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...happy news, I let the idea of child brides sink in a bit and discussed it with my best friend/roommate/conscience, who was equally confused. We pondered over possible regional differences, cultural norms, and the arguments outlined above, concluding that if there were a perfect age for marriage, a formula for success, a love potion #9, wouldn’t we all be taking it? Wouldn’t that be too easy? Wouldn’t the divorce rate have fallen this past decade...
...instead of before meeting him, so be it. I’ve seen more women successfully pursue a career later in life than happily begin childrearing at 45. But once again, if we’ve discovered anything, it’s that there’s no clear formula. Some women have made job first, John Jr. later work wonderfully...
...movie, already a hit at the Toronto Film Festival, honors and expands the old formula. The townsfolk are preparing for the Giant Vegetable Competition held each year by Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter). To allay the villagers' fears that their supersize tomatoes and zucchini may be ravaged by rabbits, Wallace invents a gizmo that captures the critters without hurting them--much to the disapproval of Lady T.'s slimy suitor, Victor Quartermaine (a perfectly pompous Ralph Fiennes), who would rather blast the bunnies to bits. Soon the locals have a larger, more vicious threat: the mysterious, vegemaniacal Were-Rabbit...
...from there. I really credited that we just tapped into something that’s just very real for us. We did this first season and I’m sure if we did another season, it would be very different. We’re still looking for a formula, and we’re still trying to figure out what it is and how it works. It’s exciting to all of us to not know about how something’s going to look or feel. So it’s just a real passion project...
...most recent release, has classic elements of the old Bachchan?killer eyes, melodrama?but the film has depth and subtlety expressed in the actor's weathered features. Performances like these have returned Bachchan to center stage, and reinvigorated an industry that seemed in danger of creative death by formula...