Word: plot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jones will risk calling her to the stand. Her testimony could be effectively attacked by prosecutors, citing ATF records that show she was fired as an informant because of erratic behavior and unreliability. Still, Jones believes the government has proof that Strassmeir and Mahon were involved in a bombing plot and was "obligated" to disclose it. At any rate, in the wake of recent reports about faulty FBI lab procedures, the government does not need Howe's tales to muddy the case...
...development of the "VWPC" (for Volkswagen Personal Computer), a consumer-friendly $300 device that emerges from La Honda, an elite research center in the Silicon hills, and threatens to lay waste the industry-standard PC. By the time the new computer is ready to demo, Bronson has filled the plot with enough corporate double dealing, espionage and sleight of hand to libel all of California...
...Mozart Overture to "Le nozze di Figaro" fits right into the Valentine theme with the opera's classic comedic plot, replete with anticipated marriages, star-crossed crushes, and a character named Cherubino. Like the opera, the overture too is a classic. It is a sweeping, theatrical piece with sudden dynamic changes and deft technical work in the string section, all of which were handled perfectly by the orchestra. The effect produced by the period instruments on a piece normally performed by a much larger orchestra was interesting; the thin, pure sound of the violins juxtaposed with the raw yet perfectly...
While the plot can be a bit predictable and tedious at times, it is salvaged by the spectacle of the circus surrounding it. Perhaps the most valuable supporting role belongs to the hotel itself. Inspired by a Niagara Falls honeymoon hotel, the Hotel de Love features outrageously creative "theme" rooms such as the "Garden of Eden" room, complete with tree, forbidden fruit and serpent, and the "The Grand Finale Passion Suite," modeled after a cricket stadium with astro-turf and recordings of cheering crowds. The rooms nearly steal every scene in which they appear...
There must be an upside. "What's fun about these movies," she says, "is that they're moved by the characters, not the plot or the special effects. I do what I do because I love it." Off-Hollywood auteurs certainly love her. If the independent-film movement had an illustrated wall calendar, Posey would be on at least six of the months. She has become an imprimatur for veterans like Hal Hartley and Richard Linklater. Last month she won a special jury prize at Sundance for her role as a disturbed woman obsessed with Jackie Onassis in The House...