Word: patly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alonzo Mourning, by all accounts the most deserving MVP candidate in the league, watched Houston's desperation attempt drop downward toward the paint. Mourning blossomed under Pat Riley's tutelage into one of the NBA's finest all-around centers, and almost single-handedly carried the Heat to the best record in the East...
...Pat Riley ran a well-tanned hand through his well-oiled hair and grimaced. Riley, the winningest coach in NBA playoff history, had been roundly criticized for overplaying his club in the weeks leading up to the post-season. He bagged the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, but at a price too high...
Alonzo Mourning, by all accounts the most deserving MVP candidate in the league, watched Houston's desperation attempt drop downward toward the paint. Mourning blossomed under Pat Riley's tutelage into one of the NBA's finest all-around centers, and almost single-handedly carried the Heat to the best record in the East...
Audacious musicians are the best. They've been all over the map with their talents and tastes, they've been a part of power-pop band The Semantics, they've toured with Shania Twain, Pat McGee, Amy Grant and Janis Joplin to get a foothold in the music industry, they've jammed with Ben Folds for fun. And then they retire to their living rooms in Alabama to craft their solo pilot over four meticulous years, which they subsequently drop off at the major labels with a rakish take-it-or-leave-it attitude until Giant Records snaps...
...gives a straightforward, acceptable read, especially considering the artificial dialogue he's given--that second "Yippee" really grates. Perhaps most affecting, though, is Ingmar Bergman regular Pernilla August (what's she doing here?), who plays Anakin's mother, Shmi. The lines she's given are just as pat and clich as the rest in the film, but the expressive lines of her face more than make...