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If Pirates III can be said to have an emotional center - oops, sorry, how did that bit of middlebrow critical jargon worm its way into this context? - it has to do with father figures. They come and they go, causing a good deal of consternation among their offspring. The codger...
Take the opening attraction, Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights. Much heralded as the Hong Kong master's first English-language feature, and starring pop diva Norah Jones in her acting debut, this fable of a lovelorn woman's jaunt across the U.S.-from New York to Memphis to...
Even before his Law & Order depiction of district attorney Arthur Branch, Thompson nearly always played variations on the same character - a straight-talking, tough-minded, wise Southerner - basically a version of what his supporters say is his true political self. And he is often cast as a person in power...
Indeed one thing both McCain and Romney staffers agree on: The aside and the two camp's reactions to it highlight the fundamental differences between the campaigns - and the character of the candidates. In an e-mail, Romney spokeman Madden even put it in chart form:
Spielberg is a noted fan and the movie plans come a quarter of a century after he first bought an option to film the character. Just before his death, at age 75 in 1983, Hergé was poised to clinch a production deal, but after reading in the contract that...