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...script is furnished with the same jokes from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt” routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure of the narrative, to the point where we’re not sure whether this is Notting Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

That meant crashing the net, outhustling the defense for positioning and hoping for timely rebound opportunities to poke past rookie Joe Fallon, one of the nation’s top goaltenders...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Catapulting Into First | 12/8/2004 | See Source »

...script is furnished with the same jokes from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt” routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure of the narrative, to the point where we’re not sure whether this is Notting Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...Tula - a name suggested to Bardon by artist Charlie Tararu - is Pintupi for "honey ant meeting place," and on Nov. 11, a meeting place it is. A plane has descended on Kintore, and Pintupi elders mix with health officials, fine-art specialists and more camp dogs than you can poke a stick at. "What an amazing combination," notes Peter Toyne, the Northern Territory's Health Minister. "The most remote community in Australia and the international art market working together to do a health initiative." They have gathered for the opening of Australia's first desert dialysis facility, paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting for Their Lives | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

...script is furnished with the same jokes from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt” routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure of the narrative, to the point where we’re not sure whether this is Notting Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

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