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...core business, however, Stringer's operations in the U.S. became one of the company's few bright spots. He cut costs while completing the acquisition of MGM Pictures and a joint venture with Bertelsmann Music Group. He also presided over Sony Pictures' rebound, thanks to its new blockbuster Spider-Man franchise. Last year the division kicked in 40% of the company's operating profits...
Harvard’s Palmer-Dixon Tennis Courts are housed in a shapeless edifice that squats like a military barracks between Dillon Fieldhouse and Jordan Field. One could imagine the building playing home to a stable of dusty, spider-webbed tractors. Or a collection of iron pipes. The expanse is imposing, stale, and very wide. So wide that it can fit a baseball team—32 players, three coaches, bats, balls, and a batting cage. Barely...
...despite its Old Hollywood narcissism and jumpy narrative, The Aviator stands as one of the best cinematic achievements of 2004. Left high and dry by the stunted Alexander and kitschy Spider-Man 2, audiences were desperate for a reminder of why they go to movies in the first place. Scorsese delivered, creating lovingly detailed sets, momentous speeches, and an electric dynamic between star Leonardo DiCaprio and scene-stealer Cate Blanchett, who resurrects Katharine Hepburn onscreen...
...vision of independent artists on big studios’ big-budget bonanzas. It is the career path followed by such well-known directors as Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to The Hulk), Brian Singer (The Usual Suspects to X-Men) and Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead to Spider Man 2), and one that often leads, interestingly enough, to comic book adaptations...
...parallel world of comic “studios” consists of Marvel Comics (house of Spider-Man, the X-Men, Captain America) and DC Comics (home to Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) and indies like Dark Horse Comics, Oni Comics and Fantagraphics Books...