"I can give a personal reason for why the film leaves me cold, and also a more ambitious, intellectual one. The personal reason: I simply don’t like seeing a younger man romancing an older woman."
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"It’s a challenge for any American to get through this novel without feeling defensive at times. But if the reader is able to overcome this reflex, Greene reveals many truths about American interventions in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya."
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"How does one get 'kicked out of MAGA?' Is there a weekly fire ring ceremony, like on Survivor, where flames are dramatically extinguished and if so, could a reality show be considered so we could watch?" splicetoday.com/politics-and-m…
"Right turns wet roads crossing, another sign of arrival: the freedom to take nighttime, my time. What’s wrong with a little safari? In my mind, this is my free time." splicetoday.com/writing/anyone…
"Caught Stealing is a film of desensitization; Aronofsky has offered a reminder of what audiences have taken for granted in fiction." splicetoday.com/moving-picture…
"I read the first 20 pages in a state of befuddlement, having no idea what it was about. It was only when I wrote to the author to complain, and he told me that it’s meant as a memoir, that it came into focus."
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"Mizrahi: That’s what shocks me. And it was always, 'Oh, you’re fabulous,' but then, 'Ha-ha, what a freak.'
Kan-Sperling: That’s true. There was a plague or something."
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"I believe that once The Times’ transition is complete, Bruni will be tossed as fast as a Hampton plutocrat drains a Campari & soda minutes after finishing a grueling set of tennis and—multi-tasking—wiring $40 million to a bank for a Caribbean bungalow." splicetoday.com/politics-and-m…
"There’s some occasional inspired material, such as a scene where Judy seemingly gets trapped by a series of mirrors while in a bridal shop (the main villain, it turns out, is an evil mirror)." splicetoday.com/moving-picture…
"She quickly won the hearts and minds (and dollars) of her 'shopping sisters' with her self-effacing Anytown charm and propensity for quirky colloquial exclamations like 'Holy buckets!' and 'cheese and crackers, that’s some bargain!'"
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"On a somber note, the center mall at Shore Blvd., just south of Emmons and Neptune Aves., is the site of the only memorial park in NYC remembering the Holocaust. It was dedicated in 1985." splicetoday.com/writing/sheeps…
"At #94, the science fiction mystery thriller MINORITY REPORT was the only entry from Steven Spielberg’s catalog [on The New York Times’ list of the 100 best films of the 21st century so far]."
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"I can’t stand six weeks of 'hurry up and wait' for your next scenes. I’ve been told it’s always a possibility the schedule could change, but I’m not gonna live my life around that. That’s worshipping the maybes; I just focus on Yes and No." splicetoday.com/moving-picture…
"Now that Trump’s had time to think about things—and now that multiple political factions have had a chance to ask what they really want out of Trump’s second term or the regimes that succeed it—it’s reasonable to be more worried." splicetoday.com/politics-and-m…
"If IndyCar didn’t really get a chance to show their chops in 2025, Phoenix Motor Speedway could be the moment of truth in 2026." splicetoday.com/sports/indycar…
"It’s an ironic story, as characters strive without knowing it to do the impossible. But the irony of the book never becomes overwhelming because it doesn’t seem Vonnegut has his thumb on the scale. And so it’s very sad." splicetoday.com/writing/the-ni…
"That horrific video illustrates more than a man sent down to a mat with a sickening thud, pummeled with a disturbing flurry of punches. It’s a snapshot of what happens to a society where strength is severed from self-control, where ego replaces humility"
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"It’s an ironic story, as characters strive without knowing it to do the impossible. But the irony of the book never becomes overwhelming because it doesn’t seem Vonnegut has his thumb on the scale. And so it’s very sad." splicetoday.com/moving-picture…
"Nowadays, nothing makes sense. We’re making sounds with our mouths opening and closing, but the words sound like gibberish. Just listen to supposed leaders who dictate what we do and where we should do it."
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