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...first part of his film Mann dawdles them through a labyrinth that's not conventionally menacing. Foxx and Farrell don't have a lot to do in those passages, which permits us to spend plenty of time with Li, who plays the criminal gang's enigmatic financial whiz, and that time is scarcely wasted. Mann never explains why she has fallen into bad company instead of rising to the top on Wall Street, and that makes her more attractive to Farrell...
...Jury was written and directed by Harry Essex, a specialist in science-fiction screenplays (It Came from Outer Space, The Creature from the Black Lagoon) who had no notion of alchemizing menace from pictures and performances. Shot in 3D by noir whiz John Alton, and featuring occasional thrusts into the camera (a rifle, a dying man's hand, the pointed bra worn under a satiny blouse by Peggie Castle as Charlotte), the movie stays perfunctorily faithful to the book, including the use of a few famous lines. "Act like a clam or I'll open ya up like...
...local investor, a Saudi prince and a Canadian hotel mogul. "There is a new breed of CEOs who are willing to go outside their own borders and take risks. I'm very bullish on the Middle East for the next 10 to 20 years." With that, Heikal, considered the whiz kid of Egyptian high finance, was off to dinner with another of Cairo's leading young CEOs--ready to take on the world. [This article contains a chart. Please see a hard copy or a pdf.] A Region's Rise...
...Engine? An ailing carmaker seeks change Auto-biz turnaround whiz Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, visits Detroit this week to discuss an alliance with struggling General Motors, whose shareholders are agitating for reform--and a higher stock price...
...busy, it’s become a way of life. When Rapoport could barely keep up with his packed schedule, he wrote a program connecting his cell phone to his Outlook e-mail, and now gets reminders from his e-mail in text messages. It seems that this science whiz has never failed, and he’d probably be the first to agree. “I always win,” he said. “I’m serious...