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...view now is a sampler of works by member artists Jackie Bayne, Tom Cole, Michael Long, Erica Moody, Steve Morell, Rebecca Tasker and Mitch Rosenberg, selected by Bernie Toale of the Bernard Toale Gallery. Of note are Steve Morell's precious schoolroom-esque doodles and Tom Cole's incisive installation art-cum-social commentary. Next year, watch for an all-student show curated by Howard Yezerski of Yezerski Gallery...
Arnold is Harry Tasker, man with two lives, that of a super-secret, super-macho spy and that of a loving husband/father. Jamie Lee Curtis is his wife Helen, who's growing a bit bored by her "computer salesperson" husband. They've got a teenage daughter who occasionally steals, a house in the suburbs, the works. And no one but Harry--and his agency and partner Gib (Tom Arnold)--know the truth. Until, that is, cracks begin to appear in the marriage--and Helen suddenly gets dragged into Harry's other life...
...parenthood theme The Tasker daughter Dana (Eliza Dushku) isn't a presence for much of the film, but she makes an impact when she appears. She's perfect 14-year-old--she has the guts to steal a key and go out onto a dangerous ledge to escape terrorists, but she still screams for her daddy to save her. It's one of the most hair-raising, but one of the most memorable scenes. She's tough girl. Which leads into yet another Cameron trademark...
Hidden behind a two-way mirror, U.S. secret agent Harry Tasker is grilling a suspect. His voice electronically disguised, Harry pries and threatens until the suspect turns hysterical and throws a chair against the mirror. The interrogation victim is Harry's loving wife Helen. The spy has been having a little wicked...
Paradoxically, one source of friction with other countries has been lessened. Explains Peter Tasker, a strategist for the investment-banking firm Kleinwort, Benson International: "This is the first recession in Japan that is wholly homegrown. They can't blame the Arabs for an oil-price increase or the unions or the Americans...