Word: mischiefing
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...think it was a political stunt? It is the sort of thing that does look too cute by half. Too cute by half is not really what a great nation needs in a crisis. I have an extremely liberal view of politics in that I expect a lot of mischief, but we've gotta bring our best selves and our most adult selves to this thing. We're a nation of people who turn 45 and want to dress like children. We're a nation of people of 50 who want to talk like children. Grow...
...Bearing as many aliases - aka Mesrine, aka L'Instinct de Mort - as its subject, this true-crime bio-pic traces the exploits of the Clichy-born criminal who made mischief on three continents in the 1960s and 70s. (A 1984 film, Mesrine, told the same story.) His life, at least as related in the prison autobiography that is the movie's source, put him in collusion or collision with all the gangster archetypes: a grizzled crime boss named Guido (Depardieu), a loyal and resourceful henchman (Dupuis), a tough-n-sexy babe (de France) to play Bonnie to his Clyde...
...Beliefs I enjoyed Aravind Adiga's letter "Mystical Mischief" but I cannot decide whether he gets it or not [July 28]! I do not believe in the mumbo jumbo of psychic readings and palmistry, but does he not see that the West now realizes science does not have all the answers? I hope that as India embraces science and all its benefits it does not develop a "consciousness that their old beliefs are antiquated and will pass." That, I am sure, would be a terrible mistake. Thomas G. Lamont, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND...
Conor Oberst Conor Oberst; available Aug. 5 Folksingers don't lighten up, but they do go on vacation, and an extended jaunt to Mexico seems to have offered Oberst a glimpse of a world without doom. The meandering road anthems (Moab) and beach tunes (Sausalito) capture the mischief and freedom of travel without going all Margaritaville. So your brain is welcome on this journey...
...Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Directed by Rob Cohen; rated PG-13; out now Brendan Fraser takes his third crack at this Indiana Jones--knockoff action series. This time, a 2,300-year-old warrior (Jet Li) is trying to gain the secret to eternal mischief. Nifty stunts and effects and top turns from Chinese stars Michelle Yeoh, Isabella Leong and Anthony Wong are the treasures worth seeking amid the musty debris of Mummy...