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...Fermata)--Baker returns to the delightfully discursive, observational voice he used in his first novel, The Mezzanine. But in A Box of Matches this voice has acquired a husky resonance it never had before, a basso register that hints at dark, existential depths. Daydreams of suicide flit at the edge of Emmett's consciousness, intimations of illness, echoes of past pain...
...couple of Camerons, Diaz (on a subway) and Crowe (on a bus), flit through Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg--who also shows up in Goldmember. Men in Black II enlists Michael Jackson and Martha Stewart--aha, they are aliens! In Mr. Deeds, Al Sharpton delivers a rappin' elegy and John McEnroe teaches Adam Sandler how to (mis)behave in New York City. Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal features bits by Brad Pitt and his Se7en director David Fincher...
...acting that lifts this modest material. Jeon, in her third film, makes her discordant ? and physical comedy make the mutual attraction credible and funny. Like many Korean movies, the actors flit effortlessly from unabashed slapstick to unconsolable morbidity...
...Perception is reality, and time is of the essence; as any American will readily admit, this haven just doesn?t feel as safe as it used to. And the defining characteristic of investors is to never look back, to flit unblinkingly to the safest haven around, no tears shed and no patriotism considered. And if New York City, dangling nakedly into the ocean, its gateway toppled, doesn?t seem the stronghold it once did, the investing hordes may just start to shop around for a new one, and adjust the balance of world economic power...
...young women waiting to be selected by customers perch on couches. Nearly all of them are blond, their average age perhaps 22. They sit upright, jumbled together like a doll collection. Careful not to disturb makeup and hair, they move with exaggerated stiffness but their eyes flit eagerly when a new prospect enters the club. Soon, each of the young women is sitting next to a total stranger. They hand out their business cards. They know about Lucie, but that's history. Last week, two girls at Greengrass were sacked because they didn't meet their dohan quotas...