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...Steven Pimlott's modern-dress Richard II is followed by Michael Attenborough's period Henry IVs and Edward Hall's guns-and-missiles Henry V. Then it's back to robes and swords as Michael Boyd completes the cycle with Henry VIs and Richard III. While it is a jolt to finish, say, Richard II with his successor Henry IV in a business suit and then to start the next play with Henry suddenly in medieval garb, the different approaches demonstrate the works' universality...
...really exist inasmuch is necessary to allow Rodriguez to string-together and stage his elaborate action set-pieces. It hardly matters one wink, however, because the whole movie is so intoxicated by its own style that its verve and kinetic energy become utterly infectious-each gunshot is like a jolt of adrenaline. The special-effects laden spectacle of Spy Kids, on the other hand, cannot fall back on the natural buzz of stylish violence (and those who think it doesn't exist should become better acquainted with the work of Sam Peckinpah and John Woo) and appears that much more...
...down to earth with tea blended from fruits such as Chinese dates or plums. Or attend a ceremony at the temple's green tea house, which looks out onto a small copse and a graceful traditional pagoda that supports a massive bronze bell. For those in need of a jolt of the real world, there will be no objections if you bring your own coffee. For more information call (82-2) 3672-5945 or e-mail kilsangsa@yahoo.co.kr. More information can also be had from Seoul's expat Buddhist community: call the Lotus Lantern Buddhist Center...
...drop of blood, for example--may play a role. The journal Nature last week reported a study in which researchers performed scans on the fear centers of volunteers' brains and found that when the subjects were merely told to expect an electric shock, the neurological reaction to the anticipated jolt was as powerful as fears based on actual experience. "There is a lot of legitimacy to the idea that phobias can be learned," says Edna B. Foa, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. "We respond to what we see or experience...
Berry's adaptation of South African playwright and activist Athol Fugard's (Master Harold and the Boys, My Children My Africa and Road to Mecca) classic play takes movie-goers to the theater in more ways than one.Boesman and Lena starts with a jolt, in the middle of something that seems to be still looming over the two titular homeless wanders. Lena (Angela Bassett) stands alone in the middle of the screen begging Boesman (Danny Glover) to tell her how they got to this barren place. "Where did they come from? Which path did they take?" she asks. Boesman just...