Once its gruesome flourishes recede, this book takes a standard trip to the noir underworld.
But this new film simply takes a standard war movie template and cynically bolts the monsters on to it: they appear briefly, sporadically and uninterestingly.
But the friskiness can't last after Brigid realizes that she is being stalked — and here again, Ms. Masterman takes a standard plot ingredient and gives it an invigorating spin.
Braun emphasizes that he takes a standard management fee, "between fifteen and twenty per cent," and, unlike some managers, he doesn't "double-dip"—that is, collect both royalties and a management fee from an artist who is signed to his label.
Amazon takes a standard cut of every book sold — $1.35 — which leaves each of the penny sellers of "A Visit From the Goon Squad" with a whopping $2.65 to cover the cost of the item, shipping and handling, labor, rent on warehouses and all the other costs that come up along the way.
Braun emphasizes that he takes a standard management fee, "between fifteen and twenty per cent," and, unlike some managers, he doesn't "double-dip" — that is, collect both royalties and a management fee from an artist who is signed to his label.
