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...streak is interrupted, of course, when she meets Brosnan’s rumpled Rafferty, who also is coasting along undefeated. The prospect of losing makes her nervous. So nervous in fact that she devours a Sno-ball in the courtroom bathroom, a scene which the post-screening crowd in the ladies room decided was the most realistic in the whole movie. (Consensus was also reached on the “adorability” of Brosnan). Audrey continues to nosh her way through every emotionally distressing moment in the movie, at one point running away from Daniel down a city block...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: Laws of Attraction | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

...Gertie. Unable to cope with his wife’s death or his new role as parent, Trinke immerses himself in work until his father, Bart (George Carlin), refuses to take care of Gertie any longer. Flustered, abandoned, and completely covered in baby powder, Trinke has a very public nervous breakdown at a news conference. Though Affleck should never attempt to cry on film (or say the line “I’m gonna be the best daddy in the world!”), Jersey Girl nevertheless benefits from his non-method approach to acting, which fits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happenings | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

...you’ve got just the right combination of privacy and risk of getting caught that leads directly to cuddling and making out (and beyond). In my case, my friend and I were far more interested in our wasabi than locking lips, but a quick glimpse of the nervous expressions of the people in the nearby cars was all I needed to glean my first drive-in lesson...

Author: By Benjamin J. Toff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Last Picture Show | 4/29/2004 | See Source »

...you’ve got just the right combination of privacy and risk of getting caught that leads directly to cuddling and making out (and beyond). In my case, my friend and I were far more interested in our wasabi than locking lips, but a quick glimpse of the nervous expressions of the people in the nearby cars was all I needed to glean my first drive-in lesson...

Author: By Benjamin J. Toff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Last Picture Show | 4/28/2004 | See Source »

Most horror movies live and gruesomely die in the moment: the splattered head or severed limb gives viewers a quick thrill or a giggle, a jolt to the nervous system, that lingers no longer than a shiver. The films of Japanese director Hideo Nakata--The Ring (1998), Ring 2 (1999), Chaos (1999) and Dark Water (2002)--take a subtler route to spooking audiences. In his thrillers, Nakata concentrates less on the explosion of the time bomb than on the ticking inside it: abstract images on a videotape, an aquarium tank full of dead fish, a water stain spreading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hideo Nakata | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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