Word: plotted
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...idea - turning Mom into a real-life counterpart of a horror-film stalker - but her character (at least in Lusia Strus's over-the-top performance) is too much of a shrieking harridan from the start, and neither Moore nor director Josh Hecht manage to make the farcical revenge plot pay off. But a little reworking might do wonders for this promisingly pulpy play...
...delusional arrogance without sacrificing his goofy awkwardness in more romantic scenes; at one point, Ronnie asks Brandi out by touching the top of her head and quipping, “You, me, free dinner... you fill in the rest with a yes.” With its meandering multiple plot lines, the film ends up very much like its main character: bipolar, aimless, and shameless. “Observe and Report” fails to make up its mind as to where it should place its focus, zigzagging between characters and events. As a result, the movie seems a little...
...simple.”Constructed from real interviews, case files, and public records, “The Exonerated” clearly explores the appalling consequences of false accusation. It appeals to a variety of emotions as diverse as the cast itself, balancing both grief and humor in the plot. “Even though it is a touching play that even moves me to tears in certain parts, it’s not intended to depress or have you come away with a particular thought about the penal system,” Ragin says. “There...
...fact that many in the ANC rank and file were struggling to discard their old monochrome view of the world. The ANC was - and still is - confronting the same dilemma that faces all liberation movements once in power. Simply put: good revolutionaries often make bad democrats. Revolutionaries plot in secret, follow orders and serve the people by leading them. Democrats debate openly and serve the people by listening to them. Revolution is resolute, romantic and self-righteous. Democracy is flexible, often boring and riddled with doubt...
...University of Maryland's College Park campus scheduled a screening at its student center for April 4, and some 150 students purchased advance tickets at $5 a pop. The student union also invited a Planned Parenthood representative to speak about safe sex, which is presumably not a central plot point in the swashbuckling film. After news broke of the event, administrators said in a statement that they initially viewed the showing as "an opportunity to engage students in a discussion about the national dialogue revolving around pornography...