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...street that ran West to East. Hollywood or Paris would disgorge some spiffy hit, and before you could say call my lawyer, an unofficial Asian remake would be in the theaters. So Hong Kong ripped off Luc Besson's Nikita in a homage called Black Cat. Plot theft is as common a factor in the Indian film industry as doleful, dancing heroines. Just this year, the U.S. thriller What Lies Beneath was turned into Raaz, and the Polish art film A Short Film About Love became the scandalous Ek Chhotisi Love Story. As a Bollywood character notes in the London...
...homesteading, Morange and Koski-Karell are interested in bringing the idea of homemade a few steps further, perhaps making their own beef jerky and starting their own garden plot in Kirkland. And cider’s only the beginning. “I’m starting a mead soon,” Morange says. “I’ll be using clover honey.” Morange harkens back to the days, two years ago, when Sigma Chi made mead in their self-proclaimed “mead closet”—which happened...
...audacious plot pays off in the first two episodes sent to critics. 24 will probably never seem so bracingly new as it did last year, but the heightened stakes give it new urgency and depth. More than it was in the first season, it's a direct examination of what we will do for safety (and in the premiere's stunning conclusion, Jack makes brutally clear what he'll do). Unfortunately, the story line that puts Bauer's daughter in jeopardy again is badly contrived, like last season's soap-opera twist in which his wife got amnesia...
...pendulum indicates my latitude to be roughly 37 degrees - 49 degrees North," is a typical insight. One setback after another must be overcome with ingenuity. Naturally, as a Jason Shiga book, the man's story proves to be far from predictable. "Fleep" has the kind of ingenious plot that would be worthy of Arthur Conan Doyle...
...sequel to the 1994 original, the sparkly $145 million that the film cashed in at the U.S. box office was enough for our friends at Disney to ask funnyman Tim Allen to put on his fat suit once again. But as Santa rushes to save Christmas once again, the plot of The Santa Clause 2 remains as predictable as an episode of “Home Improvement...