Carlos Alberto Parreira will look to gag critics by delivering a victory against decent opposition as South Africa takes on Paraguay, writes Jonty Mark.
After singing along to the Black Eyed Peas, and in the words of one Sunday newspaper, telling his critics to "shut up", Carlos Alberto Parreira will look to further gag the naysayers on Wednesday evening by finally delivering a victory against decent opposition.
ATTLEBORO - The stretch of Route 118 roadway from Maple St. to the LaSallette Shrine was deserted Saturday morning at 9:20 a.m. with the exception of a solitary figure.
It's always risky when filmmakers transform a childhood classic -- especially one of so few words -- into a full-length film. But Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino's computer-animated version of Horton sticks closely to the original story of the elephant and his speck, populated with invisible Whos. They stretch out the narrative mostly with related padding rather than appending new plots. While
The Florida High School Athletic Association announced that its inaugural state lacrosse finals will be held at West Orange High in Winter Garden, April 18-19. Four teams in the boys and girls classes will advance to the tournament.
An hour-long program of TV commercials you won't want to fast-forward through! Not only are these from British TV (and therefore new to you), but they're also award-winning buy-me spots. Many are laugh-out-loud funny, building to zinger punchlines. Others trade on Britons' capacity for surreal, offbeat humor, such as a series of ads that forefront the mining of instant noodles, while also
Three middle-aged women -- recent widow (Jessica Lange), salty pal (Kathy Bates) and good Mormon wife (Joan Allen) -- fire up a '66 Bonneville convertible for a road trip from Idaho to California. If you guessed that this is also a trip into the women's personal growth, and that along the way there will be plot-altering car trouble, sage fellow travelers and the glimmer of a new romance, you'd
High school is miserable for three freshmen: fatty Ryan (Troy Gentile), beanpole Wade (Nate Hartley) and robot-voiced nerd Emmit (David Dorfman). After some intolerable bullying, the trio hires DrillbitTaylor (Owen Wilson), a homeless free-thinker who convinces them he is an Army Ranger with skills galore to impart. One would hope that this semi-raucous comedy, directed by Steven Brill, and from