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...game also features the top-ranked aerial attack in the Ivies, led by (as of now) Pizzotti and the somehow underrated Corey Mazza, against the Big Red’s number one pass defense. They’ve never had to guard this many weapons...
...towers’ collapse.In “United 93,” on the other hand, writer/director Paul Greengrass maintains a terrifying sense of reality, even though his film relies on flimsier “facts” than “World Trade Center.” Somehow, a quasi-fictional portrayal of the hijackings seems less offensive than one offering constant, visceral detail.Greengrass’ characters, while based on the actual passengers of United 93, are nearly nameless. The spirit with which they fight to escape their fate suggests the way other 9/11 victims might have resisted...
...elusive.Although some lyrics are slightly cheerier than those on past albums, most of the words on “Dreamt…,” when read separately, are as ghostly and strange as ever before. This constitutes one of Linkous’s most endearing traits—somehow, he submerges his terrifying poetry such that the finished product rests beneath a veneer of tonal sanity. The nightmarish qualities of the lyrics come as a surprise when read; set to music their hazy imagery often fades beneath threadbare melodies, engendering a soothing, tidal feeling. As on 1999?...
...loses girl. This time however, grainy, sepia-toned footage tells us we’re in Mexico. The familiar saga gets a Tijuana re-telling: sweaty, mustached older greaseball takes advantage of 14-year-old future nun, sleeps with some other chick in a tube top, then somehow convinces no-longer-virginal schoolgirl to…come and work in his bar? The formerly clean-cut Killers have all donned silk bolo ties for the occasion and made admirable attempts at growing greasy mustaches and under-washed ponytails of their own. Whether this is done for authenticity?...
...Soon, the political quarreling spilled onto Gaza's mean streets. Palestinians close to Abbas say that Fatah wanted to hobble the democratically elected Hamas government by a series of strikes by government workers (many of whom are loyal to Fatah) demanding that a penniless Hamas government somehow pay their wages. With U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice touring the Middle East this week, Abbas was also anxious to show the unpopularity of the Hamas government, as a prelude to dissolving Haniyeh's cabinet, sources close to the president told TIME...