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...predictable. With the exception of Pokriefke's mother, a harridan who dotes on her grandson, the characters are not drawn finely enough to grab the reader. But as a window into the compromises and dishonesties with which Germans have had to live for two generations, the book packs a punch...
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW. Justin Lin’s complex, exhilarating breakthrough film features an all Asian-American cast and packs some real punch. Four high school overachievers inevitably bound for prestigious Ivy League universities turn to cheating, drugs and crime to escape the terrible ennui of their privileged suburban lives. Critic Roger Ebert stood up on a chair at the Sundance Film Festival to defend Lin’s portrayal of Asian-Americans. See full story in the April 11 issue. Better Luck Tomorrow screens...
...concert in memory of a late, legendary folk music producer. The premise is just the sort of odd episode that Guest has mined so skillfully in the past, but this time around he maintains little of the comic consistency that he has previously captured, settling instead for ham-handed punch-lines and tonally confused subplots. Guest’s distinctive mockumentary technique is not yet stale, but this latest creation arrives disappointingly undercooked. A Mighty Wind screens...
...things to be a senator—age and votes. That’s right, if you’re over 30 and can somehow convince a couple million people to vote for you (it’s even fewer people for the smaller states), then you can punch your ticket for D.C. and six years of blissful pseudo-employment...
...Senate. When those numbers are reconciled, the tax cut will be less than Bush requested, but it's still a load. Bush wants to end taxation of stock dividends and accelerate income-tax reductions already in the pipeline. The cuts have been criticized for probably delivering too little immediate punch while risking fiscal disaster in the long term. But they could help Bush avoid the fate of his father, who won a popular war in 1991 and 21 months later was tossed out of office. A tax cut would let Bush show action on the economy as the election draws...