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Academy Award-Winning Paragraph Movie Review: The Artist

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From just about every technical standpoint, The Artist is a masterpiece; really it has to be, as it needs to hold the attention of a 21st century audience with the film making techniques of nearly a century ago and absent of any spoken dialogue or color. A great, consistently moving score help to keep you engaged with a plot that could easily lose you otherwise. Meticulous cinematography and art direction contribute as well. Michel Hazanavicius and his crew deserve tremendous credit for putting every aspect of a movie that might get glossed over because they're covered by strong acting under the microscope and making sure to get as close to perfection with them as they can. Even stuff I wouldn't normally notice like the snappy costumes stood out. And the performances are there to boot, as Jean Dujardin brims with the charm of a born leading man whose expressive physical work, comedic chops and ability to pour his heart into his face is remarkable. Berenice Bejo is a notch or two below Dujardin, but that doesn't mean she's not fantastic (she is). The supporting cast is wisely packed with actors not out of place in the setting who do so much storytelling with the way they move, particularly John Goodman, but also Missi Pyle and even James Cromwell; Penelope Ann Miller is a bit of a weak link, but she's not a particularly important cog. Finally the story being conveyed--the fall of a lovable but vain silent film star railing against talking pictures and his love story with the woman symbolizing his replacement--is strong with much to say. My big knock against The Artist would be its lack of staying power, meaning now that I've seen all the tricks (and there were some great ones, from everything I outlined to the gradual introduction of sound and so on), I really have no desire to watch it again. I'm also not sure how much my attention would have been held had I seen it in the theater as opposed to with my friends at their apartment, with us able to commentate over the whole thing (which we did). But hey, there are far worse things that being a darn near flawless piece of cinema that you only want to see once, and that dog was adorable.

Match News: Barcelona 2-0 Valencia

The Barcelona will contest the 2012 Copa del Rey final, their 3rd in four years against Athletic Bilbao after overcoming Valencia 2-0 at Camp Nou and 3-1 on aggregate.

xavi:

A Returning to the side after a two-game rest, Xavi struggled with Valencia's early intensity but grew in stature as Barca slowly took control of the game and came to close with a neat lobbed effort in the second half and scored the second with a brilliant finish after that.

Top of the Match for Lionel Messi:

Has looked below his best of late but was hugely participative on the night and did everything but score as he came up against Diego Alves in the woodwork and a heroic block from Victor Ruiz. Some excellent running with the ball to lacked the final finish in he did set up Cesc's goal with a great long pass thorugh.

Flop of the Match for Sofiane Feghouli:

Rasped the side netting with a fierce drive early on and was unlucky to should have at least hit the target when Valencia badly needed to take advantage of their early dominance to the dismissed for a second yellow on 76 minutes and he petulantly pushed Puyol and leaving his side dead and buried.

Pep Guardiola's side now have the chance to clinch their 26th Copa del Rey victory, and will meet Athletic Bilbao in May.

Barcelona Forward David Villa Could return To Action From Injury in April

The Catalan giants could receive a huge boost as the Spain international may recover in time for the Clasico at Camp Nou on April 22 and he could return to action in the next two months, according to one of his representatives.

The 30-year-old David Villa sustained a fractured leg in the Club World Cup in December and has been in a race against time to regain full fitness before the Euro 2012 finals and it will depend on his recovery to think that at the end of April we will see him playing again, Victor Onate, general director of VOS Marketing and the company which represents Villa, told Canal 9.

David is great. Although people may find it strange, he is working harder than ever, even when he could play to he is very focused on returning as quickly as possible for that the Spain international may resume full training in time for the visit of Real Madrid, on April 22 and he joined Barca in 2010 after a five-year spell at Valencia to has scored 9 goals in 24 appearances this season.

Wayne Rooney Missed Training He Could Be Rested From Thursday Second Leg against Ajax

The Wayne Rooney played no part in the open portion of training on the eve of Manchester United Europa League clash with Ajax and the sir alex ferguson squad to paces at Carrington ahead of Thursday's 2nd leg at Old Trafford in United will be looking to protect a 2-0 lead and set up a last-16 tie against Lokomotiv Moscow or Athletic Bilbao next month.

He was the only significant absentee from the session and could be rested for the European clash with an important Premier League trip to Norwich looming on Sunday in the remainder of United's 1st team squad were present to midfielder Anderson who has been missing recently with a knee problem and they are long-time absentee Michael Owen, who suffered a thigh injury in the UEFA Champions League match against Otelul Galati in November also did some light jogging.

