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...also a Crimson magazine editor. “Proof” tells the story of Catherine (Caroline R. Giuliani ’11), the daughter of Robert (Robert Rogers, an HRDC alumnus who currently works in the Harvard Math department), a renowned mathematician, who struggles with caring for her genius but mentally ailing father while trying to take care of herself as well. With standout performances by Xanthia A. Tucker ’13, (as Catherine’s sister Claire) and Jesse T. Nee-Vogelman ’13 (as Robert’s former student Harold...

Author: By Marissa A. Glynias, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Proof’ Proves Math Is Moving | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...Abiding Citizen had no pedigree at all. Based on an original screenplay, it stars Gerard Butler as a decent fellow who, when his wife and daughter are murdered in front of him, is transformed into an evil genius, terrorizing assistant D.A. Jamie Foxx and the rest of Philadelphia with murders of a scheming, Saw-like sadism. Saddled with a scathing 16% score from the "top critics" monitored on Rotten Tomatoes (Wild Things nabbed a gentleman's 68%), Citizen won audiences on star quality and the movie marketplace's lack of other adult-themed melodrama - read: crap for grownups. Younger viewers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: A Winner with Wild Things | 10/18/2009 | See Source »

...killer, because he will not be reduced, even in extremis, to his animal impulses - was rectified in the 1991 Martin Scorsese remake, where wily psychopath Robert De Niro dies several times. The same year, The Silence of the Lambs brought the genre its essential wrinkle of the evil genius, beating the criminal-justice system even as he bites its face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law Abiding Citizen: Hannibal Lecture | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...Thierry Solère, vice president of the regional council the younger Sarkozy sits on, sought to slap down those mocking his limited experience with this praise: "Jean is the son of a political genius, so it's not surprising he's a prodigy." Three members of the Socialist Party's youth movement then marched outside the Elysée demanding President Sarkozy adopt them in the hope that they would find work more easily. (See pictures of Paris expanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy Backs Appointment of Son to Key Job | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...attending the recent DJ Tiësto concert has emboldened you to fulfill your destiny of becoming a global electronic sensation, but you are stumped on how to share your musical genius with the rest of the world, look no further than the Quad...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Shuttling to the Sound Studio | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

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