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...special report, conceived and overseen by Steve Koepp, was edited by Janice Simpson and Howard Chua-Eoan. Christine Dunleavy designed the pages, Robert Stevens tracked down the photos and Barbara Maddux led the reporting and research. The series is a remarkable reminder of how a single incident, whether it grabs headlines immediately or is barely noticed at the time, can shape history for decades to come. In a time of war and uncertainty, every new day has the potential to be one of those pivotal moments...
...Stephen Koepp, Deputy Managing Editor
...film, directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp, is a faithful adaptation of the Stan Lee original--faithful to a fault. Spidey, a.k.a. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), is still the teen dweeb from Queens with a crush on the girl next door (Kirsten Dunst), a dose of genetically altered spider DNA in his veins and a compulsion to save the world from the gaudy Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe). Sure, he can leap tall buildings with several sticky bounds, but he's also nearly grounded by a load of unresolved guilt. Plenty of classic heroes--Oedipus, Hamlet, Luke Skywalker...
...appropriate too. From the beginning, storytellers and listeners have rooted for the underdog. Women, typically smaller than men and less schooled in the art of physical revenge, are the ultimate little guys. David Koepp kept this in mind when writing his Panic Room script: "The story is about physical survival, so you want the odds to be stacked high against your lead. By having the lead be a woman, it makes for more interesting drama, because there's further...
...squinting his eyes and brandishing a large gun as Raoul, the most diabolical and least developed of the three theives. Forest Whitaker provides one of the few bright spots in an otherwise anemic cast, searching for depth in the character of the conflicted Burnham, the only thief whom writer Koepp seems to have bothered to provide with a sense of real humanity. Stewart, a young actress who looks disturbingly identical to a young Foster, also does an excellent job in her cinematic debut as Foster’s diabetic daughter Sarah...