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...Shallow Grave" has all of the familiar film noir devices in place. There's a corpse, a suitcase full of money and police on the prowl. But just when it seems ready to take the money and run into the depths of noir, director Danny Boyle's edgy "Shallow Grave" cops out. The film, which has been a national sensation in England, turns into a suspenseful blood-spattered illustration of an old idea: money and lies can corrupt friendships...
...then, we all already knew that the fuzzy creatures that prowl up and down Sesame Street really just represent the gross extremities of liberalism. All that emphasis on cooperation, tolerance and sharing is just a ploy to lure toddlers into embracing Communism. The producers once even dared to portray an interracial couple, Gordon and Maria, who spend their days talking to all sorts of funny-looking monsters. No wonder the American family has disintegrated...
...fast," he explains. "Real fast." Especially after he snatches a purse. Or burglarizes a home. Or pulls a trigger. Sometimes, though, Sneakers isn't quite fast enough. He has already served three years for two robberies. Now 21, Sneakers is a two-time loser on the prowl in a three-strike state. But he's not worried that a third felony could put him away for life. "The law don't make no difference to me because I ain't gonna get caught," he says. "I mean, if I really thought I was gonna get caught, I wouldn't commit...
Watch out! The anti-democratic forces are on the prowl once again. Crusaders for term limits claim to have the public interest in mind. Yet their agenda conceals an unwillingness to confront the real problems of contemporary politics...
...glimpses, as when Max and her clan gossip about lesbians in history, from k.d. lang all the way back to Eve. At heart, though, Go Fish is a chummy date movie about the mundane, urgent business of finding a lover. Max could be any teen on the Friday-night prowl, but with a nice bending of Hollywood theology: girl meets girl, girl gets girl, nobody goes berserk...