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...favorite web-slinger. The story follows Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), the unassuming alias of our hero Spider-Man, as we witness his trials and tribulations: girl troubles, job troubles, and friend troubles. The latter is especially problematic—it’s a friend who is hell-bent on killing Parker, in order to avenge his father’s death. Our boy’s got a lot on his plate. The film’s feature villain is Venom, an alien organism who exploits Parker’s growing inner darkness in a perverse and disgusting...

Author: By John D. Selig, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spider-Man 3 | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...fortunate enough to be shielded by the motherly Harvard bubble. It makes car horns louder, brakes less effective, and everyone with a driver’s license forget chapters one through six of the Massachusetts Driver’s Manual. Its final symptom: an inexplicable and hell-bent desire to murder trepidatious pedestrians...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: Please, Please Don’t Run Me Over | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

...looks impregnable against all comers. A sense of harmony prevails. But Gill sounds so pessimistic about England's chances that you could start to wonder why they don't just pack up for the day and go see a movie. Like many England supporters, he fears an Australian team hell-bent on revenge. If England show any weakness, Gill says, if they're not absolutely determined to hold on to what they've won, if there's any sense within the squad that the thrill of beating Australia last year will sustain them for the rest of their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight of the Gods | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...like him are attacking Bush. Has a U.S. President ever been so vilified worldwide? Is the rest of the world wrong? I applaud the courage of Chávez, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others who are not afraid to speak out. If our leaders are pigheaded and hell-bent on having their erroneous way, we should stop them from pursuing their ill-conceived, self-destructive course. David Chen Hacienda Heights, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...like him are attacking Bush. Has a U.S. President ever been so vilified worldwide? Is the rest of the world wrong? I applaud the courage of Chávez, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others who are not afraid to speak out. If our leaders are pigheaded and hell-bent on having their own erroneous way, we should stop them from pursuing their ill-conceived, self-destructive course. David Chen Hacienda Heights, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving Loss, Regaining Life | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

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