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...can’t know what it would be like to perform these maneuvers in a combat situation, or how she would feel if she had to aim her gun at an enemy soldier and fire. Considering the alternatives is one way she understands how she could decide to pull the trigger. “Are you putting your soldier’s lives in danger by not doing this?” she says. “If you’re in that situation and you don’t shoot, what’s going to happen...
...again plays a character much more grandiloquent than the actor is in real life. Although a solid performance overall, Farrell sways from overacting, as though he were on stage, to settling comfortably into Bandini’s skin on screen. At least he didn’t have to pull off an English accent, which we all know didn’t work out too well in “The New World.” Bottom Line: “Ask the Dust” touches on issues of assimilation and intercultural relations still relevant in America today?...
...voice of lead singer John Archer sounds a bit like new wave heavyweight Joe Jackson, but stripped of any edge. And when he tries to be James Murphy-cool on the LCD Soundsystem sound-alike “Gotta Reason,” he can’t quite pull it off. Most disappointing (besides the fact that “Living for the Weekend” is not an O’Jays cover) is “Move On Now,” a power ballad sans power, which treats the audience to five minutes worth of mopey...
...pull it out of myself. Because...
...suppose the point of the whole extravaganza is to show the pocketbooks how splendidly Harvard is caring for their children. And since the food is so good, I don’t really mind the not-so-subtle attempt to pull wool over the eyes of gullible junior parents. But this marks the extent of my tolerance for spin, and the College should realize it marks the extent of its practicality as well...