Word: charme
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...Mishkin, a talented animator whose gifts can never quite overcome his curse. His curse is Waldo, a mischievous cat who walks on his hind legs. Waldo may be a delusion or he may be real, but only Ted can see him. As Mishkin describes him, "he's all charm and cute on the outside, but inside he's pure devil." In a complex play on the concept of the Muse, Waldo inspires Ted to create a like-named cartoon character for the animation studio his brother Al runs. While "Waldo" becomes a national icon, Waldo sends poor...
...Patrice Leconte's L'homme du train, a bittersweet fable about a chatty old schoolteacher (Jean Rochefort) who invites a mysterious gunman (Johnny Hallyday) to stay in his decaying chateau. It's rare to see a film so at ease with its diminutive size, so effortless in its charm and poignancy. Toronto had lots of celebs on display - There's Dustin! There's Denzel!! Sarandon and Sophia!!! But Rochefort, the wily veteran of 100 movies, and Hallyday, a rock star for 40 years, gave Toronto its most eloquent lesson in star quality...
SWEET HOME ALABAMA. Like most recent vehicles for Reese Witherspoon’s wide-eyed spunk, Sweet Home Alabama is all about being out of place, usually with native charm shining against cold elitism (see Legally Blonde, Cruel Intentions, etc.). This time, Witherspoon plays Melanie, a trailer trash expat who reinvents herself as a New York fashionista. Her blue-blooded boyfriend (Patrick Dempsey) rents out Tiffany’s to propose to her, but there’s just one little bit of unfinished business: she’s still married to her high school sweetheart. When she goes home...
...surrounding Lawrence has cast him as the ultimate romantic adventurer. Counting on the draw of his legend to revive their flagging fortunes, the tourist authorities have inaugurated a series of Lawrence theme tours that follow in the footsteps of the man portrayed with equal measures of gusto and effeminate charm by Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, the classic 1962 David Lean film...
...group's longtime publicist isn't all cheerful cliche. It's rife with little-known facts: McNally reports that roughly half the band experimented with Scientology. Yet McNally's greatest asset is not his inside gossip but his encyclopedic knowledge of the '60s counterculture. The book loses some charm halfway through, when constant touring takes over, making this 684-page tome much like a Dead show. Only fans will sit through the whole thing, but moments of drama and virtuosity abound. --By Benjamin Nugent