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Such lazy inertia, exemplified by a drawn-out pan of the pupils lying on the grass in sundresses on a summer day, is struck away with a vengeance, though, as “Cracks” turns nightmarish in its final act. Ultimately, the story is a sordid one. As the film ends, the plot veers onto such a wild, jolting track that the cheeks redden and the hand flies to cover the gaping mouth. But somehow, though “Cracks” turns out to be a nasty little shocker, it does not feel like trash...

Author: By Michael A. Yashinsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cracks | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

Elections are indeed a critical condition for Haiti's future. The question is whether conditions on the ground in Haiti's nightmarish present can realistically accommodate them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti's Next Big Crisis: How to Hold Elections | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...terrorist in “Live Free or Die Hard”) confronts and eventually guns down the inexplicably aggressive drunk, as the entire town attentively stares through the baseball diamond’s chain link fence. The scene juxtaposes the previously calm state of the town with its nightmarish future. As the chemical spreads through the water supply, Sherriff Dutton, accompanied by his pregnant wife, Dr. Judy Dutten (Rhada Mitchell) and Deputy Sherriff Russell Clank (Joe Anderson) must find a way to survive...

Author: By David G. Sklar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Crazies | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...stated commitment to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, it's possible the review will call for aggressive cuts. That can't happen, however, without Russia's cooperation, and the current START negotiations are only the beginning. Until that happens, however, both sides will remain locked in a nightmarish anachronism, with nuclear annihilation of both sides always only minutes away. As Andreasen says, "Most experts agree: We will need to do more than the new START, with greater urgency and on a much broader front, to get ahead of the nuclear danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Nuclear Arms Pledge Hits Stumbling Block | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

Current Crimson athletes are more or less barred from talking negatively about coaches. After all, no one wants to rip the man assigning lifts while he’s still around. But Housman, now a year removed from what he describes as nightmarish weightroom sessions, is letting fly a (now) two-part series entitled “The 4 Year War: Drew vs. Coach Fitz.” Highlights of Housman’s rants include...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hous of Pain? | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

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