Word: slow
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sept.-Oct., slow times for prestige movies and blockbusters, are the big seasons for horror films. Scare cinema opens at its peril in the summer: Snakes on a Plane won its weekend, but did only about $15 million, much less than predicted. Come September, though, The Covenant took the top slot, and The Grudge 2 was #1 two weeks ago. Other horror pictures, Final Destination 3, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Beginning and The Hills Have Eyes (a sequel, a prequel and a remake) weren't their weekends' champs, but each took in more than $15 million - or about...
...president alone who has the power to ensure that the latter does not slow to the former...
...culture that values accountability and leadership, the military has been slow to look inward on Iraq. The fact that no senior officer has admitted to any serious mistakes, or been reprimanded or sidelined for tactical, operational or strategic errors, is troubling to many officers. In contrast, they point to the example of Israel, which had barely withdrawn all its troops from southern Lebanon before it launched investigations into the conduct of the war against Hizballah...
...life. Murphy evokes such a sense of claustrophobia from his sets of the cluttered Finch household, that even the audience can feel its effects. Perhaps the only criticism I can offer is an unenergetic start that introduces the audience to Augusten, Deirdre, and Norman. It’s slow with some dull scenes—but this accounts for such a small portion of the film that once the Finches enter the picture you are automatically sucked into the story. Bottom Line: Neither strict comedy nor drama, “Running with Scissors” is an excellent adaptation that...
...opening and the noir-ish palette contrast is cleverly manipulated by rapid switches between black and white backgrounds in the dance scenes. Yet it becomes a little trippy—and borderline tacky—when objects drawn from the lyrics start to appear and subsequently float around in slow motion: string instruments when Timberlake says “symphony” or notepads when he says “love note.” Featuring a perfect blend of solo and group dancing, the video is full of undeniably captivating liquid movements, although the all-too-familiar interspersions...