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Updating Superman The original superhero gets in touch with his dark side...
...taking over the art on Superman, is fresh from a run on best-selling Batman, so he's in touch with his dark side. But he admits it's a challenge. "Batman is a more modern-era type character," Lee says. "He's fueled by vengeance; he's the boogeyman. Superman is the altruistic alien hero that protects us all. It's difficult to make that believable in this day and age." In their first issue, Lee and writer Brian Azzarello have...
Would that Valentin had a touch of that strangeness. Played by relentlessly adorable Rodrigo Noya, 8-year-old Valentin lives in 1960s Buenos Airesdeserted by his mother, ignored by his philandering father and boarding with his cranky, sickly grandma. Eventually, he more or less invents a family to attach himself to. But this is not The 400 Blows. Director-writer Alejandro Agresti flat out denies the implicit--and, yes, existential--terrors of this child's desperately improvised life. Agresti's just out to give us a sentimental good time. Which some people, heaven help us, will have--while the rest...
Getting in touch with your inner inn is spreading across top-tier hospitality brands. Take the Fairmont Washington, D.C., which touts the Toronto-based chain's premium service as a "hotel within a hotel." In addition to the 48 elegantly furnished rooms, the hotel's concierges are expected to do the unexpected. Says Fairmont Gold concierge Clarence McLeod: "We're called upon without any notice to provide last-minute miracles. Sometimes I feel like Superman. I can conquer anything." All starting at $329 a night. For the chains, creating these special sanctums is a response to the popularity of boutique...
...most disastrously by its approach in Iraq. The relative British success in southern Iraq (and it is only relative) can be explained by having to contend with fewer aggrieved Baathists, and also because the British have sought to win over the local population through good works and a light touch. The American military has not found this manly enough. After underestimating the problems caused by a collapsing state and spreading lawlessness, the Americans overestimated the extent to which a tough approach would cow Iraqis. Even before Abu Ghraib, the battle for hearts and minds had probably been lost. All this...