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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Crime films abound in Hollywood because they offer rich natural resources in both characters and plots. Writer/director Guy Ritchie seemed to understand exactly how to mine those resources when he created the cult-classics “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch.” After a disastrous straying from the crime genre with his 2002 remake of “Swept Away”—starring his wife, Madonna—Ritchie returns to his roots with “Revolver.” Unfortunately, it seems you can?...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revolver | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...feel like Oliver Twist at the orphanage for even asking. And whenever I do, I brace myself for Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney to leap out of the lavatory and sing, "More?! Catch him! Snatch him! Hold him! Scold him! Pounce him! Trounce him! Pick him up and bounce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Holiday Travel a Little Less Horrid | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

Harvard (3-2) bounced back from a disappointing 64-49 home loss to Fairfield to snatch a pair of wins over the break and secure its first winning record of the season...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hallion Leads Women's Basketball in Weekend Wins | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...That proposal was eventually withdrawn, though the unrest it provoked played a major role in the right's ousting from power nearly 18 months later - due mostly to public support of the strikers amid sentiments that heavy-handed conservatives had sought to snatch away long-enshrined entitlements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Prepares for Strikes | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...Green 12-4 run that afforded Dartmouth a 25-16 lead. The Big Green maintained that lead en route to its 30-23 game victory. The scoring danced back and forth in game two as well, as Harvard twice drew the score even. But the Crimson failed to snatch the lead before Dartmouth broke open a 15-9 advantage. Harvard followed with a pair of kills from Trimble and McKinley to cut the lead to four. But four was as close as the Crimson would get, as the Big Green used a 6-1 stretch to open...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Attempt at Revenge Falters | 9/30/2007 | See Source »

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