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...undergraduates are hired to sort the mail, so it wouldn’t be difficult for students (especially from other houses?) to sneak off with the clearly labeled Netflix envelopes. “This could be the work of an anti-Eliot prank, because it’s pretty lame,” says Eliot resident Maya E. Frommer ’07. Despite the odds, Eliot House Superintendent Francisco Medeiros has unwavering faith in his students. “I don’t believe the students take anything from the mailrooms,” he says. He suspects...
...plays Poehler's brother and evil skating partner in Blades of Glory. (He's also her real-life husband.) "Certainly there've been movies the last couple of years that have done that, but Will doesn't. He's not litist in any way, shape or form." As lame as it sounds, Arnett believes being kind and gracious and free of neuroses is crucial to making Ferrell's comedy work. "The egg always ends up on his own face. He's incredibly sweet, and audiences can feel...
...awarded to the party’s co-host, Sophia P. Snyder ’07, paid for the alcohol. “Usually I can’t buy as much food and non-alcoholic drinks,” Newman said. “A party is pretty lame when the focus is drinking alcohol and that’s it.” —Staff writer Shoshana S. Tell can be reached at stell@fas.harvard.edu...
...audience in a different way. Vincent Regan, the Captain, delivers the worst performance I’ve seen in a major motion picture this year. Largely due to the laughable overacting, Regan’s character serves only as unintentional comic relief. The film also suffers from a lame and sedate narrator whose lack of urgency harms the film’s momentum. Overall, weak acting, horrible dialogue, and utter absurdity ruin what could have, and should have, been one of the year’s best. The action alone isn’t enough to carry the film...
Bienvenido! Willkommen! Irashaimase! No, that’s not some lame kabuki version of “Cabaret,” and it’s not the opening lines to “Babel 2,” either. It’s a trio of exclamations from the languages of some of the best movies at the 79th annual Academy Awards, a motley group of international films that have largely blown the English-language competition out of the water. Why the Spanish? “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Guillermo del Toro?...