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...good is it? It's great. It's like following through on a good clean punch...
...overlooking the Hong Kong skyline, the jovial director insists his movies are not only about violent engagements. "For me," he says, "the drama takes precedence over the action." His favorite scene from So Close, one in which Shu Qi and Zhao quarrel, doesn't contain a single kick or punch: "On screen, you may not see a lot going on but there was a lot of emotion on the set." What he is happiest about, adds Yuen, is that the script made the three women "quite distinct" from one another. Mok is the earnest one, Zhao acts playful, while...
Toby Keith's Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) hauls out every cliche from both the pop country canon and the Rush Limbaugh guide to foreign policy. Keith sees America as the world's "big dog," and he has a message for those who "sucker punch" us: "You'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A./ 'Cause we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way." It's the catchiest song about vengeance since The Caissons Go Rolling Along...
...Anyway, I was once more transfixed by the music. I still believe that "Whole Lotta Shakin' " and "Great Balls of Fire" constitute the most potent one-two punch any pop performer ever launched and landed. And of these, "Balls" is certainly the greater. The first song was standard 12-bar boogie: C, C, F, C, G-F, C. "Great Balls," written by ace '50s rock composer Otis Blackwell (of "Don't Be Cruel" and "Fever" fame) and Jack Hammer, is a declaration of lust so impatient it needs only eight bars, dropping the second and fourth C lines. It gets...
...shared with terrorists and be used on U.S. cities. Led by civilian Pentagon officials such as Richard Perle, the hawks argue that the U.S. has no choice but to pick a fight, because it can't afford to wait for an enemy with WMD capability to throw the first punch...