Word: climaxes
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...overriding themes, love and death. In terms of plot, the crisis is fairly predictable, and takes the easy way out. However, it culminates in a weirdly erotic scene fusing death and sensuality with a frankness which may jar those who were expecting a different kind of erotic climax. Admittedly, it effectively forces Angelo to finally shake off the constraints of his pride--and the rigid code he has used as a shield against his own feelings. But the remainder of the movie seems to run out on itself, and the ending, though possibly meant to be subtly moving, is only...
...room to a pistol-packin' penguin in The Wrong Trousers or courting a sheep-napping femme fatale in A Close Shave--and Gromit will pitch us a conspiratorial sigh with a mute eloquence worthy of Buster Keaton. The put-upon pooch will then save Wallace in a breathless climax whose brio and ingenuity shame any live-action thriller...
...year 2014, Infinite Jest projects the U.S. as a grotesquely extrapolated present. Entertainment and commercialism have reached a climax. Everything is product. Numbered years have been replaced by sponsors' names. There is the Year of Glad, the Year of Dairy Products from the American Heartland, the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment. The technology of pleasure has driven people deeper into themselves. There is a new political structure known as the Organization of North American Nations whose acronym is ONAN...
...senator's aide (Cybill Shepherd) and to rescue a teenage prostitute (Jodie Foster) from the streets, Travis resorts to drastic means to make something happen. First stalking the senator, then turning his attention back to the "scum of the streets," Travis moves inexorably towards a destructive climax...
...People on the team were tired from Sunday's matches, not so much physically as mentally," Ben-Shachar said. "It was an emotionally draining weekend." He believes the slight lack of focus against Dartmouth was a direct result of the excitement and climax on Sunday and the transition of going back to less exciting matches...