Personal Life for Wayne Rooney it was annaunced in July 2011 in he jersey was the best-selling sports product that is under the auspices of the Premier League in the manchester United sales annualy between 1.2 million and a million and a half shirt, it is estimated that during last season and the he jersey was sold in several hundred thousand copies to the account is taken of the official jerseys for sale across the globe, not just in England.

Art Attack: May 2012's Coolest Covers

-On Animal Man Annual #1 and Avengers Academy #30, Travel Foreman and Giuseppe Camuncoli both do something that makes their covers stand out in a perfectly logical and yet unexpected way, that being taking characters whose chief physical characteristics are physical deformities and actually making them visually a bit gross. Swamp Thing is a shambling swamp monster and Mettle is basically an accident victim with no skin, but the tendency for artists will often just be to make them look super heroic and bad ass; Foreman's Swamp Thing is a creeping mass of gelatin while Camuncoli's Mettle appears horribly uncomfortable in his own proportions. It solidifies what makes these characters unique when artists go for it like this, and it makes their work stand out in the process.

-On his variant to Avengers Vs. X-Men #4, Jerome Opena demonstrates how to make a simple concept very powerful. And dig those Dean White colors.

-Captain America dinosaur! Captain America dinosaur!

-There is seemingly not only nothing Paolo Rivera can't do, but nothing he can't do with his own spin. This month, he does sexy like you've never seen before on the cover of Daredevil.

-Dave Johnson is a genius with composition. I'm loving seeing the techniques he's been using to make his Deadpool covers break from the pack and am anxious to see how that black space is ultimately utilized. His Fury MAX stuff is pretty damn hot too.

-Breaking: Adam Hughes draws gorgeous ladies.

-It's always fun to see Ethan Van Sciver apply his detailed style to new designs, in this case Batwing and OMAC at the least.

-Hey, remember how I said a couple months back I was intrigued to pick up Glory based just on the cover? I did and I liked it!

-That Grim Leaper cover unsettles me and I can't put my finger on exactly why.

-Incredible Hulk #7.1's cover is currently the background on my work computer.

-What in the blue hell is happening on that Wolverine cover by Chris Samnee? I must know.

-Young Justice #16 feels a bit like an homage to the original Young Justice #22, itself a bit of an homage to New Teen Titans #8. Cool stuff.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE #27 by Rafael Albuquerque

ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #1 by Travel Foreman

AQUAMAN #9 by Ivan Reis

AVENGERS ACADEMY #30 by Giuseppe Camuncoli

AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #4 by Jerome Opena

BATMAN & ROBIN #9 by Patrick Gleason

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 by Chris Burnham

BATMAN: EARTH ONE by Gary Frank

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH: THE DEVIL'S ENGINE #1 by Duncan Fegredo

CAPTAIN AMERICA & HAWKEYE #631 by Patrick Zircher

DAREDEVIL #12 by Paolo Rivera

DEADPOOL #54 by Dave Johnson

DIAL H #1 by Brian Bolland

FAIREST #3 by Adam Hughes

FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN #9 by Ethan Van Sciver

FURY MAX #2 by Dave Johnson

GLORY #26 by Ross Campbell

GREEN LANTERN #9 by Doug Mahnke

GRIM LEAPER #1 by Aluisio Santos

INCREDIBLE HULK #7.1 by Michael Komarck

INCREDIBLE HULK #8 cover by Michael Komarck

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #9 by Ryan Sook

MIND THE GAP #1 by Rodin Esquejo

MYSTERY IN SPACE #1 by Mike Allred

ROCKETEER ADVENTURES 2 #3 by Darwyn Cooke

ROCKETEER ADVENTURES 2 #3 by Dave Stevens

SECRET AVENGERS #27 by Alan Davis

SUPERGIRL #9 by Mahmud Asrar

SWAMP THING #9 by Yanick Paquette

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #12 by Kaare Andrews

VENOM #17 by Mike Del Mundo

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #10 by Chris Bachalo

WOLVERINE #306 by Chris Samnee

X-FACTOR #235 by David Yardin

YOUNG JUSTICE #16 by Christopher Jones

I Am Still a Footballer Says Xavi

A midfielder insists he is still fully focused on his playing career and says he believes his former team-mate will carry on as coach at the Catalan club beyond to this summer and the xavi says he has not considered taking over from Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola now or in the future to revealing he is concentrating solely on his playing career at the moment.

