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" ... As former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he [or she] wants to do it.” This isn’t referring to behaving in a manipulative or conniving way. On the contrary, it’s about empowering and motivating others to act of their own accord — in a responsible and self-organized manner. ... "
" ... For a bit of levity, Brice directs Corporate Animals, an ensemble dark comedy about a group of co-workers who become stranded in a cave, starring Demi Moore, Ed Helms, Jessica Williams, Karan Soni, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Dan Bakkedahl, Calum Worthy, Jennifer Kim, Martha Kelly and Nasim Pedrad. Moore plays the head of a company that makes edible cutlery, who makes her staff go on a team-building retreat in a remote New Mexico state park. While a few of the staff members are aware the company is on the verge of bankruptcy, Moore’s Lucy pushes them to their limits as they embark on a caving expedition that is meant for experienced cave enthusiasts. When a “geological event” traps the group beneath the surface with no apparent way out, truths about the employees’ interpersonal relationships and their conniving, egomaniacal boss emerge. Oh, and there’s cannibalism. ... "
" ... High-fat food has long been claiming that it’s sugar-free, while high-sugar food has been announcing that it’s fat-free. Of course, eating both would make the consumer anything but fat- or sugar-free. But although conniving, these half-truths are at least, well, . . . half true. They point to an ingredient that the food truly does not have, to help people maintain diets based on mainstream nutritional thinking. ... "
" ... Kingdom is set during Korea’s Joseon Dynasty and concerns a mysterious plague sweeping the nation. Ryu’s Kingdom character is a man whose power depends on his daughter’s marriage to the king. He’ll do anything to hold that power, even if it involves killing the crown prince and ignoring a zombie plague. Given the intense energy Ryu lends to his conniving character, he makes Cho’s calculating greed and hunger for power far more terrifying than the ravenous zombie hordes. ... "
" ... You are being taken advantage of. It doesn't feel any better to be ripped off by happy smiley people who sometimes buy you pizza than to be ripped off by overtly mean and conniving people. Anyone who mistreats you while smiling in your face is a snake in the grass. ... "