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...annoyingly elliptical) statement about the artist's relationship to his work, fails to develop any of these to the fruition reached in Allen's earlier works. None of the characters (except Block, who turns out to be annoying, vulgar and uninteresting) are given enough attention to function in any mode other than one directly dependent on Allen's character...
Survivors populate the tiny hamlet of Sam Dent, devastated by the loss of their children and unable to function as a community once again. The parents respond with combinations of anger and resignation, alternately praising and condemning Stevens for his intrusion into their close-knit community. Of those involved in the crash, only two remain: the simple-minded bus driver Dolores Driscoll (Gabrielle Rose) and local teenager Nicole Burnett (Sarah Polley). The rest, including Billy Ansell (Bruce Greenwood), who witnessed his children's death, stand powerless in the face of the tragedy...
...extent to which personal bias is a disqualifying factor is the function of what judges say," he said...
...relentless drive for more action and stunts eventually becomes overwhelming. The machine guns effectively attached to the characters' arms only function as noise-makers, and by the end, the movie becomes bogged down in big bangs and blow...
...last visible remnant of a thankfully bygone era when women were not allowed the position men have historically enjoyed in the academic world. Radcliffe is a wonderful institution with a history we can be proud of. However, Radcliffe is no longer an institution which has as its primary function the instruction or housing of female students-- that role belongs to Harvard College. On Radcliffe's Web page, it is stated: "By agreement between the institutions, women undergraduates who are admitted and enrolled in Radcliffe are thereby enrolled in Harvard College with all the attendant rights and privileges accorded by Harvard...