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...gift, sexual intelligence, to the role of Mary MacGregor; the light in her eyes catches fire when she stares at Neeson. But Mary is not part of the film's main conflict, between Neeson and villain Tim Roth. Despite Lange's efforts, Mary is a mature version of that macho-movie ornament, the Girl--victim, inspiration, trophy...
...whose nut is Lang's to crack, and Sophie as the romantic interest, a nut of a different flavor. In another novel, Lightman might have found better use for his more intriguing characters--Uncle Maury the gambler who tries to expiate himself by fixing the plumbing, Davis the aging, macho thesis adviser who bets bottles of vodka on his own conjectures...
...first, Pecos Bill seems hopelessly macho. "I'm pecos Bill; I can shoot straighter, ride faster, and drink harder than any man alive," he boasts. His horse indulges in gratuitous rearing and is named Widowmaker. Luckily, Pecos is more than just the embodiment of testosterone-identified values. After a little initial prickliness between them ("Stay away from my horse, or he'll kill you"), Pecos decides to help Daniel save his farm and his family. On their way, they round up some other legendary figures: Paul Bunyan (Oliver Platt) and John Henry (Roger Aaron Brown...
...searched for objects both large and subatomic. On the theory that the dark stuff is made of some as yet undiscovered particle, they have built all manner of sensitive detectors. On the chance that it is composed of very dim stars or large planet-like objects (known collectively as MACHOS, or massive compact halo objects), they have studied stars for telltale flickers that might indicate a MACHO has passed...
Physicists and astronomers have looked for all of the above and more, but results have been inconclusive. WIMP searches are barely getting under way; MACHO hunts have turned up disappointingly few flickers at the outer edges of the Milky Way (but surprisingly many toward the galaxy's core). The latest teaser came last month when news leaked out that researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory had seen evidence for what could be a slightly massive neutrino...