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...least one of the films in the series ("Natural Born Killers") faced opposition not simply on the basis of its artistic or educational merit but on the question of the public welfare: the old argument of monkey-see, monkey-do. But, in truth, whether, say, "Reservoir Dogs" leads to a rash of sloppy plastic surgery set to cheesy 70's music depends most immediately on the mental state of the viewer than anything else. For the careful viewer, then, the series best illustrates the potential for careful filmmakers to apply sex and violence as particularly powerful tools of cinema (most...
...reply. Powell said he favored abortion rights and was less than enthusiastic about promoting school prayer. Yet Ralph Reed, executive director of the conservative Christian Coalition, declined invitations to appear on TV to criticize him. Although he disagrees with Powell on those issues, Reed says, "There is a deep reservoir of admiration for Powell based on the integrity and rectitude of his own personal life...
...solid twist on Tarantino Cheek is The Usual Suspects, written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. The film echoes Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, but with less hysteria and a more intricate plot. For its quintet of thieves lusting for the big score, The Usual Suspects convenes five scarred souls, including a chatty gimp (Spacey) and an anguished antihero (Byrne). In California on a quick job, they run up against a vicious, unseen ganglord named Keyser Soze-a name that has the smolder of Satan in it. One by one, the thieves...
...persistent barrage of outside attack also helped create a culture in which senior managers and agents face each other across a vast reservoir of distrust and hostility, according to hundreds of pages of internal reports and court documents reviewed by Time. Rank-and-file agents have long protested how managers use ATF's internal-affairs unit, which routinely conducts three to five times as many internal probes as the Secret Service's apparatus, even though each agency has roughly 4,000 employees. Magaw explains the differential as partly because of the fact that ATF agents conduct far more gritty street...
...that I would never have explored if I hadn't lived away from the Square. There are a few wonderful specialty food stores and a great used book shop along Huron Avenue. If you follow this tree-lined street far enough, you'll come to Fresh Pond, a scenic reservoir that is home to joggers, bikers and lovers...