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...David R. Grosser of the Cambridge-El Salvadorsister city project described life under theCristiani regime as "a tale of almost constantharassment and infringement of human rights...
...probably thinks it odd to be asked to justify a picture that earned $431 million at the North American box office, behind only Titanic, the original Star Wars and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial as an all-time top grosser. But the writer-producer-director-megamind--who in his spare time runs a film conglomerate that includes the Lucasfilm production outfit, the ILM visual-effects house and Skywalker Sound--says he was always aware of at least one Phantom risk: that Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi knight in training who would evolve into the sinister Darth Vader, was a kid. "I said...
...between. Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone, in 1995 was the low point, losing around $40 million. Now though, the cinematic landscape has changed. The vampire-hunting Blade grossed over $112 million in 1998, while 1997's Men in Black (both were based on comic books) became the 13th-highest grosser ever, with $589 million. After 2000's The X-Men took $294.3 million, the pitches came thick and fast...
...Financially, they won the battle. Needing You..., with Cheng as a harried office worker and Lau as the playboy she reforms, was the biggest Hong Kong grosser since The Storm Riders in 1998. Help!!! (it was a big summer for punctuation), a hospital drama, mixed cynicism and sentiment in crowd-pleasing proportions. For New Year they offered the gorgeous, frantic, virtually all-girl Wu Yen, with Cheng as a warrior, Cecilia Cheung as an elfin enchantress and Anita Mui as both a King and his grandfather; it was the season's second-highest grossing film. Then came Love...
...absurdities as the drug war or the U.S.’s overuse of automobiles. In these cases the path to a solution is clear: to attack the problem of drugs by curbing demand, and to reverse the worldwide trend away from public transportation. It is when Galeano discusses grosser problems, such as the increasingly skewed distribution of wealth, that his discussion is frustrating. He comes across like a crabby housewife continually pointing out flaws in her husband’s manner of dressing. He overcomes this in the rare moments of true poignancy, when he shouts...