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...blood from the floor and hiding the body. Meanwhile, an element of the supernatural appears in the form of Irene (Carmen Maura). She is the deceased mother of hardworking Raimunda and kind Sole (Lola Duenas), as well as the sister of senile Paula (Chus Lampreave). Irene joins Sole after Aunt Paula’s passing and attempts to address issues left unresolved before her death. Almodovar celebrates women. He is a master at portraying the nuances of the fairer sex, made evident in previous films such as “All About My Mother?...

Author: By Michelle L Cronin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Almodovar’s ‘Volver’ Worth Returning To | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...chivalric protectiveness that will endear him to lovely Lady M., and might prove to her that he's not a troubled child but a heroic man. Now we're tiptoeing toward Oedipus Rex: Will Hannibal kill a man in order to have sex with his aunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Ho-hum Hannibal | 2/10/2007 | See Source »

John Randolph perfectly balances ferocity and fragility as the stubborn old socialist grandfather. Phyllis Newman must be likable, and is, as an aunt who was and is now guiltlessly rich. Philip Sterling has exactly the lost aura of a husband in search of something he cannot define and only recently realized he wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neil Simon: Reliving A Poignant Past | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...could use a relaxation class. He might be the most stressed-out superstar on earth. Personal tragedy has weighed on his mind this season. An aunt to whom Tomlinson was very close died suddenly in June, and his wife's aunt passed away later in the summer. On a less personal level, the expectations of a sun-splashed, championship-starved San Diego-- the Chargers have never won a Super Bowl, the Padres a World Series--fall squarely on Tomlinson's stout shoulders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Back Ever | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

...feel, and the leaf is a nice touch. I would be willing to say this book has something to do with female sexuality, as I think we all are familiar with what the intentionally immature reference to “thing” means. Get this for your crazy aunt who speaks explicitly of sex and practices transcendental meditation...

Author: By Andrew Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BY ITS COVER: Book Covers for the Rest of Us | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

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