Word: m
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Michaela's father Daniel says that he, too, has enjoyed the first two books in the series, "but I'm a little skeptical that I'll still be interested by books five, six and seven." Bosch notes that Harry Potter brings with him a host of commercial opportunites. "Halloween will be Harry Potter, Christmas will be Harry Potter and then the movie in the summer...
...recognition of his many years of distinguished research in muscular dystrophy, Professor of Pediatrics Louis M. Kunkel was given $10,000 for future research and a glass case from Tiffany & Co. during the organization's Labor Day Telethon hosted by Jerry Lewis...
...term "Star Wars fan" entails. One day while surfing the net, I found the enchanting site www.jarjarmustdie.com. Faced with pictures of Jar-Jar being bludgeoned, hacked, served on a silver platter, etc., I realized that some "Star Wars fans" have too much time on their hands. Now I'm just a "Star Wars observer." Less chance of spiraling into delirium, I would hope. I was actually happy The Phantom Menace wasn't the religious event it was supposed to be. After all, the marketing juggernaut clouded the fact that it was a movie--a series of shots captured on film...
...trio of outcasts in this world: Bruce Willis as a psychologist estranged from his wife, Toni Collette as a lonely single mom and Haley Joel Osment as her socially awkward son. But before long the film makes isolation a theme capable of transcending worlds. The ghosts in writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's world don't want to hurt the living. They just want to talk to them. And the living are just as desperate to find a willing ear. Of course, The Sixth Sense is not without the marks of a traditional horror film. There are plenty of tight close...
...reason The Sixth Sense has been so successful is because it's wonderfully tricky--not since The Crying Game have we been so utterly fooled that we must see the movie a second time to figure out its secrets. Bruce Willis finally produced a non-stinker and he has M. Night Shyamalan to thank; the Indian writer-director carefully wove together the necessary elements of reality and fantasy to create a truly spooky moviegoing experience. It's movies like these, the ones that open out of nowhere and slowly build a following sans hype, that restore our faith...