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...Incredibles has those characters, that heart. And after that poignant stretch of family dysfunction, the movie brings on its supervillain--Mr. I's onetime groupie Incrediboy, now the cunning, gadget-obsessed Syndrome (Jason Lee)--and explodes into the year's wittiest, zippiest adventure, with each knockout action sequence eclipsing the last and with echoes of '60s James Bond films and Fantastic Four comic books. But it's still unusual: in its length (nearly two hours), in its rating (PG for "action violence," a first for G-loving Pixar) and in its cast of human characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: All Too Superhuman | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

WINNER: Eminem--the publicity knockout comes just in time for his November album release. Plus, he has already taken out tough guy Moby

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feud of the Week Oct. 25, 2004 | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...from Iraq to health care to jobs, as each candidate desperately sought to land that single, memorable haymaker that voters will replay in their heads on November 2nd. For my money, however, that defining moment came a week earlier in Miami, during the first debate - and it was a knockout blow for Kerry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: The President as Parent | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...when many serious directors, especially in Europe, are making films with graphic sex, Wong remains a gentleman in matters of the groin. 2046 does have one vigorous bedroom encounter, with the nude Leung and Zhang Ziyi attractively entangled. But the erotic knockout punch is a kiss?sudden, brutal, passionate and 35 seconds long?between Leung and Gong Li. They go at each other like two drowning strangers giving each other CPR. Now that's sexy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2046: A Film Odyssey | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...looking forward to." Nonetheless, Inoue's gold-medal-winning performance at Sydney was a shock. To earn first place, judokas have to win five straight matches in a single day, which can take up to 25 minutes of fighting. Inoue won all of his matches by ippon (knockout) in a total of six minutes. "It is his ippon which captivates," says Nakanishi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready to Rumble | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

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