Word: kineticism
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Many people--including some astronomers--are understandably nervous about putting a standby squadron of nuclear-tipped missiles in place. Hence the latest strategy, which in some cases would obviate the need for a nuclear defense: propelling a fusillade of cannonball-size steel spheres at an approaching asteroid. In a high...
What we have is weather as electronic American Shintoism, a casual but almost mystic daily religion wherein nature is not inert but restless, stirring, alive with kinetic fronts and meanings and turbulent expectations (forecasts, variables, prophecies). We have installed an elaborate priesthood and technology of interpretation: acolytes and satellites preside...
The Hughes brothers are up to more serious business. Menace II Society had a kinetic kick, but it was also heinous in its uninflected take on teen brutality. Dead Presidents, which spans the Vietnam decade and hip-hops from the Bronx to 'Nam and back again, is expansive rather than...
Rodriguez has gone from backyard to back lot in one jump, but he hasn't lost his pizazz as director and editor. The picture is great kinetic fun--an explosion of pop talent. As El Mariachi says, "It's easier to pull the trigger than to play a guitar--easier...
Marisa Tomei is impressive, almost a revelation. This is by far the best performance she has given on film. She mixes the earthiness of her Mona Lisa Vito in "My Cousin Vinny" with the delicacy and luminosity of her Faith in "Only You," and comes up with something altogether different...