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...real treat is for grownups, who get a beguiling character study behind and above the special effects. Favreau - who directed the best Will Ferrell comedy (Elf) and an agreeably mature fantasy (Zathura: A Space Adventure), and before that wrote and starred in Swingers, maybe the sharpest buddy comedy of the '90s - knows that, when making a big movie, you do not leave your I.Q. at the soundstage door; you bend your gifts in different directions. He lends Iron Man the unobtrusive speed and precision of classic comedy. An actor before he was a director, he's not content...
...words ‘dance’ and ‘floor’ manage to make it into every song—and reverting back to her “Holiday”-era Minnie Mouse-esque vocal range. But the beats are what dominate this tasty treat...
...into days-long marches to new camps when the FARC fears the military is close. Their rice-and-bean meals are varied only when they're near a river or an area where wild pigs roam, and they often fight illnesses like hepatitis with only poorly trained nurses to treat them. (The FARC refuses visits by Red Cross medical teams.) Pinchao, 37, says Stansell taught him how to swim during river-bathing sessions - a skill that later helped him escape. Stansell also tries to keep the hostages' spirits up. "Keith even learned how to tell jokes in Spanish," he recalls...
...work longer hours than are healthy for happy families or lasting love affairs, and have few interesting qualities, if you discount our barroom celebrations over the latest attack ads or policy papers. As a rule, we treat creative individuality with the same suspicion as recreational drugs. You don't want to call too much attention to yourself, or put your security clearance at risk. It's no wonder that in middle age, so many of our successful men end up wearing work socks to bed with costly prostitutes...
...director of HRiNK. “What we want to do is take attention away from the political aspect and raise awareness of the strife individuals are going through,” Baek said. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the group passed out North Korean fact sheets and Rice Krispies treats outside of the Science Center. Attached to each treat was a note telling the recipient that the average North Korean has a daily ration of 300 grams of food, the equivalent of a Rice Krispies treat for each meal. Tomorrow, the group will screen a documentary about North Koreans illegally...