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...story unfolds quickly from there. The talented Jennifer Esposito does what she can in a role that was created purely in service of the plot, while Douglas’ character remains stoic and resolute, if you can believe it, despite the tremendous pressure he’s under. Oliver Platt surfaces briefly as a deceitful shrink whose better lines were most likely left on the cutting room floor...
Harvard is a leader among American institutions of higher education in so many other ways. Why could President Lawrence H. Summers and the administration not wipe the omnipresent stoic expression off of Harvard’s face and show some desperately needed sensitivity? Why could they not demonstrate that we are human too, that we appreciate the lives we have, that we do care about what happened and that it did affect us deeply...
Faced with the statistics that the majority of the district’s pro-choice voters have favored Lynch in polls, McQuilken said that those voters don’t know of Lynch’s pro-life stand. But McQuilken maintained a stoic optimism, saying that tomorrow Jacques will be holding “a really rocking victory party...
...tension was palpable through the television screen in the conference room. ESPN’s cameras showed Mussina’s stoic determination, the crowd was on its feet in awe of the moment, and the Yankee dugout was quietly waiting to celebrate another historic triumph. It was shaping up to be the perfect ending to your typical baseball movie...
...this movie. Rather than denying his age and gunning for a younger role, he is perfectly cast as a has-been looking for a shot at recapturing the glory days. Stallone in his maturity shines even brighter than he did in his prime. His famous mug still as unrepentantly stoic as ever, he cuts through the film like a whirlwind of tense muscles and charismatic flair. One of the few leading actors left who isn’t a pretty boy, he wears confident masculinity like a cologne; it pervades every scene he acts in. Film legend Reynolds is suitably...