Word: fictions
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...lovers in fiction are to be divided into givers and takers, then Blue Monahan is one of its greatest philanthropists. In his 30s, he has arrived late to the world of relationships, but he has developed a heart the size of the Ford Foundation. He offers all--affection, unflinching honesty, gifts of fine silverware--to the men he falls for, but his charity is almost always misguided. Blue's lovers are a cold, selfish lot who rebuff his devotion with parting lines like, "Weakness isn't sexy...
...halves of one thing, or two versions of the same thing?" He never comes to any sound conclusion, but he has plenty of amusingly trenchant insights along the way. "I don't think odd couples are advisable in nonsitcom life," Blue muses, "in situation reality, in science non-fiction." Getting Over Homer is as much a bittersweet love story as it is an homage to the epigram. And it is terrific on both counts...
...February, around the time negotiations for the MCA deal were winding up, Koolhaas released his second book, a stubby, curious tome called S,M,L,XL, after the four sizes that Koolhaas projects come in. A dense, not always coherent conglomeration of photos, plans, essays, fiction, cartoons and alphabetized ephemera, it's the ultimate coffee-table book for a generation raised on both MTV and Derrida...
There is more comedy in "Young Poisoner," black comedy, which is its true intention. But the black comedy here is not even close to that of "Pulp Fiction" and "Shallow Grave." The screenplay doesn't keep up with the humor that it strives for, and the narration becomes quite unnecessary as the movie progresses. It also suffers from an excess of graphic violence; there are vomiting scenes a-plenty, making this a good last-date movie...
...names were not included in the list of nominations: Tom Hanks and John Travolta. Early on, many people seemed to be expecting a repeat of the "Forrest Gump" - "Pulp Fiction" race of last year. But, I have to say, I'm happy that neither one was nominated. Hanks gave a stolid performance, unexciting and annoyingly self-righteous, as usual. Travolta was amusing in "Get Shorty" but his role gave him nothing to do; he was much better in "Pulp Fiction." An actor, however, who really should have been nominated is Jonathan Pryce, for his stellar performance as the eccentric Lytton...