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...with his mullet and Duran Duran jacket, people thought he was cool. "He's adorable. There's no two ways about it," says Hamm. For an adorable guy, though, Rudd has depth. "He has a bit of a postmodern Jimmy Stewart quality. He's an everyman who has a dark side that peeks out from the edges," says Donald De Line, a producer of I Love...
...material from the past, but in the heightened presentability of opened and mutilated bodies in close-up, in concert with political events—with the return of war in the everyday life of the European media.” While an appealing and quick read on the dark side of the Middle Ages, “Defaced” falls short of its goal: to provide a lens with which to understand the modern fascination with horror.“Defaced” is both well-written and accessible. Filled with visual aids, it serves as a comprehensive introduction...
...FROM PAGE TO SCREENAs the quality of comic books has improved, there has been a proliferation of film adaptations, the most recent of which is “Watchmen.” Many of these films have been box office hits, with movies such as “The Dark Knight” grossing over $1 billion worldwide. But such movies have also received widespread critical acclaim. The late Heath Ledger, for example, won Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Academy Awards for his portrayal of the comic book villain “The Joker...
...dying.”Because it displays the universal and not always rosy interests of the characters, regardless of age and life experience, “The History Boys” is not always a comfortable viewing experience. “All the characters in the play have a dark side to them that, when it comes out, is a little jarring,” says Sean Delal, a junior at Emerson who plays the cynical new teacher Irwin.Walker offers a similarly dark interpretation of the play’s meaning. “The major themes of the play...
...Suite on its top floor - has been supplemented with two perfectly matching wings, which in total make for 122 guest rooms. Each features a terrace that overlooks either the waters of the Perfume River or the distant stone towers of the former Imperial Citadel. Decked out in warm ocher, dark woods and raw Vietnamese silk, the rooms exude good taste, but the suites in particular benefit from wooden four-poster beds and themed décor that can depart, rather fancifully, from local tradition - one draws its inspiration from ancient Egypt, creating a setting worthy of a swashbuckling Tintin adventure...