Word: plotted
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...voice is spot-on but his presence and appearance just don’t fit the character of Muddy Water’s archrival. The musicianship throughout is remarkable: the actors stepped into their roles seamlessly and even recorded their own voices for the soundtrack. The plot, while simple and slightly larger than life, is nevertheless entertaining and encompasses everything from love, lust, and racial angst to a great take on the blues and its road to popularity. The movie gives true meaning and foundation to the classic cliché of sex, drugs, and rock...
...most familiar to us is the most successful. It’s the utter defiance of this convention that makes Frank Langella’s portrayal of Richard Nixon so wholly fascinating, and by extension, makes “Frost/Nixon” a mesmerizing film to behold.The plot, inspired by true events and adapted for the screen by Peter Morgan from his Tony Award-winning stage play, is encapsulated within its title. “Frost/Nixon” tells the story of David Frost (Michael Sheen), a British comedian, who sets out to interview disgraced ex-President Richard...
...Still, some experts wonder whether the arrests were premature, given the lack of information on the plot. "Could more evidence have been obtained? Might a full plot with targets and the weapons of attack have materialized if more time had been taken to just sit, watch and listen?" asked the European counterterrorism official. "Was everyone [in this network] under watch back from Afghanistan and [are they all] now under arrest? If not, that's a problem...
...made El Aroud of particular interest to investigators. In December she was among several people arrested, but eventually released, on suspicion that they were planning to break a convicted jihadist out of prison. If her visibility turns out to have aided Belgian cops in breaking up a jihadist plot, El Aroud's vocal radicalism may prompt future plotters to avoid her like the plague...
...Mugabe claims that the outbreak of a disease contracted by ingesting fecal matter in water - in a country whose economy has collapsed and whose government barely functions, and where hunger stalks the land - is all part of a fiendish Western plot to justify an invasion of Zimbabwe. To be sure, the idea of overthrowing Mugabe has growing support. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President George Bush have all called for Mugabe to step down. Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of York Dr. John Sentamu and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga are among...