Word: smartly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...test it, so they steal an embryo, fertilize it and implant it in Alex's abdomen. After which nature -- if that's the word we want -- takes its course. The Kevin Wade-Chris Conrad screenplay takes some humorless pains to make this science fiction plausible, and it's smart of director Ivan Reitman to be patient with all that. The more that Schwarzenegger's predicament seems real, the funnier...
Sony paid a daunting premium when it bought Columbia Pictures: 22 times the company's annual cash flow. But its bigger problem may have been a man, not a number: Michael Schulhof, president of Sony's U.S. subsidiary. A smart, capable 20-year company veteran with a Ph.D. in physics, Schulhof charmed his Japanese bosses with the nonconfrontational style to which they were accustomed. He was the only American to serve on the company's board. As a protege of both Ohga and Sony founder Akio Morita, he was given complete autonomy over the Hollywood operation even though he knew...
...himself in court when mean people question his sanity is a tale too familiar to relate once again: it has been available on television -- in a less overbearing version -- every Christmas season for almost a half-century. Given these circumstances, it betrays no secrets to say that aided by smart lawyering, shrewd media manipulation and a child's faith, he beats...
...when carried to the grim lengths exhibited here, it's not a major cause of familial dysfunction. But forget that; we don't go to the movies, especially Christmas movies, expecting much in the way of useful social commentary. What's really wrong with these pictures -- Attenborough's sweet, smart performance aside -- is that their sentiments are completely predictable and completely unfelt. They're just the standard seasonal slush. You can get the same emotional and imaginative kick staying home and rereading your Christmas cards...
There are so many smart ideas here that the cheesy special effects and sometimes laggard direction are only minor distractions. Space Traders might not have been right for Rod Serling, but Jonathan Swift would have loved...