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THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI: Based on the true story of George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a British journalist who was sent to China in the 1930s to cover warfare and became the guardian of 60 orphans. Touching, magnificently photographed, but dramatic and romantic tensions never coil very tightly. Also
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Drivers literally have to slam on their brakes in order to support the speed limit change from 60 mph directly down to 25 mph as they come off 509 onto 705. Tacoma police officers were in full force last weekend, ticketing car after car failing to adhere to this overly
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Drivers literally have to slam on their brakes in order to support the speed limit change from 60 mph directly down to 25 mph as they come off 509 onto 705. Tacoma police officers were in full force last weekend, ticketing car after car failing to adhere to this overly
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I saw the stage version of Mamma Mia! in London, where for all I know it is now entering the second century of its run, and I was underwhelmed. The film version has the advantage of possessing Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth and Julie Walters — but
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I saw the stage version of Mamma Mia! in London, where for all I know it is now entering the second century of its run, and I was underwhelmed. The film version has the advantage of possessing Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth and Julie Walters — but
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Batman isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. It creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the
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Batman isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. It creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the
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After much complaining, studying, litter-picking-up and debating, Tacoma is getting its wish. Cheap, high powered booze — the stuff typically associated with leather faced, publicly inebriated street drunks — will soon be bidding a fond farewell to Tacoma’s Lincoln District. It’s sure to be a kind of Carol Burnett moment, full
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After much complaining, studying, litter-picking-up and debating, Tacoma is getting its wish. Cheap, high powered booze — the stuff typically associated with leather faced, publicly inebriated street drunks — will soon be bidding a fond farewell to Tacoma’s Lincoln District. It’s sure to be a kind of Carol Burnett moment, full
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Enthusiasm. The older Bobble Tiki gets, it seems like the less of it he has. When Bobble Tiki was a little Tiki, it seemed like his enthusiasm was endless. Bobble Tiki would lie awake on Christmas Eve, too enthusiastic to sleep because of the holiday that lay ahead. In high
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Enthusiasm. The older Bobble Tiki gets, it seems like the less of it he has. When Bobble Tiki was a little Tiki, it seemed like his enthusiasm was endless. Bobble Tiki would lie awake on Christmas Eve, too enthusiastic to sleep because of the holiday that lay ahead. In high
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Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; These, as any lover of dusty books and much studied poetry will recognize, are the words