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Scandinavian police detectives tend to be a dour lot, but Kurt Wallander may be the grumpiest of them all. In this, Mankell?s 37th novel, Wallander has recently shot and killed a man?something that would not faze a hard-boiled U.S. gunman but is enough to send this veteran cop into a drunken, downward spiral. He decides to leave the force, only to realize an hour later that he has made a terrible mistake. He comes back, of course, drawn by his guilt over a friend?s murder and eventually finds himself on the money trail of a smiling...
Major League Baseball?s umpires have just called themselves out. Fifty-seven of the sports world?s fattest, grumpiest and, by some accounts, blindest men have sent in their resignation from the league, effective September 2. Mind you, it?s not a strike ?- more of a balk. "A strike is a union-sponsored withholding of services," umpires? union head Richie Phillips told the New York Times. "This, in fact, is a resignation of their position and their signing with another corporation to provide services." That "other corporation" was of course tailor-made a few weeks ago for just this eventuality...
...Secrets and Lies" can be appreciated on enough levels to please even the grumpiest of viewers, although curmudgeons among those ranks might still rightfully grumble at certain acting choices. But Leigh has made an intelligent film that stands out from the rest of the current cinematic fare in both technique and subject matter and one that consequently should not be missed...
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