Word: eye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Johansson's Manny, this is less of a problem. With her little eye, Manny asks broadly perceptive questions worthy of a Barbara Walters interview: studying Elaine's determinedly clinical, uneasy manner, Manny declares that she doesn't think Elaine had a real family, did she. She's right, and it's a gold star for her to add to her accomplishments in admonishing Lo for her poor prepartem behavior or justly defending Elaine...
...circle of friends steeped in pop-culture, who spout nihilistic aphorisms or slacker meditations on life. Laura and Frank get angry, make up, and get angry again over petty things: it is awkward, it doesn't make sense, and, usually, it stays that way, thanks to Holofcener's careful eye...
...think that it is unfortunate that we have vested interests that are trying to stop this sort of research," Peterson said. "We have to keep our eye on children, and what is best for them...
...instead of communing with the majestic peaks and flower-studded meadows, I spend my hikes going over all the helpful tips for surviving an Encounter. Look them in the eye? No, that was mountain lions. Bears just hate it when you stare at them, so keep your gaze fixed dreamily on the scenery. Play dead? Let's see, that works for grizzlies but not for black bears. So do you take off the backpack, get out the wildlife guidebook, do a quick taxonomic determination and then play dead...
...movie also has a pleasantly surprising treat: a fine eye for physical comedy and comic bluff. (After all, dubbing can only have camp appeal for so long.) Here Chan wobbles on the top of a train; there Khan tries to leap into a house and bounces like a tennis ball off the window Chan has just closed. In another very funny bit, Chan, undercover with the help of an artificially effusive family, leads an escaped convict to hide in a village that he must pretend he grew...