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...expected better of you, young violators of the law. Not because you stole a bag of chips, but because you stole a bag of chips. Next time you plan on pulling a badass move, try stealing something a bit more filling—maybe a nice slab of porterhouse steak or at least a foot-long (okay fine: a six-inch, for the faint of heart...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Sub-Par Criminal Activity | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

Channeling Henry Fonda's balky geezer in On Golden Pond (though he's robust where Fonda was frail), Walt is clearly destined for interracial rehab; the movie's story is the thawing of this great slab of mean. He warms to Tao, who could use some foster-fathering; to Tao's well-adjusted sister Sue (Ahney Her); and to their whole adorably folkloric clan. But Walt needs more than living among the Hmong. As a family elder tells him, "You're not at peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Essence of Clint Eastwood | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...grave is thought to belong to the Natufian culture, a nomadic society which existed along the eastern Mediterranean roughly between 11,500 and 15,000 years ago. Located near other burial sites, the woman's body was distinctly encased in a limestone enclosure, a tomb sealed by a rock slab that Grosman's team managed to lift in 2006. The following two years were spent painstakingly analyzing the remains found within. Pieces of jewelry, ornamental seashells, or the odd tool have been found in other Natufian graves, but the careful arrangement of the woman's body - her back rested against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 12,000-Year-Old Shaman Unearthed in Israel | 11/11/2008 | See Source »

...meandering trip to another climactic shootout, are a few detectives (John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg and the always smart, luscious, screen-saving Carla Gugino) and some perps: Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, as a Harlem drug lord; Trilby Glover as a lawyer with a coke habit; Oleg Taktarov as a slab-torsoed Russian mobster. They're around mostly to provide alibis and victims, and for spaces between the dialogues of the stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Righteous Kill: De Niro and Pacino, ReHEATed | 9/12/2008 | See Source »

...that first day, I glimpsed Ayano in the intensive care room, wrapped in a red and blue blanker, struggling to breathe, his eyes tipped back into his skull. When I next saw him, he was trussed up the blanket that had become his death shroud, lying on a slab next to two other small bundles in the morgue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Among the Starving in Ethiopia | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

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