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...talks about how he relishes the moment when the political world is at his feet as he stands before Congress to deliver the State of the Union. "Sometimes I look through that teleprompter and see reactions," he recalls. "I'm not going to characterize what the reactions are, but nevertheless it causes me to want to lean a little more forward into the prompter, if you know what I mean. Maybe it's the mother in me." As he says that, he practically leans out of his chair, as though his antagonists were there in the room...
...Nevertheless, for the uninitiated Friday night’s event may have seemed a little odd. The first part of the event was a screening of one of Prina’s short films, Vinyl II in the Carpenter Center auditorium. Filmed at the Getty museum in Los Angeles (it was originally commissioned by the museum), Vinyl II could almost be described as a kind of extremely slow-paced music video. The bulk of the film depicts a group of musicians playing a score written by Prina himself while sitting in two of the Getty’s galleries, punctuated...
...Nevertheless, the three Baudelaire orphans in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events manage to endure; using their courage and ingenuity, they survive every mishap in the “series of unfortunate events” that comes their way. The children are constantly pursued by Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), the crafty villain who dons multiple disguises and comes up with outrageous plans to kill the Baudelaires, hoping to inherit their massive family fortune...
...caveat to the potential theater-goer: this movie is primarily aimed at children, so there is a certain degree of cornball moralizing that is to be expected. Nevertheless, the darker undertones and weighty themes should appeal to older audiences. Lemony Snicket has witty humor, aesthetic beauty, delightful characters and a certain “je ne sais quoi” that add up to a thoroughly enjoyable movie for all ages...
Despite his coyness on the topic, outrage against Penn nevertheless erupted during the question-and-answer session. The first gentleman to raise his hand attacked Penn’s politics, called the movie “trash,” and then questioned Penn about whether he wears a hair piece. The interrogation riled Penn, who yelled back at the man in an irritated voice as the man was escorted out of the theatre...