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...easiest path to unlikability. The lovable loser knows he's hopelessly flailing, while the plain old loser keeps up the ugly charade. And although ignoring reality may seem dignified, it's really like Michael Dukakis' riding in the tank and thinking it made him look like a warrior. The lovable loser has more dignity because he keeps going despite his awareness of futility: he knows it's stupid to raise taxes and not lose every state except Minnesota, to try to kick the football while Lucy's holding it, to think dropping the AOL part from his name will fool...
Ultimately, the only analogous performance in recent movie history is Sigourney Weaver's turn as the avenging warrior matron in Aliens. But whereas Weaver clenched her jaw, widened her eyes and depended on a giant space monster to provide the fear, Thurman sometimes is the thing to fear. Even though the reasons for the Bride's revenge spree are well set up, there are moments when Thurman portrays her as a beast who has tasted blood and might like more. Certainly there are also plenty of scenes in which Thurman seems to be holding herself together by the memory thread...
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Tribal sympathies in Waziristan appear to lie with al-Qaeda. Moreover, it is a sacred duty among Pashtun residents to give sanctuary to Muslims seeking it. With its rugged terrain, its warrior tribes and its centuries-old hostility to authority, Waziristan is a fitting bolt-hole for Islamic militants, possibly even al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. U.S. intelligence believes he is hiding somewhere near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, 150 miles of which snake along Waziristan's frontier. Last week the Qatari TV network, al-Jazeera, aired a videotape of bin Laden walking with his lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri...
...East can also borrow from East. Prachya Pinkaew's Ong-Bak Muay Thai Warrior is a Thai gloss on the old Hong Kong plots that spurred heroes from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan: kid from the country (superhuman martial artist Petchtai Wongkamlao) comes to the city on a noble mission, takes infernal beatings, kicks back even more furiously. It's insanely vigorous fun that's guaranteed to delight video action fans on four continents. Kim Ki Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring starts as a tale of spiritual apprenticeship (boy taught by old monk) that might have come...