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...instead harnesses only a fraction of his cast’s abundant talent in search of cheap sex-humor that distracts from—if not totally ignores—that message.To the extent that “Choke” has one, the movie’s saving grace is its cast. Rockwell, in his second top-billed role after George Clooney’s 2002 sleeper gem “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” fills Victor’s slime-caked shoes with appropriately intelligent and acerbic abandon. Rockwell excels at playing the sane...
...which seems to be one of the show’s goals, judging by the public service announcement about having “the talk” that follows every episode. The characters are incredibly one-dimensional, the dialogue is unnatural, and the acting is atrocious. Take Grace, for example, the abstinent and devout Christian who asks, as Ricky licks cookie dough off her fingers, “Does this count as oral?” Or take Amy’s dad, a creepy, tactless adulterer who asks his daughter, “Do you really want...
There's no question that many Chinese were willing to accept the need to show a united face to the world in the approach to the Olympics. But within days of the closing ceremony, a public protest demonstration against the government in a Beijing suburb signaled that the grace period was over. The string of disasters that has befallen the nation since then will only add to questions about where the limits of the long-suffering public's patience lie. This week, anger over the tainted-milk-powder scandal was palpable at one of Beijing's main Children's Hospitals...
...Sophomore skipper John Stokes and junior crew Michelle Konstadt manned the B-division boat, while skipper Powers and sophomore crew Grace Charles sailed in the C-division...
...night filled with blunder after blunder, the Crimson was lucky to pull out the narrow victory. “We were very fortunate,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “Obviously, we made too many mistakes against a good team, and the saving grace was that we had great character and found a way to win.” The Crimson fell behind late in the first frame and trailed nearly the whole game thanks to its four turnovers. Despite connecting consistently with his sophomore receivers all night, senior hurler Chris Pizzotti drastically underthrew balls...