Word: minding
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Kaufman you know as a gifted, mulish, effulgently idiosyncratic screenwriter - one of the few non-directors to establish a unique film voice - of Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Most film scribes making their move to the director's chair would pick a modest project, one that doesn't tax his tyro status. But Kaufman's first work as a total auteur is his most daunting project yet: a portrait of a creative mind in artistic and emotional crisis, painted as a vast mural that encompasses 30-plus...
...Menace first. Khrushchev banging his shoe at the U.N. is fine for newsreels, but Spielberg and Lucas (and screenwriters David Koepp and Jeff Nathanson) have something sexier in mind: Irina Spalko, played by Cate Blanchett with a feline purr and the fabulous posture of military-movie villains. Irina wants to cloud American minds by getting access to a secret technology that is concealed either in the Area 51 warehouse where Crystal Skull begins or in the remotest jungle mountains of Peru during the film's last hour. "We will change you, Mr. Jones," she proclaims. "We will turn you into...
...from Raiders, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen, still brandishing that mile-wide smile). Her son Mutt is a young Indy manqué; he has discipline issues, but you can be sure he'll work them out, since he's the designated hero of whatever further sequels Lucas has in mind. LaBeouf, an intelligent actor without an ounce of charisma, will be hard put to replace the original, iconic Indy. Ford looks just fine, his chest tanned to a rich, Corinthian leather; he is still lithe on his feet and can deliver a wisecrack as sharp as a whip crack. Indeed, he seems...
...complex story vamps aimlessly, adding shaggy-dog tales and swapping out stars for years too long. ABC's decision--which made the show more like a limited-run British series or The Sopranos--freed Lost to launch an endgame. In last season's finale, the show threw in a mind-blowing twist, jumping forward in time to reveal that several characters made it off the island. The move expanded the canvas yet pointed to a conclusion and made the series compelling again...
...We’re still attracting a great number of students to the social sciences,†Maier said. “But will these numbers be borne in mind with respect to hiring [of new faculty...