He stuck with Bruce Willis, this time as a drab superhero, in Unbreakable (2000); planted Mel Gibson amid the alien corn in Signs (2002); then really pushed his luck with the fairy-tale duplicity of The Village (2004), which mixed Little Red Riding Hood with The Twilight Zone to no great advantage. ...
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"It's like a scene from a science-fiction movie," said a man shrouded in dust, still trying to understand how what he'd seen as a dazzling special effect in Independence Day had just been replicated on the streets of Manhattan. What had been a triumph of computer imagery on screen, achieved by prodi ...
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"As the US led the world into the slowdown, it was expected to pull it out at the other end," he said. "At best this will be postponed."John Llewellyn, the global chief economist for Lehman Brothers, said forecasts of a recovery had been based on the resilience of American consumers, which now looke ...
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The former bus conductor told police he was pushed down after he refused to answer and kicked in the face before being hit with his coffee flask as one attacker said: "This is our area, get out."Racial rivalry in the Greater Manchester town after a record 572 racially motivated incidents were rep ...
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A "catastrophic error" by Gordon Brown triggered the fuel blockades that brought Britain to a standstill last year, the former chancellor Kenneth Clarke said yesterday.
Mr Clarke told MPs that Mr Brown had driven up levels of petrol duty until the protest forced a panic cut. Speaking during the seco ...
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You need to wait and live a bit before branching out too far, so for the time being, I'm quite happy to stick to writing about what I know.". These are frustrating days for Britain's Conservative-supporting newspapers. As the Tory party struggles to look like an effective Opposition for a prolonged ...
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But the identity of "rebels" who reportedly attempted a coup in the early hours of yesterday remained unclear.
Emile Boga Doudou, the Interior Minister, announced on state radio: "Rebel elements tried to take the radio, television and the residence of the President. These rebel forces have been rout ...
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