Word: though
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...Though Eugenides is half-Greek and “Middlesex” is centered on the ancient traditions of tragedies, epics, and myth, he confessed that the novel is less autobiographical than might be expected—drawing from his personal background more for literary authenticity than plot...
This is the sort of movie where it almost feels as though the person who wrote the second page never read the first. A film where a character can tell a girl that he likes “Pride and Prejudice” because it reminds him of the hazards of first impressions, and then in the next scene be found rereading the book, explaining “I just met a girl who reminds me of Elizabeth Bennett.” Is he not listening to his own dialogue? The movie often gives that impression...
...Brooklyn’s Finest” expecting a particularly innovative or intriguing crime film—it is certainly no “French Connection.” Director Antione Fuqua doesn’t retread his 2001 police drama “Training Day,” though if he had, “Brooklyn’s Finest” would have been much more satisfying. While boasting an all-star lineup, including Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesely Snipes, the film remains a pedestrian melodrama...
...house in just a few days, but he doesn’t have nearly enough money. To meet his deadline, he turns to robbing drug dealers during busts, even going so far as to break into a dealer’s apartment after a bust gets canceled. Though this is the most compelling story in the film, Hawke’s performance is forgettable and uninspired, lacking any of the conviction or depth he displayed as Jake Hoyt in “Training Day.” In the end, Procidia comes off as a whiney hothead who can?...
...definitely still doing it, even though I might make my boat kind of small," said one freshman in Annenberg Hall who didn't want to be named. "I will also definitely be drinking. I don't want to be in Winthrop, and I have to please the gods somehow...