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...club has struggled to attract young replacements. Chan Man-kam, a 29-year-old computer-software salesman, was once a racetrack regular. But lately, he says he prefers meeting with friends at a bar where he can watch his beloved Manchester United football club on a big-screen TV. "Horse racing is boring for our generation," he says...
...levels not seen since the early 1990s and by slashing senior managers' pay, including his own, by 10%. Money is being invested in upgraded facilities, such as the construction of a $51 million parade ring with a retractable roof, which opened in November, and a giant outdoor TV screen at the Sha Tin track. And the racing has never been better. In the mid-1990s, Hong Kong-trained horses were barely recognized in international competitions; last season, Hong Kong's own Silent Witness was the world's top-rated sprinter...
...rest of the world." The films draws viewers into this world, allows them to fall in love with it, even as it sets them at a distance from the scurvier action of the characters. Are they beneath you? No: they're you, man. (And woman.) As we watch, the screen turns from a window to a mirror. We see ourselves, and smile, and squirm. So if you're shopping for a cunning comedy that you can fall in love with (without necessarily loving the people in it), "Closer" is the buy of the holiday season...
...written dialogue. It's such a treat to be able to have such language at your disposal. Dialogue used to be much more important in movies, and we've lost that." Thanks to Marber's invigorating wit, "Closer" restores the need to pay attention to what's said on screen. It's been some time at the movies since we've used those delicate organs, our ears, for processing much more than punch lines and gunfire...
...every hair on their heads doesn't mean we want to. But look, it's not art. It's a head trip. You could argue, in fact, that the IMAX Polar Express returns movies to their most primitive beginnings, when the simple act of realistically capturing motion on a screen--narrative subtlety be damned--was sufficient to thrill, enchant and totally involve an audience. By that crude standard, this film is an experience not to be missed. Or, perhaps, repeated. --By Richard Schickel