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...deranged mania, is the fuel to terrorism’s apparently unstoppable machine. “It is not merely violent in tendency,” Amis writes. “Violence is all that is there.” It is a despicable yet undeniably powerful state of mind, one that swallows up all other thought.In the volume’s longest essay, “Terror and Boredom: the Dependent Mind,” Amis interweaves his analytical plot of the development and effects of radical Islamism with the personal story of a novella he had abandoned, called...
...ignores—that message.To the extent that “Choke” has one, the movie’s saving grace is its cast. Rockwell, in his second top-billed role after George Clooney’s 2002 sleeper gem “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” fills Victor’s slime-caked shoes with appropriately intelligent and acerbic abandon. Rockwell excels at playing the sane man on the ship of fools, and it’s a testament to his talent as an actor that Victor flirts with his own psychological undoing...
...move the ball from Harvard into Holy Cross territory, ultimately resulting in Pizzotti’s game-winning touchdown run. Relative inexperience may have made Crimson coach Tim Murphy hesitate a bit when going to his young wideouts for big plays. But there was no doubt left in his mind after witnessing the fine showing the two sophomores posted, confirming his suspicions that Iannuzzi and Lorditch could be very prominent players as league play begins Saturday. “To see those guys be able to play poised, mature football at a high level really adds...
...Duchess” has a lot working in its favor, including strong performances, visual delights, and a moving score. However, the movie as a whole is less than the sum of its parts. While it’s not expected for a period drama to be mind-blowingly original, it should have something that makes it at least appear different. Moments of “passion” and revelation in the movie are met with lines of dialogue that could have been taken straight out of a contemporary soap opera, with liberal dashes of 18th century language, of course...
...Secret Life” had more viewers than The CW’s “Gossip Girl”—a show that targets irony-seeking viewers with risqué advertisements and flaunts parental advisory groups’ fierce attacks on its sexual content. Keep in mind that “Secret Life” is maintaining this success with the dual disadvantage of being broadcast on cable and making an attempt, albeit a very sad one, to poignantly tackle issues like teen pregnancy. The fact that this utter failure of a show leaves me wanting more...