Word: justine
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...script is by Peter Morgan, who won a plethora of prizes for The Queen and The Last King of Scotland and the Broadway play Frost Nixon, so you might expect something more than the puffy costume drama you get. Justin Chadwick, the director, is from TV, and apparently thinks that extreme closeups are as telling on the big screen as the small. No question that Portman's and Johansson's faces merit microscopic attention, but the film has a cramped feeling that turns every urgent, conspiratorial confidence into an italicized shout. That's a shame, because the movie has some...
...Motorists) checked their mirrors often and applied their brakes early, regular drivers with 20 years' experience rarely checked their mirrors and braked much later. Experience in a particular task frees space in your mind for other cognitive pursuits - wondering what's for dinner, answering your cell, singing along with Justin Timberlake - but those things can distract you from the accident you're about to have. Experience can also lead to overconfidence: a study in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention found that licensed race-car drivers had more on-the-road accidents than controls...
...Harris smoothly drains another FT. On the other end, McGeary finds himself in a dogfight for the loose ball. He seemingly comes away with the ball cleanly but the ref calls him out for traveling. On the reset, Penn's Justin Reilly gets fouled going for a shot. Shooting two FT, Reilly makes 1 of 2. [Harvard 29, Penn...
...Justin Fox asked if presidents matter when it comes to the economy [Feb. 18]. In Canada unemployment is at a record low, exports are in demand, and there is no hint of a subprime-mortgage crisis or recession. This in a country with higher taxes than the U.S. and universal health care to boot. In U.N. quality-of-life surveys, Canada beats the U.S. by miles. Canada, it seems, has struck a balance: government is responsible for collecting taxes and providing services. In contrast, the U.S. has corporate welfare, tax cuts for the wealthy and the decimation of public services...
...next Justin Timberlake.' VICTORIA BECKHAM, former Spice Girl, on her 3-year-old son Cruz, whose break-dancing during a Feb. 18 Spice Girls reunion concert became a YouTube...