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...other fight game tales; it is not about boxing. It is about a mixed martial arts, combat that involves elements of jiu-jitsu, kick-boxing and the many other weird ways men have devised to do great bodily harm to one another. That gives Redbelt an original edge that somewhat separates it from the boxing genre. This advantage is greatly enhanced by its protagonist, Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is excellent in the role). Mike is a black belt jiu-jitsu instructor, running a none-too-successful school in South Central Los Angeles, yet refusing to fight for the money...
...explains. “There’s a lot of beautiful people at Eleganza. Just trying to fit in. Also it’s springtime. Rock the colors.” Rock the colors? Check. Rock the party? Next step. A poster of The Roots, a somewhat underground R&B group, hangs on the wall while a larger poster of Bob Marley is framed by separate photos of various other rappers. The poster serves as a memento from a concert she attended the year before. “I saw The Roots live in concert last year, and afterwards...
Robb, 45, is one of more than a dozen fugitives from Britain and elsewhere who aren't thrilled at the prospect of a thaw between the island's two governments. Their colorful presence has given northern Cyprus a somewhat louche reputation. Over the years, the likes of convicted drug baron Brian "the Milkman" Wright (he always delivers) and Pete "Maggot" Roberts (convicted of selling tainted meat) have holed up there. Last month the chief suspect in Britain's biggest heist, the 2006 theft of $100 million from a security depot, was rumored to be on the island, or to have...
...settlement to end the island's division could change all that. In February the Greek Cypriots elected President Dimitris Christofias, an old left-wing acquaintance of the Turkish Cypriot President, Mehmet Ali Talat; the two are more open to an agreement than their predecessors were. And while cooperation improved somewhat after a first crossing opened in 2003, there are now real hopes that some form of loose federation is in sight. Formal negotiations could begin in June...
...actually lazy and loathes spinning, is offered marriage to the prince as a reward for spinning an entire room full of flax in three days. The lazy daughter cheats, and as punishment for her deception, she is forbidden from ever spinning again. The moral of this story is somewhat unclear and seemingly encourages laziness. The only certainties about this show are the playful comedy that SGCT brings to every production and, according to Rich...