News - Powered by Yahoo NewsCannes 2012: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet ? revie
French actors play themselves in Alain Resnais' indulgent, self-conscious film about acting, memory and the persistence of the past Alain Resnais' remarkable film-making career continues with his return to the Cannes competition at the age of 89. This is a quasi-theatrical contrivance based partly around Jean Anouilh's 1941 play Eurydice. Bruno Podalydès plays Antoine D'Anthac, a cultured and ...
Mon, 21 May 2012 18:56:15 -0700 -
Impossible Wooden Light Bulb Shines Bright [VIDEO
A wooden light bulb might sound like an impossible concept -- how would it light up without generating at least a few sparks? -- but thanks to a Japanese artist, it's an actual light source.
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:55:20 -0700 -
Third party group gives up seeking a candidat
A private organization established to run a third-party candidate in this year's presidential elections has thrown in the towel, saying no one mustered sufficient support for such an effort.
Tue, 15 May 2012 05:31:27 -0700 -
Leave room for a snow con
The Classic Snow Cone Cart combines presentation and convenience into one very large package. Others might wonder if a snow cone machine must include the cart. Originally posted at Appliances and Kitchen Gadgets
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:29:29 -0700 -
'Five-Year Engagement' rings with warmth, fu
As two people in love, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt manage to pull off a solid rom-com without all the expected rom-com contrivances.
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:43:31 -0700 -
The magic pudding budge
WITH a drop of the alchemist's potion, Wayne Swan has transformed the lead of last year's $44 billion deficit to the gold leaf of a $1.5 billion surplus.
Tue, 08 May 2012 07:25:24 -0700 -
When all is revealed onlin
The web robs us of the critical ability to control how we present ourselves to the world.
Thu, 10 May 2012 18:47:58 -0700 -
TGIF: Movie capsule
?AMERICAN REUNION? ? You probably haven?t been lying awake in bed at night wondering whatever became of Stifler and Oz and the rest of the horny kids from the original ?American Pie? movie. Yet here they are, after 13 years and a couple of sequels, and they?re more bland than bawdy these days. That?s part of the joke: that they (and we) aren?t in high school anymore, that we all have to grow up ...
Thu, 10 May 2012 21:12:28 -0700 -
Is 'Far Cry 3??? Trying To Be 'Uncharted'
Is Far Cry 3 trying to go more linear and scripted, imitating the style and success of the Uncharted franchise?
Sun, 20 May 2012 09:23:40 -0700 -
Law, according to Lao-tz
I would like to share with our honorable senator-judges of the impeachment court some wise thoughts from ancient times, taken from the book ?Wen-tzu, Understanding the Mysteries, Further Teachings of Lao-tzu,? as translated by Thomas Cleary. These nuggets of wisdom may help and guide the senator-judges in making decisions until the final day of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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