Word: climaxes
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...meeting of East and West already means good business. Will it mean good movies? Maybe not, if The Ring is any indication. Gore Verbinski's U.S. version works best when it copies directly from the original: the suspenseful opening and the hackle-raising climax (with a ghost crawling out of a TV set). Still, the Japanese film dragged at just 90 minutes; the remake is nearly two hours, with a trawler of new red herrings introduced but little value added. And though Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) carries the film in the role originated by Nanako Ma-tsushima...
...concert,” so there is only one point where the action stops completely and the cast of characters—a motley crew of jazz club musicians—stop and listen to a particularly integral song. This moment at the climax of the play “shows what the music means to the group,” explains Kanter, echoing Clifford’s final musing in the play on the lives of the side men who “played not for fame, and certainly not for money. They played for each other...
...Grieve,” previously heard on the City of Angels soundtrack, Gabriel mourns the death of a loved one, his voice sounding cracked, as he struggles to “Let it out and move on.” By the song’s climax, the coda “Life carries on and on and on” sounds like a mixed blessing as Gabriel faces up to the reality of loss...
...Both narrator and characters can be preachy in their efforts to make their religious, moral or life philosophies heard. The text is particularly labored as it ventures into Bill’s past, where it finds the necessary connections, symbols and images to reach the novel’s climax. It is tough for the reader to leave the unusual Leora for Bill’s story...
...suggested). Gambatese, who then sticks around to add heft and sparkle to the chorus, has the looks of a fleshed-out Parker Posey and that extra bit of juice in her steps. She also hits - on the button she's as cute as - the highest note at the climax of the show's title song...