Word: hollower
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These are mainstream voices in the Islamic world—and they make President Bush’s insistence that “the terrorists are traitors to their own faith” ring a trifle hollow. Anti-Semitism runs deep in today’s Islamic world. But violence, and the rhetoric of religious war, runs still deeper. This, too, we must understand—that however much it may pain the goo-goos and Oprah-watchers to admit, our enemies are Islamic, and their ideology is rooted in Islamic traditions that stretch all the way back to when...
Both Redford and Gandolfini are quite good in their respective roles, and many of the best scenes in the film are simply both actors talking together. Alas, as the script makes them archetypes instead of three-dimensional characters, their performances ultimately feel hollow. The only other character that is somewhat fleshed out is that of inmate Yates (Mark Ruffalo), the prison’s designated bookie. After giving one of last year’s best performances in You Can Count on Me, I was very interested in seeing Ruffalo in a new role. Once again, he gives a solid...
...classic” films on the walls and for those sad souls who decide to see Corky Romano this weekend, well, there’s also a bar on the second floor. But despite all its overall grandeur and luxury, the theater still evokes a hollow feeling. Like my pyramid of a theater back home, today’s cinematic megaplexes may be the epitome of comfort, but they lack the character of more traditional film houses...
...checks in airports, the constant armed guards, the relentless searching of carry-on baggage, the new and powerful x-ray machines that will slice and dice baggage onscreen, the armed sky marshals ready to drop any prospective terrorist in their tracks. Nor will it be the pilots armed with hollow point bullets ready to defend the sanctum of the cockpit, or any other high-tech or high-force solution. Rather, the most intimidating obstacle in a hijacker’s mind will be the tens or hundreds of passengers who will believe the worst of their imaginations. The hijackers...
...wraps completely around and under the nearly two-inch thick contents. When completely unfolded it turns into a 30-inch long pink and yellow panorama. Underneath the cover sits a thick book with a simple, geometrical patterned cover. Pick it up and you discover underneath, nestled in a cutout hollow of thick cardboard, a smaller book! Then, underneath that, another book hidden away! Three books where you expected only...