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...both Mr. Hundert and Sedgewick grew up under the shadows of their fathers, but instead of exploring this diametrically opposing setup, the movie essentially ignores it. The love between Hundert and his colleague Elizabeth (Embeth Davidtz) is also completely undeveloped, leaving the audience feeling puzzled and unsatisfied as the plot progresses. Films of a similar type such as Mr. Holland’s Opus were, in contrast, successful precisely because they explored the personal trials and tribulations of their protagonists beyond the classroom...
...infinitely patient as he tries to wheedle his way out of reading. He gestures for Daniel to come over, and when she stands inquiringly by him, taps his forehead and says, “What was I going to ask…oh yeah, I forgot the plot.” He smiles winningly at her. Daniel has clearly been through this before. She pats him on the back encouragingly, leans down, and patiently explains the importance of skimming. A few minutes later, Max waves Daniel over with a pained look on his face. “You?...
...tall above Tokyo and do the monster mash with a few of your closest buddies, now is the time. Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (Infogrames/Atari; $49.99) has just been released for the Nintendo GameCube, and perfectly preserves the rubber-suited spirit of its 1954 cinematic predecessor. The plot--alien invaders have unleashed the inhabitants of Monster Island upon major urban centers--is dispensed with in a handful of campy cut scenes, taking players straight into a series of titanic dustups between 11 old-school monsters, including no fewer than three versions of the giant reptile himself. Never has a fighting...
...name. Once known more popularly as Posh Spice, Beckham is currently half of England's most celebrated couple; she is married to soccer star David Beckham, who plays for Manchester United. Their combined profiles and incomes made her the target of a shadowy group of alleged art thieves who plotted to take hostage her and her two sons Brooklyn and Romeo for close to $8 million. The plot was foiled after Scotland Yard was tipped off by the tabloid News of the World, whose reporters had infiltrated the cabal. The thwarted kidnapping allowed tabloid reporters to revert to more...
...tugboats to tow the stalled ship. He was arrested for disobeying official orders and endangering the environment. Tugs eventually tried to tow the tanker 200 km out into the Atlantic as authorities used barriers to keep a 37-km-long oil slick from the ecologically sensitive coast. BRITAIN Cyanide Plot Foiled Police charged three North African Muslims with terrorist offences. The London Times reported that they were plotting to release cyanide gas in the London Underground. The plot was foiled by intelligence agents who infiltrated a terrorist group said to have links to the al-Qaeda network. The paper said...