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It is probably the only film of the decade besides _Schindler's List_ that could have claimed that without
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the truth.
Being categorized as science fiction is
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the theme somewhat as time travel, the technology and theory played little part of the movie.
And the proliferation of hideous cliches ... the child running back into danger; the ram scoot (which was tired by the 40's); the fight sequence predictably ending in the
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chair.
Don't expect to see bikini-clad babes frolicking in the waves, long sandy beaches
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for miles or sunlight glistening off of crystal blue water.
What The Waitress does is take a case, where dumping the jerk IS more than appropriate, and causes lingering anticipatory angst in a woman's mind, seeing similar things in the men she lives around,
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now to find them, when, in fact, those things looked for so hard are not even close to really being part of what the men around those women will do or are being, in degree nor goal, even being capable of mimicking.
They said Marc Singer (remember Beastmaster ?) was a really cool guy, Madsen laid back and Hopper (gettin' kinda' creaky in his way) but still
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his chops.
Isn't that
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things a bit too far - even for a movie?
The man is
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the boundaries of our perception and disturbing our sensibilities enough to make us remember what we just saw whether we liked it or not.
Takeshi is the master of
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15 minutes of story into 2 hours.
But unfortunately, there is a fine line between imitating a popular style and using it,
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it out so far that it becomes tedious and predictable.
Talk about
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the truth... this pseudo documentary is just a bunch of news clips and rantings, where common knowledge is presented like some big mystery nobody knows.
After a lengthy lull for the studio,
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right back to The Aristocats, they finally returned to form with The Little Mermaid in 1989.
That aside, this program shows these officers and people
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the definition of "animal abuse" to ridiculous proportions.
Aging star Joan Crawford took to
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the years later in her career and this is a prime example.
Given what happens to the hapless bellboy Abner in the 1936 'toon, culminating in a comeuppance from the least of females, perhaps it's not
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a point to speculate this cartoon may have permanently messed up Robert Crumb's psyche.
(Please note that the next comments on the movie are
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the truth to the limit.
You'll find everything you need: stereotyped and wooden acting; sophomoric direction; tasteless and ignorant action scenes filmed with this oh-so-cool "time
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effects; tasteless and ignorant blend of genres, entirely formulaic (horror, martial arts, costumes); digitally over-enhanced cinematography; and above all, glorification of the "state-of-the-art" technology of modern filmmaking, absorbing all of the filmmakers energy, with nothing left for the important things: scenography, acting, storytelling, awareness of the camera, subtext.
There are a few exceptions: After more than two decades, Japan’s economy appears to be turning a corner under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government; but, with a legacy of deflation
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back to the 1990’s, it will be a long road back.
At the same time, a politically cohesive EU would be a bulwark of stability
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from the English Channel to Ukraine’s Dnieper River.
The roughly 50 Muslim-majority countries
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from Bangladesh to Morocco have largely struggled to develop politically.
Territory that was once within the multi-ethnic, multi-state, multi-religious Ottoman Empire is again engulfed in conflict and war,
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from Libya to Palestine-Israel, Syria, and Iraq.
Hence, US troops, the CIA, drone missiles, or US-backed armies are engaged in fighting across a region
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from the Sahel in West Africa, through Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond.
We must make the vast seas
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from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans a zone of peace and freedom, where all adhere to the rule of law.
And, thanks to a partnership between the state and Islamic scholars
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back 40 years, Indonesia has one of the most successful family-planning programs in the developing world.
For them, religion is not a matter of personal belief, a form of
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one’s hands toward the divine; instead, it is a key feature of traditional identity politics, a means for maintaining social order, ensuring discipline and conformity, and preventing radical change.
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin has advanced an even more ambitious goal: “a common market
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from the Atlantic to the Pacific.”
President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Pakistan last year produced an agreement to construct a $46 billion “economic corridor”
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from China’s restive Xinjiang region to Pakistan’s Chinese-built (and Chinese-run) Gwadar port.
I have been saying and writing for years that the dryland regions
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West to East – from Senegal to Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan – are a growing tinder box, where climate change, drought, hunger, and population growth are creating ever greater instability.
Will the endgame be renewed class warfare, with populist governments coming to power,
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the limits of income redistribution, and asserting greater state control over economic life?
Are they
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Americans’ sense of identity as best they can or just appealing to their narrowest interests?
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