Word: affectionate
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These men were very persistent but, as far as I could tell, very willfully scorned by the objects of their affection. Or their efforts may have gained them a reward I simply didn't notice. Maybe someday the porter will pull a wife up off the floor and live happily...
The single redeming feature of Schroeder's film is its success in conveying a sense of Amin's personality and the origins of his political and personal philosophy, such as it is. For language barrier or not, Amin clearly emerges as something of a psychopath, evidenced by his manaical giggle...
The chastened but hardly cowering Bernhard was surviving all the criticism quite well. Indeed, he plans to attend Prince's Day ceremonies, celebrating the official opening of the Dutch parliamentary year, as usual on Sept. 21. The only difference: as he passes through the streets with Queen Juliana in...
Cesare usually managed to arbitrate their business disputes, but after he died in 1959 the tensions increased until, in 1965, they exploded into a fistfight. The other family members talked Robert into taking a six-month leave to cool off. He soon concluded they wanted him out and started a...
At first the whole thing seems like an eccentric stunt. But as the film, done with care and affection, gets going, it works surprisingly well. Bugsy Malone is a jaunty, disarming, usually winning excursion into some of the nearer realms of movie fantasy, nostalgia and parody. Director-Writer Alan Parker...