The 41-year-old prefers to operate on one-year contracts, admitting he does not know how he will feel in future in Xavi is one of the names linked with taking over when his former team-mate does depart Camp Nou in the midfielder to recently turned 32 still has two more years on his current contract to he will plays 50 per cent or more of the club's games in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

Let me play he told reporters at an event organised by Adidas in Barcelona on Tuesday to i am not even thinking about it coaching to i feel like a footballer, I don't even have a coaching badge to i want to keep playing for many more years to long as my body can last and the xavi believes Guardiola will end up staying at Barca in any case.

Paragraph Movie Reviews: Like Crazy

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I'm a sucker for romantic movies that tug at the heartstrings, and this was quite a good one (in fact it may have tugged a bit too hard, which is a commentary on my teenage girl-like emotional over-sensitivity and if anything another compliment to the film). Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones could not be more perfect as Jacob and Anna, an American man and British woman who meet in their final year of college and embark on a relationship that is almost immediately sidetracked by issues of distance. They hit the nice moments so well, and you become emotionally invested in their happiness almost instantly, but they're also disturbingly skilled at making their fights remarkably believable for two real people in love; their relationship never feels scripted or rehearsed, which makes the highs higher and the lows heartbreaking (I was agonizing the whole time about how one seemingly simple transgression they make with loving intentions in the first 20 minutes becomes the dragon they must battle for the remaining hour plus). They're backed up by a solid supporting cast where Oliver Muirhead and Alex Kingston shine as Anna's parents while Jennifer Lawrence doesn't do much but look pretty and Finola Hughes seems a bit wasted as well in a cameo. The film is beautifully shot, with director Drake Doremus (whose relationship with his ex-wife the story is apparently based on) specializing in wonderful close-ups and jump cuts. The time lines jumps around quite a bit, which is nice as it helps advance the plot and the characters' relationship, but can also be slightly confusing and make it seem as though you're missing key bits; fortunately Yelchin and Jones ensure that while some tipping points in their journey take place between scenes, the emotional resonance is never lost. I doubt this will go down as an all-time classic and certainly it's the type of movie I'm appreciating a lot while still in the moment of having experienced it, but even stepping back I'm really impressed by the nice little piece these folks have created.

Brazil legend Pele Says Barcelona Style is the Blueprint For The Future

The Former Brazil international Pele has stated that he hopes Barcelona style of play will be emulated by future teams as he believes skill will eventually win out over strength tot the legendary attacker has compared the Catalans to clubs that dominated in the past such as Benfica, Ajax, AC Milan, Real Madrid, and feels that the key to success is to have a group of footballers playing together for a long time.

A Barcelona’s style is the football people want to see and I really hope it’s the blueprint for the future in really hope skill wins out over strength, Pele was quoted as saying on the Fifa website for the look at Germany in to play a much more technical game today, and that’s the football we want to see and we want to see the ball moving, not the players, and you only get that with teams that are really well-organised.

And i have been watching this Barca side a lot lately and they’re like Santos were in my heyday, or the great Benfica, Ajax, AC Milan and Real Madrid sides to they all set the standard in their day and, like I said in the key to their success was the fact that they had settled line-ups over a long period of time and barcelona have won three Champions League titles in the past 6 years and have also lifted the Club World Cup trophy twice in that period.

Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker Has Been Ruled Out undergoes Ankle Operation

The Arsenal week has gone from bad to worse after defender Per Mertesacker was ruled out for the 'long term' having undergone an ankle operation and the German centre back sustained the injury in last weekend's 2-1 victory at Sunderland when falling awkwardly under no pressure from an opponent in the build up to the hosts opening goal.

A latest gaffe from Mertesacker has yet to truly convince since moving to Arsenal last summer in an £8 million deal from Werder Bremen to his serious injury is a new setback for Arsene Wenger in the Gunners boss has seen his defence ravaged by injury problems in their battle to finish in the top 4 of the Premier League and has had to experiment with a range of players and line-ups.

He missed Wednesday UEFA Champions League humiliation against AC Milan in his absence, Laurent Koscielny also limped out of the horror show at the San Siro in the injuries are the latest crisis for Wenger to deal with ahead of a return to Sunderland in the FA Cup this weekend and on Friday he confirmed Mertesacker has gone under the knife and the unfortunately he has had surgery and we have lost him for a Gunners boss told his club's official website.

How long I don't know and he had reconstruction of his ligaments it will be long term.