Word: points
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...have come to expect something more. We expect a coherent and thought-provoking message. We expect great ideas, new innovations, broken boundaries. We expect, in short, a film that is different, one that will stay with us well past the final fade-to-black. And it is this essential point where “Shutter Island” is found lacking. It is competent, but also vaguely utilitarian—fun while it lasts, but slight in lasting impact. And that, from Scorsese, is simply inadequate...
...response to the economic downturn, the number of films produced a year has been dropping. In 2008, 520 films were produced by the major studios. The projection for 2010 is between 300 and 400. From the point of view of a distributor, the bar has been raised. “You’re making fewer films, and being more careful about the ones you’re choosing, so it’s harder to get funding,” McGlade said. “People aren’t getting the same amount of money for deals...
...member of a group allows individual jurors to slough off the responsibility for the decision. That diffusion of responsibility continues up until the very end: the judges on the court of appeals are one of three or one of nine. It's a system where you can't ever point to a single person and say, That person is responsible for imposing the death sentence. (See the top 10 crime stories...
...their reform legislation. (One possible exception is medical-malpractice reform. Obama has said he's open to the idea, which is often cited by Republicans as a major driver of rising health care costs.) In a sign of how little value Obama places on Republican votes at this point - or how unobtainable he believes them to be - the White House reform plan includes a large new tax on unearned income. (Read "Can Obama Rebuild Bipartisan Trust...
...curling skip, might as well be this year's Olympic emblem. Since curling receives so much coverage on Canadian television, and the teams often play long games - more than two hours, twice a day - you're bound to catch a glimpse of Martin calling shots at some point. (See 25 Winter Olympic athletes to watch...