Word: plaines
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...explosion and discussing the fate of West Point graduate General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff who was ostracized for contradicting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's estimates of how many troops would be needed in Iraq. But outside the classroom, the cadets still mustered on the plain and marched in unison, a physical reminder of their willingness to accept and execute whatever mission they were given...
Sitting in the living room at Balmoral, knitting and nattering in their plain wool sweaters, caring more for their pets than for their children, the royal family of this film seems a parody of the pettiness and insularity of the English middle class; they might be the Monty Python gang in drab drag. Yet despite their sternest efforts to keep up the moat bridge, Elizabeth (Helen Mirren) and her blinkered clan are about to learn how little they understood the appeal of the woman who, they think, betrayed them...
...royals in The Queen, the first impression the movie gives is one of cool, devastating satire. Or perhaps Elizabeth and her family really are as drab as the film paints them! They don't aspire to glamour; they renounce it. Cloistered at Balmoral, knitting and nattering in their plain wool sweaters, caring more for their pets than for their children, the Royal Family seems a parody of the pettiness and insularity of the English middle class. They might be the extended clan of Wallace and Gromit or cousins of Mrs. Proposition and Mrs. Conclusion, the shrill suburban housewives from Monty...
...Plain and simple, when I wake up in the morning, I piss excellence.” Perhaps Hollywood should take a couple notes from Ricky Bobby; his crude ballad pinpoints just what the film industry has been lacking—excellence. In fact, the big studios have been giving us just about everything but excellence. “Snakes on a Plane,” anyone? Despite slightly better box office results this summer compared to last, movieland is still shaky territory. With quick big-screen-to-DVD turnaround, in-home theater options and technologies—On Demand...
...videos of an IED explosion to discussing the fate of West Point graduate Gen. Eric Shinseki, who was forced into retirement for contradicting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's estimates about how many troops would be needed in Iraq. But outside of the classroom, the cadets still mustered on the plain and marched in unison, a physical reminder of their willingness to accept and execute whatever mission they are given...