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...ites last week tapped Ibrahim al-Jaafari for Iraq's most powerful position of Prime Minister, Talabani, 72, has emerged as the most likely successor to Saddam as Iraq's President. And though the post is intended to be largely symbolic, Talabani plans to use the position of titular head of state to protect Kurdish interests. "I must have the right to participate with the government in ruling the country," he told TIME in an interview at his headquarters in the northern Iraq mountain stronghold of Qala Chwala. "We want to be partners in reshaping Iraq...
...Aquaman,” by former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty and Danny Hellman, looks at the titular hero in a tone that dominates many of the book’s stories: the hero as the common, lonely man. Aquaman takes the train to an open mic night at a super-bar called the Sorceress of Follitude. He treats a skeptical audience to a love-ballad called “Mera,” trumped by the arrival of the charismatic bad-boy hero of the bar, Robin. Withering in dejection, Aquaman is picked up by a groupie who invites...
Many of the stories were less effective for me, such as the titular story, but this is partly a matter of personal taste. It is easy to see its appeal to another audience, particularly a younger one. “Lantern Sentai,” an attempt to adapt Green Lantern to a Tokyo anime style didn’t hit my spot, but Manga fans might rejoice at the Studio Kaiju production...
...identity. After we are shown that Ignacio’s flashbacks are no more than an imaginary cinematic representation, Almodovar is able to effectively coincide his look at Ignacio’s childhood into an “accurate” narrative account of the effects of his titular education...
...paper, the film’s narrative structure sounds like the most straightforward Anderson (with new writing partner Noah Baumbach) has ever composed. The story begins as the revenge fantasy of the titular oceanographic filmmaker (Bill Murray), whose grief over his closest comrade’s death at the hands of the elusive jaguar shark has spurred a crowded but lonely journey to snare his friend’s marine murderer. Announcing his quest to a roomful of shocked patrons, he is asked, “What would be the scientific purpose of killing it?” to which...