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...mind being imprisoned for a crime she committed, later following her across France to Bordeaux’s Hotel Splendide. A crop of rabid aristocrats have also gathered at the Splendide to escape the madhouse of Paris and badger the wait-staff nonstop for rooms—God forbid they sleep in their cars, with their suitcases and hatboxes...
...which are left maddeningly unresolved. At times the film verges on self-parody—Viviane’s hammy, melodramatic antics, for example: the way she throws herself on her bed, her eyes oozing crocodile tears. These keep the tone light for the most part—thank God for small mercies. But it is a testament to the egregious Eurocentrism of American film distribution that mediocre movies like Bon Voyage receive U.S. distribution with remarkable ease, while far superior international films often lack an American audience...
...that blockbusters need to exist as brainless, heartless machines in order to succeed. There have been a number of superior action movies offered in recent years, with equal shares of proficient filmmaking and mass appeal. Dirty Pretty Things, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, City of God and Kill Bill: Volume One all have the key ingredients of a successful summer blockbuster, but all were judged too intelligent to take on such a heavy load, and were thus advertised as magnets for awards rather than audiences. Given the sort of massive promotional push reserved for bigger, dumber...
Arguing before the Supreme Court that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the separation of church and state, DR. MICHAEL NEWDOW did a pretty good job for a nonpracticing lawyer. The physician and atheist, who brought the original suit (a California court ruled in his favor), sparred ably with the Justices and even drew applause at one point--before Chief Justice William Rehnquist threatened to clear the courtroom...
...less than 10 months. "These knee-jerk reactions reflect poor decision making from management and don't take the long haul into account," says Miami Heat president Pat Riley, who quit coaching this year after an eight-year run with the Heat burned him out. "God, it doesn't look good for our profession...