Word: dragone
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...movie, directed by Peter Webber (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and written by Thomas Harris, author of the novel, is a devolution and devaluation of Hannibal Lecter, the genius-madman-gourmand Harris created in Red Dragon (1981, filmed as Manhunter in 1986 and remade as Red Dragon in 2002) and developed in The Silence of the Lambs (1988, filmed in 1991) and Hannibal (1999, filmed...
...another time,” he says in a phone interview. This innocent Lecter, completely unlike Hopkins’ manipulative portrayal, offers a glimpse at the man that existed before the monster. “Hannibal Rising” serves as a prequel to “Red Dragon,” attempting to humanize the psychopathic cannibal that sends shivers down the spines of even the most hardened of horror fans. Harris worked on the book and screenplay simultaneously, a rare feat in the entertainment industry, and released the work last December. While critics were not enthused...
Oliver Stone is a muckraker disguised as a moviemaker. He concocts films?Midnight Express, Scarface and Year of the Dragon as a screenwriter, Salvador and now Platoon as writer-director?whose blood vessels burst with holy indignation. And he gets money for his Savonarola sermons because he films them for peanuts: $5 million for Salvador, $6 million for Platoon. This new one is an up-tempo dirge, an I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag, about his experiences as a young grunt in Viet Nam. Stone means the drama, the carnage, the horror, the horror...
...sexpot is guaranteed an Oscar for bringing a frosty, baffled humanity to Queen Elizabeth. JUDI DENCH In any other year, Dame Judi would win for the acute malice she lends to Scandal. But Dame Helen has it. GONG LI For all-stops-out scheming, China's foremost dragon lady should have been cited for Curse of the Golden Flower. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ALAN ARKIN, Little Miss Sunshine JACKIE EARLE HALEY, Little Children DJIMON HOUNSOU, Blood Diamond EDDIE MURPHY, Dreamgirls MARK WAHLBERG, The Departed EDDIE MURPHY There's nothing like revitalized talent for Oscar bait. Murphy shows some of his early...
...BAWLS-nasty. You think I can’t use two words? I didn’t. That was one word. Hyphenated.For the layman who knows not what this sweet elixir of life to be, let me explain. Let me explain real quick for you.Imagine a dragon. Now, what if the dragon was the world. But the world is a dragon.That’s BAWLS.I drink a BAWLS to get crazy; I drink it to take a nap.I drink a BAWLS for glory; I drink it when I take a crap.I will drink a BAWLS to achieve nirvana...