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...Benjamin Franklin impersonator, who later hits on Pam. Best Line: Pam, “Ben Franklin, do you wear boxers, briefs, or pantaloons?” 5) Launch Party (Season Episode) Dwight’s battle against Dunder-Mifflin’s newly-launched website reaches epic proportions. Then, Jim and Pam team up to ceonvince him that the website has come alive in a conspiracy to destroy him. When Michael receives a chatroom invitation in lieu of being invited to the website’s V.I.P. launch party in New York, he and Dwight embark on a mission...
...films. The winner, in the film, director, screenplay and supporting actor categories? The Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men, which three different people told me they'd been meaning to see. The runner-up, with wins for best actor and cinematographer? There Will Be Blood, an audience-punishing epic that doesn't open for another two weeks. Best actress? Julie Christie, in Away From Her, which earned less than $5 million in its North American release...
...their philosophy, his movie bustles through the plot twists and lightning characterizations as if it were its own Cliff Notes, rarely taking the time to acquaint the audience with Lyra's allies and enemies. Even a genre film has to relax; it's in the quieter moments that epic fantasies find their richness...
...kind of hard for her to run with no arms?NM: She does a pretty good job, just kind of going with her stumps. It’s a funny scene, but before a serious revelation.RR: Are there any plays or movies that inspire you for this Roman epic?NM: I think that the little boy in “Gladiator” who survives and outlives everyone is kind of how I like to think of myself. RR: Anything else you want to say about the play?NM: It’s been a lot of fun. It?...
...started on “Anna Karenina” out of pure boredom. My copy of the 900-page Tolstoy epic, a remnant of my mother’s college days, had crinkled yellowed pages and minuscule font. I fully expected to abandon it after a few pages. But I was drawn in by the lush portrayal of 19th-century aristocracy, the disturbed internal monologues of the protagonists, and the philosophical reflections on farming. For me, Anna’s romantic set-up was merely the framework upon which a richer novel could unfold...