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Writer-director Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor seemed on a winning streak with Election and About Schmidt: both were inventive and quirky, two qualities their newest collaboration, Sideways, unfortunately lacks. The film follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), a burned-out teacher and struggling novelist, and his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on a road trip through California’s wine country organized to make the most of Jack’s last days of bachelorhood. The trip in Miles’ mind is about tasting great wines and in Jack’s is about getting laid...
...Partisanship does not belong in the classroom, but one does not stop being a citizen when one becomes a teacher,” wrote Burbank Professor of Political Economy Dwight H. Perkins, a Kerry contributor, in an e-mail message...
...those recordings that eventually got us a record deal. John's job wasn't the easiest. He spent his life diligently sifting through sackfuls of tapes that people sent and combing the obscure sections of obscure record shops. He was a true researcher, committed to discovery. Like a great teacher, he invited his listeners to embark on an adventure together, and somehow he managed to present new and possibly daunting music with a lightness of touch and a gentle humor. John was a true democrat. Unimpressed by celebrity, he was always looking to find beauty and quality in places...
...film follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), a burned-out teacher and struggling novelist, and his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on a road trip through California’s wine country organized to make the most of Jack’s last days of bachelorhood. The trip in Miles’ mind is about tasting great wines and in Jack’s is about getting laid as much as possible before marriage shuts him down. Despite their somewhat incredible friendship—they have completely opposing interests, outlooks and goals—the acting is exceptional and Giamatti...
...coursepack, the pages of which are colored neon green and orange. When his hands aren’t raised, his grubby paws clasp either a highlighter or pound against the keyboard of his Apple PowerBook. This student arrives on time, sacrifices sleep in the name of impressing the teacher, but still earns a B+ on the midterm like everyone else. Muhaha...