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...tiresome. Buck’s story is based on the life of The Amazing Kreskin—the mentalist and TV performer who achieved a brief moment of fame in the 1970s—but Malkovich’s performance turns him into a two-dimensional cartoon. For some reason, Buck’s old-timey routine fascinates Troy. “He was cheesy, no denying that, but he also seemed to have a timeless charm that the audience loved,” Troy says in voiceover as the camera captures different moments of Buck?...
...will never include the words “Nobel Laureate.” And while I agree that Borges and Updike outshone—in influence, most definitely, and in skill, most probably—the likes of laureates such as Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson, there is no reason to give them laureate status now just so future generations of their family can burnish the trophy. After all, the quality of Borges or Updike’s literary output is in no way diminished by the fact that a prize was never received.America’s flagship prize...
...chemistry between them is evident onscreen. In fact, it’s easy to mistake “I Love You, Man” for an Apatow film. The typically comical, awkward conversations and crude humor are provided by a quirky cast including Andy Samberg as the voice of reason to his clueless older brother; Lou Ferrigno, television’s former “Incredible Hulk”; and J.K. Simmons, essentially reprising his role as the father in “Juno.” Unlike Apatow, however, Hamburg focuses on the intricacies and discrepancies between genders when...
...think it is fair to say the looting of the Iraq museum is symbolic of the chaos in 2003. Perhaps it is another reason why the Iraqi government felt so strongly about opening it to proclaim, if you will, "The chaos is over." Or that the chaos has been controlled to the extent that we can control chaos...
...something: the looting could not have been avoided. It couldn't. It could have been and should have been lessened. But we should also be clear that the vast majority of the items that were removed were removed long before the war. So the war itself is not the reason the sine qua non of the looting. The looting took place from...