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After Titanic, DiCaprio could have done anything. The lead in The Talented Mr. Ripley: that sounded fitting. Instead, he crashed on The Beach. Whatever the new movie has going for it or against it, DiCaprio's choice of this unusual proj-ect--a contemplative action movie, an interior thriller--is true to the contours of his career so far. He wants to try new stuff, stretch his range, see how far he can go and take his fans with him. If it flops, and the next one (Martin Scorsese's The Gangs of New York) too, what's the worst...
...when I read in her online profile that she consulted her father, her grandfather and her preacher before answering each question, I figured her answers were as well researched as any of the others I got. And since you're posting questions to people who just like being helpful--instead of professionals billing by the hour--the exchange can feel as friendly and personal as leaning over a picket fence and asking a neighbor how he keeps his lawn so green. It also means you might get some pretty weird answers--or none...
Knowpost quickly became my favorite site because I felt as if I was talking to real people with a sense of humor instead of a bunch of brainiac know-it-alls. For no-nonsense answers to serious questions, however, Xpertsite proved most reliable. And for a site that actually puts you in touch with credentialed experts, Askanexpert is the place to go. It has fewer people answering questions than the other sites, but I got a Dr. Odenwald, who has a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard, to ease my fears about asteroids just hours after I had started fretting about...
Updike's enterprise is not as fanciful as it might at first seem. He has consulted the same sources Shakespeare apparently used for his play but shapes this material to different purposes. Here the moody prince makes only a walk-on appearance. Updike's spotlight falls instead on Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude and her adulterous affair with Claudius, her husband's younger brother. The topic of illicit sex will sound familiar to Updike's readers, but the archaic Scandinavian setting and the regal gravitas of the characters involved make this old story fresh and moving...
...possible to imagine a future America in which it does not mediate the great national struggles. Already, growing numbers of conservatives are suggesting that the battle against abortion should be waged culturally, not politically. George W. Bush and John McCain rarely emphasize new laws to criminalize abortion. Instead they stress a hearts-and-minds strategy based on moral suasion--essentially turning the President into a cheerleader for community efforts to offer women abortion alternatives...