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...assist from a hippie hairdo (sported in flashbacks), tries admirably to save an unsalvageable script. But he can only play the enigmatic “is he psychic, is he not” card so many times before audience members realize that the film has punted on the question entirely. McGregor delivers all his lines in monotone and does an impressive job at repelling any attempt at empathizing with his character. It is unclear why Kevin Spacey was needed at all for this production when an extra off the Hollywood strip could have delivered his seven or so lines just...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Men Who Stare at Goats | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...Napoleon Dynamite.” An insular, stammering kid, whose quirks far outnumber his friends, meets a couple of equally weird outcasts. He is forced to start living outside of his fantasy world and gains a modicum of acceptance for who he is in the process. The hero in question in “Gentlemen Broncos” is Benjamin Purvis, played by relative unknown Michael Angarano. Benjamin lives in a small Alaska town with his mother, and copes with the death of his father by immortalizing the “game warden and explorer” in his science...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gentlement Broncos | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

Brandon W. Sanderson, who wrote the latest book in the fantasy series “The Wheel of Time” after the death of its original author, appeared at The Coop last night to read from the new novel and to engage about 60 fans in a question and answer session...

Author: By EESHA D. DAVE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fantasy Author Visits Coop | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...coup leaders insist Zelaya was ousted because he had defied a Supreme Court ruling against holding a referendum on constitutional reform, which they claim sought to lift a ban on presidential re-election - although this was not stated in the referendum question. The U.S. joined the international community in condemning the coup as an affront to Latin America's fledgling democracies, and demanded Zelaya's reinstatement. To back that position, it cut off more than $30 million in aid to Micheletti's de facto government, suspended U.S. entry visas for the coup's supporters and threatened not to recognize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubles for a Deal — and for Obama — in Honduras | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...facto President Roberto Micheletti, observers wondered how the Obama Administration had won Micheletti's agreement. That's because the pact allowed for Zelaya to be restored to office before Honduras' Nov. 29 presidential election - a prospect Micheletti had fiercely opposed. But as the dust settles, the more common question this week is, What was Zelaya thinking when he signed this accord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubles for a Deal — and for Obama — in Honduras | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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