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Major Henry Higginson must be lonely. One of the all-time best friends of undergraduates is stuck presiding over the central stairway of the Barker Center, watching students dash in and out while faculty members toil in quiet offices. The man who chose central heating over lavish furnishings to create a common space that would make all undergrads feel comfortable has been forced to watch his club be converted into an office building for professors...
...fact, Tomorrow Never Dies is no better than a mediocre, run-of-the-mill, modern action flick. Sure, the high paced action scenes, abundant chases, explosions and lavish gadgetry with which a Bond film is now associated has entertainment value of its own. But to claim that the current films have any more tradition or class to them than any generic action movie with say, Arnold or Stephen Segal, is bunk. Better to just do away with the whole cumbersome apparatus and obligatory baggage which slapping a Bond label on a movie entails, and instead devote the energy to making...
...shot, DeBartolo, 51, is known for sparing no cost when it comes to getting exactly what he wants. How to turn a losing team into one of the winningest in the NFL? Recruit the best players, whatever the price. How to secure their devotion to the team? Lavish them with trips to Hawaii, $10,000 diamond victory rings, and endless supplies of roses and gift certificates for their wives and girlfriends. How to get the city of San Francisco to help finance a new stadium for the 49ers? Promise to tack on an opulent shopping mall and tout the whole...
Epic in scope and grandeur, Anastasia almost pulls off the impossible--upstaging Disney. Trying to emulate the grand love stories of the past, it sweeps between dazzling sequences but lacks the necessary character development to move the film beyond being merely a disjointed string of lavish set pieces. Still, though the villain element falls hopelessly flat, the love story comes to life in the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack and Angela Lansbury. The challenge to the animated empire is clear: Disney magic is no longer an exclusive product...
...many ways, the real standout of this production of The Nutcracker--apart from Tchaikovsky's playful, still-fresh score--is the lavish staging. The oversized sets and the use of greater stage depth contribute greatly to the feeling of enchantment, making even the Nutcrackered-out spectator feel like a wide-eyed child all over again. The second-act divertissments are ingeniously presented within the frame of a large-scale model of Drosselmeyer's toy theater from Act One, and each act has its own specific backdrop--pretty, if stereotypical (e.g., golden pagodas for the Chinese/tea dance, onion-domed places...