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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
When I first saw Matt Damon on-screen about twenty years ago, my first thought was "light-weight pretty-boy"; I was a little hasty in that assessment. Hell, I was a LOT hasty!
He has gone from "pretty" to ruggedly handsome and from a "light-weight" to an actor of gravitas and seriousness. His Jason Bourne character is menacing without being menacing...if that makes sense. He can give multiple nuances with a single look. He was chilling in "Mr. Ripley", amusing in "Oceans" but absolutely deft as Jason Bourne. Strike that: he IS Jason Bourne.
Matt's future? I see him maturing into another Robert Redford-level character-actor of amazing dimensions. His future films should be multi-dimensional, as well.
That bodes well for those of us who appreciate actors who are masters of their craft.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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