Word: smarts
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...just tastes good / Especially tonight.” Second single “No Lucifer” begins with a subtle reverb effect birthing a somber violin-guitar duet, which then bursts into a My Bloody Valentine-esque melody, complete with high-pitched, feedback-laden vocals. These are smart, catchy tracks with the potential for universal appeal, if only Americans would turn off their Linkin Park and 50 Cent long enough to notice them. Though British Sea Power has a reputation for pretentious lyrics and incorporates many obscure literary and historical references into their songs, this album has relatively...
...people’s conduct. It really looks at American cinema from its beginning to probably the end of the 1930s. Above all, Grieveson is optimistic about his experience this semester, eager to interact with Harvard students and professors. LG: I hope to share some of these ideas with smart students, to see how they hold up and explore how they might develop. And I hope for really the same thing with my colleagues, in talking to the people around me. Of course I’m hugely excited about all these prospects...
...three women are Emily (Elizabeth Banks), a rather gelid blonde whom he leaves behind at the University of Wisconsin to take a job with Bill Clinton's New York campaign in 1992; April (Isla Fisher), a smart, but intellectually and emotionally drifting colleague in the campaign; and Summer (Rachel Weisz), an ambitious journalist who eventually betrays him after he has begun a promising career as a political consultant. It is, I suppose, a premise, of sorts, but as writer-director Adam Brooks's Definitely, Maybe galumphs along, it is not a particularly romantic or comedic one. Of them all - Hayes...
...brought a new breed of director, steeped in movie lore and movie love, making smart films that were huge hits--and for the longest time, Oscar ignored them too. The Godfather won Best Picture, but its auteur, Francis Ford Coppola, was not named Best Director. (He won for The Godfather Part II.) Nor did the Academy give Spielberg an Oscar for Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark or E.T. (He had to wait till 1994, when Schindler's List took Best Picture and Best Director.) Martin Scorsese, by general acclamation the most intense...
...think every day with Christina has been phenomenal,” Wilson said. “It’s just a thrill to see her come out and play every game because she’s so smart and she works her angles really well...