Word: charme
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...directorial debut. Brooks’ Broadway production won the most Tony Awards in history, and the star pairing of Lane and Matthew Broderick shone brightly onstage. A film version with the original cast is sure to be pure comic gold, right? Well, kind of. The uninspired adaptation loses it charm because of the flat direction from Broadway choreographer/debut director Susan Stroman and over-the-top performances from its leads.The magic of the musical doesn’t fully translate; the film looks and feels unnecessary, as if it was made for the sole purpose of getting another dime...
Slick and pretty, Chris Wilton (Rhys-Meyers) is an ex--tennis pro with the schemer's gift of diffident charm: he seems to need so little that the upper class lavishes its largesse on him. What he wants is to be rich, so he weds Chloe (Mortimer), an heiress. But he also loves danger, as incarnated by a fellow outsider, luscious Nola (Johansson). "What I have is sex," she observes. "No one's ever asked for their money back...
...Lastly, though it may be tempting to “get past” the first kiss smoothly by downing a few drinks, don’t rely on inebriation as the source of your charm. (And bring your breathmints.) Make the first kiss an authentic experience if you can... it may be the first of hundreds more to come...
...realism from their fantasies, how is Lewis’ simple bedtime myth to compete?At an elaborately-choreographed interview session in New York City last month, the film’s director, producer, and six principal actors make their pitch. Whirling through talking points with flashes of genuine charm, the creative team returns more than once to the example set by two particular feats of cinematic wizardry.Producer Mark Johnson takes the most direct route, naming them nonchalantly.“I always thought that Narnia was real,” he says. “After the success of films...
...Jelly is to sex as grape jelly is to gourmet…Even cheep [sic] porn directors know that the only thing grocery store lubricant is good for is use as fake tears in dramatic scenes,” reports Alexandra Cecilia Palma ’08. What charm, what grace...