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...enlists Schneider’s help. They start an affair and take off on a whirlwind tour of Spain, as he searches for a way to avoid his old identity and to discover how to live a completely new life.The beauty of the movie is not encased in the plot, which is simple enough. Rather than turn this into high-tension melodrama, complete with mad car chases and imprisonments, Antonioni pares everything down to the most minimalist possible point. The delicious assortment of visual simplicity needs no additional thrills or frills. From his beautiful palette—all blues, beiges...
...there’s God; there’s only God”) are incessant enough to become distracting; however, the movie blends faith and narratively integrated struggle so seamlessly that the audience is absorbed into the personal fight rather than distanced by the specific faith. The plot of “Ushpizin” flows smoothly, and while the extended stay of the offensive guests does grow tedious, this plot technique causes the audience to truly empathize with the Ballangas houseguest frustration. One need not be familiar with Orthodox Judaism, as the movie gracefully explains the religious traditions...
...sidekick to Kutcher, he acts with the bland humor of Luke Wilson at his worst. Likewise, Robbins’ role is little more than a cameo–he has about five minutes of screen time. Directed by Jon Favreau, “Zathura’s” plot moves fluidly from each board game challenge to the next. Like his “Elf,” (is he cornering the market on holiday kid flicks?) there are bits of adult humor peppered throughout the movie, particularly in the Astronaut’s sarcastic undertone. This...
...Zarqawi had his sights on Jordan long before the Iraq war. Jordanian officials accuse him of directing the so-called Millennium Plot to hit tourist sites, including the Radisson Hotel in Amman, on New Year's Eve 1999. Last year, a Jordanian court sentenced Zarqawi to death for instigating the assassination of an American diplomat in 2002. In 2004, Jordanian officials said they foiled a chemical bomb attack directed by Zarqawi that could have killed up to 20,000 people; he is currently standing trial in absentia for the plot...
...that Larry David’s brilliance had not yet eroded. But the second episode, entitled “The Bowtie,” was very weak--over-populated with incidents in which David is just a little too obnoxious, and a bit under-populated with the aforementioned coalescing plot developments. Then again, the last three episodes have been among the series’ best, so perhaps all hope is not lost. The ending to Episode 4, “Kamikaze Bingo,” left me laughing for longer than the duration of the show itself. This week?...