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...nice to be acknowledged by your peers. It's nice to know that if you get an award, your chances of getting a couple of good parts in the next year could be better, but aside from that, I don't really care...
...therefore a pleasure to say something nice about Venus, in which lanky, scrawny, Peter O'Toole, playing an aging actor named Maurice, just plain refuses to acknowledge the fact that he's not feeling so hot. He keeps working such modest jobs as come his way, keeps ragging on his pal Ian (Leslie Phillips), who is less sickly, but more prone to aches, pains and complaints, and mostly undertakes the education - actually we'd better make that the civilization - of the eponymous Venus (Jodie Whittaker, a young actress making an utterly fearless debut). She's Ian's grandniece, up from...
...never conquers - his bonhomie. It just sort of happens to him, and Venus just sort of sees him through it, without pitying him - or leaving us awash in tears either. The script by Hanif Kireishi is witty without being self-consciously so, and Roger Michell's direction has a nice awareness of middle-class London, clinging to its dignity but just a little bit tatty around the edges. You leave the movie hoping against hope that you will be able to manage a similar ending - tart, gallant, without self-pity. Venus is inspirational in the best sense of the word...
...iPod Docks There are more docks than anyone knows what to do with, but when I tested speaker docks over the summer, the Klipsch balanced great sound quality with nice features, like a remote control. If you have a video iPod, you may want to look into a video dock, which has a larger screen. In the buyer's guide we mentioned the 8-in. Memorex iFlip ($200). If you have trouble finding that one, check out the highly rated one from Sonic Impact, which is carried in the Apple Stores. (iPod Video Tip: A fast, convenient...
...Hanover, N.H. “At this point, some of us are experiencing the physical and mental drain that comes with a rigorous schedule and a rigorous academic schedule,” Harvard co-captain Julie Chu said. “It will be nice for everyone to go home and get some rest but we also need to maintain [our rhythm]...so that we don’t come back from break starting almost at square one again.”The two teams entered Friday’s game with similar resumes. Tied for first in the league...