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...would be spurred by fear that the Sudan government may betray Janjaweed commanders to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where they would face war crimes charges. And the rebels seem remarkably ready to welcome into their ranks the men who have been the frontline troops of a vicious campaign of murder, rape, pillage and ethnic cleansing...
...These, naturally are with the Irish Republican Army: a small, beleaguered guerrilla group, fighting in the years immediately after World War I for independence from British rule, which was then being enforced by the Black and Tans, vicious and largely undisciplined soldiers recruited from the demobilized English army and functioning in Ireland as terrorist-enforcers of the status quo. Loach's film, written by Paul Laverty, focuses on a Sinn Fein (or revolutionist) "flying column" operating in County Cork, with special emphasis on a gentle young doctor, Damien (Cillian Murphy) and his more hot-headed brother, Teddy (Padraic Delaney...
...poor Park family seems farcically overmatched by the monster. The sharpshooter dad runs out of bullets; the girl archery expert can't shoot straight. Actually, you won't want them to kill the monster, not right away, since it has lots of its own eccentricities. The creature is less vicious than playful, a showboating athlete that does high-bar 360s on a bridge rail and backflips into the river. When it hits land, it lopes like Marmaduke next to its ostensible victims; it treats any human in its mouth more as a chew toy than as lunch. If the movie...
...Fiddler’s Tale” leveled biting sarcasm at musicians who “sell their soul” to the corporate “devil” that is the music industry. But none of this history can prepare listeners for the vicious social and political criticism of “From the Plantation to the Penitentiary.” In addition to the misogyny of the hip-hop culture, Marsalis’ targets include racism, the hypocrisy of liberal students and faded 1960’s activists, American greed, and the failures of leadership...
...Goffredo would not score another field goal all night, finishing 1-of-11 from the field, and the Crimson would implode in the final 10 minutes as Yale pulled away for an easy 86-71 victory. As the lead grew, the New Haven crowd only grew more vicious, and Goffredo, the team leader struggling through one of the toughest games of his career, took the brunt of the insults. Shooting free throws in the second half, Goffredo received a chant of “worst game ever...