Word: magicianly
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...Having put out easy loans to those countries for the past decade, bankers cannot now abruptly snap their wallets shut without imperiling the economies of several weak borrowers. Both borrowers and lenders now face a very delicate financial situation, and it may require the talents of a magician more than those of a banker to solve the problems...
Naso is a magician at making people forget...
...when, at the beginning, Philostrate, master of King Theseus' revels, makes his way through the underbrush and starts doing card tricks, he creates a mild sense of foreboding. Magician Ricky Jay is a deft dealer, but his sleight of hand tips the hand of Director James Lapine. This will be an evening of chipper invention, but one that will skirt the deeper, darker depths of this forest, where magic turns to mystery and the tumbling appearance of the fairy kingdom's wayward spirits becomes a metaphor for the wayward heart's enigmatic leapings...
...raise revenues. It is "the price we have had to pay" to get more spending cuts through Congress. Reagan placed the blame on past Administrations, declaring, "If I could correct 40 years of fiscal irresponsibility in one year, I'd go back to show business as a magician. You know, that might be more fun, pulling rabbits out of a hat than jackasses out of the way in Washington...
...worked so well in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, fails miserably here. The dazzling effects and set are the entire movie; plot and characterization are virtually nonexistent. Scott, director of Alien, should know how to make believable sci-fi by now. For Blade Runner, he teamed with special effects magician Douglas Trumbull, of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and the dashing Harrison Ford, star of last year's smash Raiders of the Lost Ark. But these three are not enough. The film lacks both focus and depth, and neither electronic gadgets nor excessive violence are sufficient to hold audience...