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Harvard's No. 4 player, sophomore Rishaad Bilimoria, also faced the oldest player currently competing at the collegiate level, 31 year-old Diplomat Patrick Grant. In this case, older and wiser proved to be a little too old and wise--Bilimoria handily defeated Grant 3-0, leaving the old man literally sprawled on the ground afterwards and gasping...
...film's early scenes, Scorsese and Richardson are at their best. Scorsese's smooth camera moves are perfect for the blinding pace of the Casino floor, and Richardson's neo-noir lighting adds texture to an other-wise plastic environment. Initially, the shots combining rolling dice, shuffling cards, spinning slots and elusive chips make up for the absence of a meaningful story...
Israel was unfortunately less wise when dealing with its internal affairs. Just as it was no secret that Saddam Hussein would not hesitate to initiate hostilities, it was certainly no secret that right-wing extremists in Israel would also use force to achieve their ends. Their leaders sanctioned violence and it was only a matter of time before something would happen. Those who promote violence need to be punished regardless of whether or not they are not actually carrying out violent actions themselves...
...Pileggi gathered for a nonfiction book that has just been published, and the screenplay he wrote with director Martin Scorsese is at its best in its reportorial passages. If you want to know just how the Mafia skimmed the profits from its Las Vegas operation, or how not-so-wise-guys tried to scam it, Casino is instructive in an almost documentary way. But Scorsese, one of the cinema's great stylists, has evolved a manner for his film--a compound of mini-dissolves, jump cuts, freeze frames and optical effects--that is anything but documentary. It is a kind...
...Wise said the office is trying to be "more proactive" in letting people know about the upgrade ahead of time...