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...half hours, Face/Off is John Woo's pulp epic with one of the most devious action plots ever. Woo breaks out the book of Coppola for the artistry behind his intricate family entanglements, lush cinematography and immaculately choreographed violence. So he doesn't have Coppola's storytelling skill; who needs a story when you can have Travolta and Cage...
...movie. We are never shocked by rapid movements of the camera but are instead convinced of a mounting tension through slow but deliberate cutting. Kwietniowski also includes enough dream sequences and slow-motion camera shots to add an eerie quality to the film. An example of his skill is his shot of the first encounter between Ronnie and Giles. The camera focuses on their handshake as Ronnie removes his hand and Giles keep his extended. Where Kwietniowski fails is by not adding other subtexts or parallel storylines; the result is that Love and Death on Long Island is rather one-dimensional.Giles...
Forst, who hit only .291 through the Ivy season but led the team by going 17-for-37 in the playoffs, looks to become a legitimate multi-skill player...
...roundball touches your hands, your first thought is, Who else is open? Not, How am I gonna get my shot? It's not easy to learn, and it goes against the grain of me-first American individualism and the lure of million-dollar sneaker contracts. The highest skill of a Princeton basketball player is not to run, jump or shoot but to see. And it is still the rarest basketball skill...
...there are some differences in the same-sexclassroom that can breed academic skill andconfidence, according to students. As Martineznotes, single-sex education provides inspiringrole models for young women that are missing fromother secondary schools...