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...Undergrduate Biological Sciences Society has planned “a spooky celebration of things that sparkle in the night,” during which you can “play with your very own flask of bioluminescent dinoflagellates.” Basically, this event involves “treats without tricks, brights without blights, fun without….sun.” We’re not sure what this means exactly, but hey, it’s something different...
...pain. Indeed Ellroy succeeds at bringing that point across through the macabre events of “Blood’s a Rover.” Yet, it seems clear that he could have used less words to create a sense of suspense and anticipation for its climax, without sacrificing that message. Instead, when the long-awaited climax arrives, the reader is so distracted by all the unrelated corruption and death that the answers to the puzzle do not seem very important. Such strengths and shortcomings leave “Blood’s a Rover” a fitting...
...dancing, jerkily grooving to the same song on three different occasions. He often focuses on his facial expressions—a tense grimace taking shape when something doesn’t sit right with him and a serene smile of satisfaction when a musical number has gone off without a hitch—as well as his hands, which never seem to stop moving, giving nearly imperceptible cues to musicians and dancers, silently conducting the music, and expressing the sentiments behind the lyrics of his songs...
...School’s Criminal Justice Institute—said he saw an important yet disconcerting lesson in civics brought forward by the Gates incident. He said that he wanted to raise the question of whether African Americans could fully exercise their rights in the same way as whites without fearing arrest...
...this way, the film gets us from trap A to trap B without creating an attachment to the characters or even the plot. Much like pornography, “Saw” uses laughably transparent devices to bring us what we want with a minimum of effort. Of course, plot is not the only point of resemblance to porn: poorly-airbrushed characters, ignorable dialogue, and extended penetration close-ups abound in this film...