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...heartland. But the movie smartly yanks itself back down into the murk, and ends with a sensational shot, in which the camera peers down a four-story stairwell, and Walt falls from the top flight, his body hitting and caroming off each railing. (Give a little wow of appreciation for the stunt crew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Mann | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

...know, I hope that my kid likes me more than anything else. I just hope he looks at me on TV and says, "Wow, I hope that guy comes home--right away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Morgan Spurlock | 7/24/2006 | See Source »

...These are ripoffs, not homages, but they are also emblematic of a movie that is essentially a special-effects extravaganza . It is, I think, a universal truth of movie making that effects are never funny. They can sometimes wow you, but they can't make you laugh, and Depp cannot stand up to the hubbub they create. No actor can. He can only serve them, which involves him in derring-do that any actor could do about as well as he can. He needs to be involved with us, not with the lunking machinery of the movie. When, for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Johnny Depp in Bits and Pieces | 7/6/2006 | See Source »

Ever since Suzanne Lenglen breezed to victory in a headband and short-sleeved dress in 1919, Wimbledon has been a showcase for style. This year, it's the on-court officials' turn to wow the crowds. For the first time in Wimbledon's 129-year history, the All England Club has broken with tradition and invited a big-name designer to dress up the umpires, line judges and "ball kids." That imported Americanism - the traditional English terms remain ball boys and ball girls - is apt, since the sponsorship deal, worth an estimated $10 million over five years, was awarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prêt à Sporter | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...same time, having a career makes me a better mother and having had children made me in many ways a better writer and teacher.”When Elkins’ oldest son was informed of the $10,000 Pulitzer award, the six-year-old replied, “Wow, that’s pretty cool—can we go buy some toys?” At home, Elkins says, “I’m just mom.”—Staff writer Lulu Zhou can be reached at luluzhou@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Out of Africa—But Headed Back | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

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