palme d'Or winner - The Class (Entre les Murs) and the odds-on-favorite, Waltz with Bashir, the Israeli animated documentary. Both films had earned critical raves in the States. Nobody, though, was startled that the Oscar for Best Animated Feature went to WALL-E, or that Man on Wire was voted Best Documentary Feature...
...freedom to try and make a play. I turned the corner and Jeremy was wide open.”Despite struggling with a severe ankle injury the entire game, Lin was still out there, and when the ball came to him, he rose up and let it fly.The drama riding on this one shot was palpable. Harvard had not won at the Palestra since the 1990-’91 season, the team was in danger of sliding closer to the bottom of the Ivy League standings with a loss, and Lin was taking the shot off one good leg.But...