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...narrative fell apart by trying to weave together too many loose ends; “Deal” collapses at the other extreme, failing to explore the inner lives of its characters and trudging along slowly. Bret Harrison moves from a string of TV sitcom appearances to the big screen as Alex Stillman, a recent Yale graduate who pursues his dream of becoming a professional poker player. But his easy success in online poker tournaments does not translate to the professional poker circuit until he unexpectedly meets Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds), a retired poker star. Vinson becomes Stillman?...
...fact sheets and Rice Krispies treats outside of the Science Center. Attached to each treat was a note telling the recipient that the average North Korean has a daily ration of 300 grams of food, the equivalent of a Rice Krispies treat for each meal. Tomorrow, the group will screen a documentary about North Koreans illegally escaping into China, and on Saturday, it will hold a show featuring undergraduate performances inspired by rights violations around the world. “I think the kind of reception students have had to the Awareness Week just shows the importance of this issue...
...effects of dubious provenance. Then there are the inserts, like the famous deck of playing cards, carrying pictures of Saddam Hussein and his leading henchmen, which was distributed to American troops in Iraq, Images of some of these cards, very handsomely photographed against black, fly artfully, abstractly across the screen in a manner that is distinctly at odds with the essential grubbiness of the extant stills and videos of the actual events at the prison. Finally, there are the ghosts - shadowy evanescent figures that are supposed to represent the unseen forces that ordered up the torments inflicted...
Former writer and current executive producer for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” David A. Javerbaum ‘93 took his Expos-honed writing skills from the classroom to the screen to the stage in Broadway’s newest baby, ”Cry-Baby,” which debuts tonight on Broadway. Javerbaum dishes to FM about Broadway stereotypes, Quincy House parties, and the sting of finishing second...twice...
...cosmetic surgery is to maintain its unfortunate prominence in American culture, I hope at least that future efforts at depicting the industry, on the page and on the screen, will not ignore the risks associated with its procedures, and will take care not to promote entrenched stereotypes and harmful practices. Targeting a book in praise of plastic surgery to children is inherently perverse—so much so that I yearn for the nauseating tales of my own childhood that insisted: “Everyone is special in their...