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...Supreme Court's ruling on a citizen's right to bear arms - and of the newly articulated "individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation" - the burly new fantasy Wanted reveals the magic that can blossom when you put a gun in the hand of a meek wage slave and tell him he was born to be a righteous killer. Directed at a pitch of gritty giddiness by the Kazakhstan-born Timur Bekmambetov, who did the DVD faves Night Watch and Day Watch, this hard-R splatter-fest about a team of sanctified assassins is also...
...back to the Goliath thing. The Sunday before the tournament begins, all the contenders are ranked from 1 (the awesomest of the awesome) to 16 (the meekest of the meek) in each of four regional groups. Then 16 plays 1 and 15 battles 2 and so forth in a three-week single-elimination march to the championship. No sporting event is as elegantly constructed or as essentially American. There are the massing of schools rich and poor, public and private; the opportunity for all to face off neutrally; and the assignment of an indisputable qualitative value. That last element...
...forms betweenthese two characters is the film’s savinggrace. Robb brilliantly portrays Tara’soscillation between pre-teen awkwardness—which is only heightened whenJoleen splits—and the confidence thatgrows as she begins to feel James’ affection.Stahl is convincing as a meek butkind uncle whose inability to control hisown life undermines his ability to helphis niece.Nevertheless, Robb and Stahl’s strongperformances can’t quite overcome theplatitudes in which their characterstrade. One particularly dramatic momentis ruined when James gives Taraa message for her mother: “Tell...
...senior thesis is certainly an emotional roller-coaster. Braddock continued, “Now, have I got an oral exam for you all. I want you all to get up here and show me the best damn keg-stand you’ve got.” His guests, meek and submissive after months of self-imposed solitary confinement, readily formed a line. And who were they to refuse? Thanks to their benevolence of their academically-disinclined but party-loving friend, these pale creatures of the library stacks finally had an opportunity to rage again. Writing a senior thesis...
...divergence from mainstream film and her acute cultural consciousness.A love story with the soul of a documentary, “Expired” follows two parking enforcement officers through Miniucchi’s vision of a real-life relationship. The characters—Samantha Morton plays a meek meter maid and Jason Patric is her embittered leading man—both battle loneliness, alienation, and abuse that comes from ticketed drivers and from each other.“We tried to make an honest film,” Miniucchi said in a question and answer session...