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...million to earn $700 million - a quarter of the state's annual revenue. That enviable cost-revenue ratio has triggered copycat competitors. It couldn't be easier. Apply online - providing less ID than it would take to get a library card - and have it all processed within 24 hours, for little more than $100; Nevada and Delaware will do it all in an hour for $1,000. Then, for modest fees, enjoy the illusion of legitimacy, complete with a telephone listing, receptionist, banking services, shareholders and directors. "The bottom line is we are giving criminals entree into our financial system...
...Gatz,” a six-hour epic told in two parts at the A.R.T. through February 7, ERS attempts to capture the resonant power of “Gatsby.” The company takes a curious approach: “Gatz” is a performance that consists almost entirely of dialogue, comprised only of the text of the novel. Though the production uses design elements effectively to bring Fitzgerald’s work to life, most of the actors’ performances are unconvincing and flat, a regretful detail that hinders an otherwise brilliant concept...
...novel memorized, his intentionally stilted delivery—as if he really is reading “Gatsby” out loud for the first time—never betrays this feat until the end of the second half, in which he goes off-book for nearly an hour...
...leading men are accompanied by two less-than-leading ladies—Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) as Holmes’s former flame and Mary Morstan (Kelly Reilly) as Watson’s fiancé—both of whom receive only minimal screen-time in the two hour film. McAdams and Reilly give strong performances that could easily have been explored more extensively, but it’s hard to argue with the choice to let the relationship between Holmes and Watson take center stage...
...novel in fragments” may be the phrase of choice in the marketing materials, but the truth is that “Laura” is hardly more than an assemblage of disconnected scribblings; reading diligently, one can get through the entire thing in under an hour. The difference in quality between this and Nabokov’s other works, too, is painfully clear. However much Nabokov’s other posthumously published work “The Enchanter” existed primarily as a sketch for “Lolita,” the stave of its aesthetic...