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Even if the movie pulls in crowds only in New York City, South Beach and San Francisco, it has redeemed Ledger from being a pawn--or even a knight--in the Hollywood chess game. "He's one of the best actors of his age," says Ang Lee, Brokeback's director. "He has complexity and intensity, and he's meticulous." Gyllenhaal, who wondered before filming whether Ledger "was going to pull it off," says he was blown away. "I know he hasn't been 100% happy with every performance he has given. But being able to make mistakes and fail...
...needed the magic of David Ortiz and Curt Schilling to win the World Series for the first time in 86 years. This year, Harvard may have the magical players, in the form of junior center Brian Cusworth and captain Matt Stehle, necessary to pull off a similar miracle—winning the Ivy League championship for the first time in school history...
...give Harvard a chance to get some more ECAC victories under its belt if it does not overlook the always dangerous Yale squad. Brown (2-4-0, 1-1-0) might also offer a challenge as the Bears have dropped a disappointing loss to Colgate, but did manage to pull out a win against New Hampshire and dropped a pair of games to the two-time defending national champion Minnesota squad. Both games will be on the road—the Crimson’s first contests away from Bright Hockey Center this season. On Friday night, Harvard faces...
...national spelling bee. As he refocuses the household on his daughter, his wife develops a severe anxiety disorder and his son begins a religious exploration of his own. Each member of the family seems to have an identity crisis and the plot partially hinges on whether the family can pull through as a whole. The movie’s awkward script incessantly repeats the negative father theme with its unnecessarily shrill dialogue. Despite forced lines and a one dimensional character, Gere’s portrait of a stolid philosopher reevaluating his ideology connects with all the emotional force the thespian...
...that’s Harvard. It breaks you down, it depresses you, it takes without giving back. If you asked Harvard for a Christmas present, it would probably pull the move of taking a shit in a box, which, though powerful, is not very nice...