Word: calvin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Richard Nixon's face on the wall has been upgraded with a new portrait by J. Anthony Wills, and Rosalynn Carter will soon join those ranks when her picture is hung. Calvin Coolidge, in oil, steadfastly watches over the Cabinet Room, although Reagan has yet to match him in number of surplus budgets (Coolidge had five) or tax cuts (three...
Former Eli and Dallas Country star Calvin Hill did his best to convince Ford that New Haven was the place to be, but in the end family pressure and Cambridge bridge got the best...
...there were endless switchbacks and crosscurrents of time. Reagan stood for the past in a different way. The Democrats said he represented the past, populated by such candlesnuffers as Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. In the magic lantern of his own mythos, Reagan saw himself in a Norman Rockwell vision, an image of a clean and wholesome earlier America...
With all its dimensions and contradictions, Jake's character entails an unusual challenge given the Hollywood trend to treat its young male leads as Calvin Klein underwear models and the general willingness of its leads to seem even devoid of that much acting ability. Much of the success of Firstborn comes from Christopher Collet's masterful performance as Jake, offering even in his sassiest scenes a glimpse into the conflict tearing at him. How disappointing, then, that Firstborn must nonetheless include the de rigeur weightlifting scenc in Jake's bedroom...
Unfortunately, this sensual tension is disrupted by the film's flaws. Many of the scenes featuring Scotty alongside sailboats or sports cars, for example, resemble nothing as much as ads for Calvin Klein menswear. And while the plot quickly ensnares the audience, the pace and soundtrack soon become monotonous. We hear the same music when Scotty robs houses as when he trails Mickey in the supermarket...