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...exception. As the mastermind behind the card-counting scheme, Spacey takes an underwritten role and creates a complex character with dark undertones. In true Spacey fashion, he is suitably creepy and always mysterious.Despite failures in character development, the action—based on Mezrich’s own experiences??is genuinely interesting. A game of cards is not necessarily visually exciting, but “21” manages to keep the stakes high through crafty twists and Ben’s voice-over narration at the casino tables. The story might not be exceptionally inventive...
...vast diversity of experiences and views of people within North America. Whether you come from a rural or urban area, a conservative or a liberal enclave, and so on—your culture affects your outlook on life. It’s valuable to meet people with diverse experiences??perhaps even more valuable for the streetwise New Yorker to meet a “backwards” Iowan than to meet a cosmopolitan Londoner...
...intersection between real life and the fantastic,” Bartok says of his movie. All segments of “Trapped Ashes” are based on real-life events. The “Jibaku” segment was inspired by one of Bartok’s traveling experiences??a particularly horrifying one. “While in Kyoto in March 2002, my wife and I found the body of a man who’d just hanged himself,” Bartok recalls. “We had to find the nearest police box and lead...
...February report. The legislation says that students in general education courses should “strive to apply the basic concepts and principles to the solution of concrete problems, the accomplishment of specific tasks, and the creation of actual objects and out-of-classroom experiences??—a passage that appears, in nearly identical form, in the February report...
According to Smith, it was “the mix of academic and extracurricular success at Harvard with the practical success of being on the campaign trail was a unique combination of experiences?? that may have made him a distinctive candidate...