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...more mundane than they should—these photographs merely add to the inundation of media surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks. They do not contribute to the exhibit in an aesthetic or artistic sense. Life of the City would be a much more appealing and integrated exhibit without the excess of the final section. There is no need to show the city’s death when it is still very much alive...
...reason that E.T. is one of Spielberg’s warmest and most honest films is largely due to his drive to make E.T. as much like these children as possible. Like the film’s children, he has an excess of curiosity but a genuinely good heart which literally glows with healing power. The film, in short, makes him a symbol of all that is lovable in a child. He eases the shock of a human-to-alien bond by presenting it as a friendship between children. E.T.’s methods may be sentimental?...
...hurt by an ensemble cast that doesn’t allow for individual recognition, save Helen Mirren’s outstanding final 15 minutes. Interestingly, The Royal Tenenbaums—with names like Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston and Ben Stiller—was burned by its excess of star power. Memento, with Pearce and two actors with little more than The Matrix on their resumes, was at an instant disadvantage...
According to Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan, the University has agreed to pay Watertown an annual total in excess of $3 million...
Sullivan told an audience of Harvard students last night that he was concerned about inequity between towns, as he said he knew that Harvard’s Payment in Lieu of Tax (PILOT) to Watertown would total an excess of $3 million dollars—while Cambridge currently receives nearly $1.6 million in PILOT...