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So many people," wrote playwright Henrik Ibsen, "have nothing to do but yearn for happiness without ever being able to find it." But even that great Norwegian depressive might have become giddy with excitement at the prospect of Cate Blanchett playing his femme fatale Hedda Gabler, as the Australian star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Restoration of Judy | 4/27/2004 | See Source »

In the life outside, the situation is the ame. There are plenty of other things to do, both on weekdays and on Sundays, so that few need go to a church to save themselves from being bored with nothing.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Its Own | 4/21/2004 | See Source »

Most audio tours can put you to sleep on your feet with their bored-sounding narrators and long lists of dry facts. By contrast, Soundwalk CDs-a hip series of audio walking tours-are like movies you can stroll through. The Soundwalk brand features cinematic sound effects, cool music and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking a Head Trip | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

Yes. It was okay. I thought I was going to be bored but Gibson managed to keep it interesting. I was neither deeply moved nor offended.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping It 'Riel' | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

In this 1930 gangster pic, the Yasujiro Ozu festival at Harvard Film Archive brings the Japanese version of a very familiar archetype: a criminal with a taste for movies, jazz, flappers and snappy suits. But then love walks in the door for “Ken the Knife,â?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

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