Word: knows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ripley is more stubborn than he seems, especially when he realizes that he's suddenly living the life he always wanted. Highsmith's book keeps the audience engaged just by introducing clearheaded, elegant Tom Ripley. He's fascinating because we know what he's capable of, which is just about anything. He's like Hannibal Lecter minus all that nonsense about fava beans and a nice chianti. But the movie takes the story in an entirely different direction simply by a shift of emphasis. Where Highsmith's 1950's novel barely dares to hint at any latent homoeroticism, the movie...
...that every year about this time, someone on the innovative Crimson staff decides to trot out the stock arguments against final clubs. I suppose this is better than when they put articles on the front page telling us that a particular club is closed, although the reporter doesn't know why, or for how long. Maybe there is just a lack of news or nothing better to opine about. Silly me, I thought there was a presidential campaign going...
...that modern-day ballad by the Backstreet Boys," I can only assume that you did not see the performance. Those boys were in tune, and they made those outfits work! Did you notice that there were almost 200 Harvard students watching this performance, and laughing hysterically? I don't know when the last time you saw that large a group of students laughing together was, but it doesn't happen often enough...
...while a class or two may have been interrupted, 15 minutes is a huge exaggeration. I saw a number of professors laughing and smiling as the song was taking place. If you don't know how they felt about it, you shouldn't just guess...
...meet the right man and finally settle down. Mary Jo moves herself and Ava in with Jack (Gavin O'Connor), a seemingly nice trucker; Ava makes friends at school and becomes friends with Dan, a nice older man who works with her mom. Though Mary Jo doesn't quite know what's good for her, Ava certainly does; she struggles to get her mom to stop running away from her problems, and even tries to steer her toward Dan, who's a much better...