The screenplay has a keen grasp of language's distortions, whether in selfdramatizing dialogue or marketingspeak jargon. Characters regurgitate resume blurbs: Halley's father (Austin Pendleton) is invariably referred to as "worldfamous satirist" Jules Feiffer. Plenty of films are filled with knowing winks and inside jabs; few turn them into such deliriously bent music..Everyone grabs for the microphone. Everyone cuts everyone else off in midsentence. Most of the time I wanted to hit people over the head.

MANHATTAN: June 23 at the Erie Yacht Club in Erie. SLEEPIN' DOGS: June 23 Six Packs on Ellwood Road. MANHATTAN: June 29 at Johnny's Restaurant in Youngstown.Kansas City Chiefs: Hard to argue with T Eric Fisher at the top, nor the trade of their secondround pick for QB Alex Smith. Fourthround RB Knile Davis could more effectively assume the battering ram role behind Jamaal Charles after vets Thomas Jones and Peyton Hillis struggled in recent seasons. Former Alabam