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GERRY. Gerry, the minimalist buddy drama starring Matt Damon, reflects such a drastic shift in director Gus van Sant’s style and tone that many critics have been tempted to label the film “penitence” for van Sant’s unabashedly commercial recent efforts (Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester). But penitence means internal reflection and self-punishment, not suffering imposed on others. Nevertheless, suffering is the primary experience for viewers of this interminable, plot-free bore. Damon and Casey Affleck star as friends, both nicknamed Gerry, lost and wandering somewhere in Death Valley...
Despite this shift to more universal themes, though, the style of music has essentially remained the same. Nearly all of the songs on Human Conditions are laid-back rock ballads supported by strings and brass, an approach that has become almost synonymous with Ashcroft’s name since his days as frontman for the Verve. In fact, there is only one track on the album, “Bright Lights”, that even comes close to being an upbeat rock n’ roll anthem...
...measures to make it easier for students to study abroad are often couched in terms of the intrinsic benefit of experiencing a foreign culture firsthand, the increasingly globalized nature of the world community and any number of other empty shibboleths and platitudes. The timing and abruptness of the shift, though, indicate that there may be some less-than-principled practical considerations that have also played a large, if not a decisive, role in the new policies...
...Security Council, for example, the administration is plainly aware that its leverage is not restricted to its powers of persuasion. Mexico, for example, has consistently backed "old Europe" in calling for inspections to be given more time. But on Wednesday, the Mexican government hinted it may be ready to shift its vote at the Security Council, not because it has been convinced by the U.S. argument but because it fears its dealings with Washington on issues such as trade and immigration will be negatively affected by voting against its neighbor...
Schroyer was the hero in the Harvard’s 3-2 win over Brown in December when Stone elevated Schroyer to the first line in the third period and she scored on her first shift. Stone attempted the same trick with freshman Jennifer Raimondi last night...