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...stars, whose last 10 major-studio films (since Braveheart) have grossed a cumulative $1.27 billion at the North American box office and a similar amount abroad. Signs, his last movie as an actor, grossed nearly $400 million worldwide. And though he's not on screen in The Passion (except for a closeup of his hand driving the first nail into Christ on the cross), he has made himself the movie's star, poster boy, and chief proselytizer...
Best Adapted Screenplay could logically go to any one of its nominees except, perhaps, to the most deserving, the Portuguese-language gangster epic City of God. Capturing the Friedmans and Fog of War seemed locked in a taut two-man battle for Documentary Feature until My Architect quietly reaped enough attention to bestow it front-runner status. The Return of the King will likely sweep up most of the technical awards as Best Picture forerunners are prone to do, but the vivid restoration of 19th century Japan in The Last Samurai will give it a run for its money...
...full of ridiculous flower-bulb ads, and they’re like six dollars apiece. But if you go back and read [the original almanacs], they’re just brilliant. Think about the ’zine culture today‚ that’s what these were, except that they’re actually useful. They were the quintessential democratic medium...
...these people?) gush over how they are just exactly like the “girls,” the cultural significance of bringing blowjob talk to brunch, and the perpetuation of New York stereotypes, which the glammed-up producer, director, and cast assure us are totally true—except for the fact that none of the characters wear the same outfit twice. But that’s all part of the zany/glamorous fun, we are told. Cast members’ teary confessions of their love for SATC, set to the tune of “Memories...
...Sistani, by far the most popular and influential leader in Iraq today, has steadfastly refused even to meet with any U.S. officials so as to avoid being seen to bless the occupation. And Sistani is considered a moderate, who has counseled restraint and avoided challenging the Coalition Provisional Authority - except when Bremer initially ignored his insistence that Iraq's next government be directly elected...