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That decision plays to the movie’s primary strength—solid acting across the board that hinges on gutsy performances from a slew of younger actors—and de-emphasizes the sexed-up action scenes that regularly plague football-themed movies. But Friday Night Lights does not always escape that temptation. Tackling scenes—choreographed by Allan Graf, whose previous body of work includes Any Given Sunday and The Waterboy—are often shot at too tight an angle for dramatic effect and come off as unnatural and disorienting, while the hits themselves...
...slew of Harvard College Democrats heeded Antonin Scalia’s advice at last weekend’s ‘Early ’90s’ dance in Eliot House, sponsored by The Harvard Independent. The Dems drank away their sorrows after a disappointing week for the Kerry campaign—and made out like Al and Tipper. . . .Notably absent from the Indy party: Rivers Cuomo, who provided much of the evening’s soundtrack but did not reply to the organizers’ invitation. . . . Florida retirees got for free what Harvard Law School students...
...lawyers for Alexander Pring-Wilson attempted to humanize the 26-year-old defendant yesterday by calling a slew of character witnesses who referred to him by his nickname of “Sander” and testified that the accused murderer has what the defense repeatedly referred to as “a reputation for peacefulness...
Oscar the fish (voiced by Will Smith) is a little dude with a big mouth who becomes a hero under false pretenses, by saying he slew a shark--a shark who happens to be the son of Don Lino (Robert De Niro), the sea's feared codfather. To propel the plot, Don Lino's sissy son Lenny (Jack Black) befriends Oscar and his adoring friend Angie (Rene Zellweger). At its jauntiest, as when it shows Oscar at work in a whale car wash, Shark Tale is the Jaws that refreshes, but too often it just piles on the gags...
...many, religion comes with a slew of traditions and rituals that have been cherished over a lifetime, and when that can't be passed down to the next generations, the emotions run deep. "The initial reaction to hearing that your grandchild is going to be Muslim or Catholic when you are not," says Edmund Case, publisher of interfaith family.com "can be a trauma--a huge sense of loss." Grandparents aren't always ready to relinquish the idea of sharing the family christening gown or family togetherness at holy days. One devoutly Catholic 72-year-old grandfather in Greene County, Ohio...