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This week's Sino-Indian military exercises are aimed at defusing some of this tension. "The exercises will help build military confidence between two nations that have a record of supporting dissidents on the other side - India in Tibet and China in India's North-East," says foreign affairs expert C. Raja Mohan. "They both now share a counter-terror agenda, and it is an important step forward for the two to collaborate." On the domestic political front, the exercises also offer the Indian government an opportunity to quiet criticism from its leftwing coalition partners over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can China and India Be Friends? | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

...game has been running for half an hour when the bright lights are abruptly turned back on, accompanied by a kooky Korean love song. Scores flash on a digital screen revealing that the killers have lost. The latent tension in the room spontaneously erupts into a cacophony of recriminations. "You **** ! I told you, it's all your fault. You should talk less, and think before you open your mouth. Why are you so stupid? Can you tell me that? No! Then you're even more stupid than I thought you were." Sensing it's only a matter of time before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death in the Flutter of an Eyelid | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...internal battles and emotional decay. The cinematography of the film is stunning. Bayona shoots many of the scenes in a beautiful coastal town in Spain with a breathtaking mountainous backdrop. The score, so crucial for horror films, creates an ever-present sense of apprehension, building great tension for the scariest scenes. However, what most surprises about the motion picture is that it manages to find an ideal balance between horror and warmth, producing a unique scary flick both endearing and smart. Today, when most horror films seem to follow senseless plots that provide more blood than brains...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: El Orfanato (The Orphanage) | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...ratatouille,” is just that much fun to say. I’m banking on the latter! 5. “Blurg” (“30 Rock”)—A versatile grunt, “blurg” adds dramatic tension to any unfortunate situation. Liz Lemon, you’re an inspiration to us all. —Lindsay A. Maizel ’09 is the outgoing Film Editor. Um...w00t w00t...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lindsay A. Maizel | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...weeks in order to allow the actors to be relocated. Yet for all the controversy surrounding the scene, in its final form, it is brief and relatively tame. Still, the very fact that the movie’s content—its frank treatment of sexual harassment, ethnic tension, corruption, and Islamic fundamentalism—could put these young actors at risk in their real lives illustrates that the story, while a Hollywood production, is not beyond the realm of possibility. Two contributors who are not unknowns bring Hosseini’s story to life. Director Marc Forster, recently tapped...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Kite Runner | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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