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...hour, and another who had the most number of snails stuck to his face for 10 seconds. But though she had some gymnastics experience, she did not feel up to the challenge of doing over 1,000 cartwheels. And she did not “want to be known as the girl who stuck snails to her face...
Ondaatje is best known for his novel “The English Patient,” which was adapted into an Academy-Award winning film...
...hour running time, Curtis has assembled a massive classic rock playlist of over 50 songs that never feels out of place against the on-screen action. Classics like “My Generation” and “Jumping Jack Flash” are immediately identifiable, but lesser known performers like The Hollies or Darlene Love fit just as well. Occasionally, Curtis takes a more literal approach; Cat Stevens’ “Father and Son” plays during a moment between Carl and his newly-discovered father, and The Turtles’ “Elenore?...
...Best known for playing affable Jim Halpert on NBC’s “The Office,” Krasinski tackled one of his favorite works for his directorial debut. In adapting “Interviews” for the screen, he returns to his college roots as an English major and playwright at Brown University. Wallace’s unnamed interviewer is here given a distinct collegiate identity as Sara Quinn (an icy Julianne Nicholson), who hopes to investigate “the social effects of the post-feminist era” by conducting and recording interviews with...
...That may be because some have worked together for years, both in and out of government. Typically for this Administration, all have strong academic backgrounds and tend to be wonks, more comfortable talking policy behind the scenes than making speeches. In a break for an Administration known for a White House-controlled foreign policy, the State Department plays heavily in strategy and policy implementation on Asia, which has helped create comity between the two centers of power...