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...There is something horribly efficient about you,” Camille (Olga Kurylenko) says to a certain British spy halfway through “Quantum of Solace,” the lean new action flick masquerading as a James Bond movie. Lead writer Paul Haggis has continued to take a chainsaw to the 007 formula, and here, as in “Casino Royale,” paring away the franchise’s unnecessary affectations—cars with rocket launchers, Moneypenny, martinis done a very certain way—has paid off. Screaming through its 106-minute runtime...
...year's most talked-about films has put the Maze back at center stage of Northern Ireland's politics. Hunger, which charts Bobby Sands' final weeks inside the Maze, opened in Britain last week and is set for a limited U.S. release next month. This is no jaunty jailhouse flick, but rather the most uncomfortable 96 minutes anyone is likely to spend in a cinema this year. Graphic violence, emaciated bodies and stomach-churning filth provide most of the avert-your-eyes moments...
...Seann William Scott) chug energy drinks, verbally assault a preteen, and note that their green-tinged urine looks “like Shrek’s piss.” It’s easy to assume that the rest of the movie will play out like any other flick about emotionally stunted man-children and their misadventures. Yet while “Role Models” is indeed formulaic, the film is saved by a number of hilariously memorable side characters—and by a healthy dose of heart. As the film begins, Danny and Wheeler are working...
...decorated rooms in Eliot, the America room was by far the best decorated place I saw this weekend,” said Brett L. Silverman ’12, “I felt like I was on a set for some Old Western flick...
...into the nation's banks is doing little to ease the credit crunch for U.S. businesses. The result, they say, is that many companies now struggling to get financing may soon be out of business. "In the past few weeks, lending has been getting tighter, not looser," says Larry Flick, a partner at law firm Blank Rome, which helps companies get financing. "All the moves the government is making to end the credit crisis may have a trickle-down effect, but I am not seeing...