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...somewhat heavy-handed, and he beats to death the film’s theme of the individuality of human invention. Without the overemphasized morality of Kearns’s struggle, “Flash of Genius” might have been a trite but heart-warming tale of one man??s success against all odds. However, because of the film’s botched attempt at gravity and intellectual debate, it fails at achieving even that level of mediocrity. —Staff writer Rachel A. Burns can be reached at rburns@fas.harvard.edu...
...best debut features in years. Hammer was given the award for Best Director at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film, which will begin a theatrical run at the Kendall Square Cinema on October 17, revolves around the impact that a man??s suicide has on his twin brother, ex-lover, and young son. Utilizing three nonprofessional, local actors to portray the principal characters lends the film a sense of weight and realism. But the actors do far more in the film than act; according to Hammer, they were even responsible for writing the actual...
...fearful atmosphere of a country under control of a military regime, using genocide as an example of the corruption and disaster such a country could suffer as a result. The novel is as much an attack on myopic jingoism as it is an exploration of the deterioration of one man??s mind after exposure to the horrors of genocide.“Senselessness” may be 142 pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts that inevitably digress, but it is far from senseless. These page-long sentences are a haunting mélange of the voices of alive...
...approach her.Before Ollie could do so, however, a man dashed up to the platform and with a howl of despair threw himself in front of the oncoming train.Unfortunately, the fairground ride was already slowing down. It pulled to a stop a good foot and a half before the man??s twitching form.After craning his neck to judge the damage outisde, the engineer shook his head disgustedly and spat out the miniature window.Felicity had already risen from her seat in distress. Ollie rushed to her side.“Mamma mia!” he said, feeling shocked himself...
...least, inspire true affection and devotion from a legion of discriminating fans. More importantly, Yankee Stadium will repose dearly in the hearts of Yankee fans, and all true devotees of baseball, not because of its many championships—and other trophies to the vanity of man??but because of the noble spirit, the magnanimity which it has always represented and with which it had imbued the sport...