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...young-male fetishes of space toys and body-function humor. Twilight says to heck with that. It jettisons facetiousness for a liturgical solemnity, and hardware for soft lips. It revives the precept that there's nothing more cinematic than a close-up of two beautiful people about to kiss. The movie's core demographic is so young, its members may not know how uncool this tendency has become. But for them, uncool is hot. And seeing Twilight is less a trip to the multiplex than a pilgrimage to the Lourdes of puberty. It's the girls' first blast of movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight Review: Swooningly True to the Book | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Twilight isn't a masterpiece - no matter. It rekindles the warmth of great Hollywood romances, where foreplay was the climax and a kiss was never just a kiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight Review: Swooningly True to the Book | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...homework was minimal back in the Dark Ages) and never run out. They were all essentially the same. Dark, mysterious, wealthy hero is too damaged to love deeply. Smart, passionate, innocent heroine finds herself in harm's way. Hero rescues; villains are vanquished; vows are exchanged. And a chaste kiss at the happily ever after. Repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mother-Daughter Twilight Obsession | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...stood slowly and continued down the hall.And then he entered the kitchen, and there she was, standing in front of a window with the light pouring in around her. (And could he really be sure that she was not glowing?) He spoke: “Let me kiss you with the kisses of my mouth, Roxanna: for your love is even better than getting drunk.” Roxanna fainted at once. She fell gently into Frederick’s waiting arms, and while he could not manage to lift her entirely from the ground, he dragged her lovingly back...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE STABLE BOY: Chapter 13 | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...despair to the apogee of passion. Jamal's search for his long-lost lifetime love Latika is the stuff of Indian-pop films from the Raj Kapoor era to today. True to its roots, Slumdog, adapted from the novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup, ends with a chastely rapturous kiss and an all-out dance number, composed by Bollywood deity A.R. Rahman. Despite its elements of brutality, this is a buoyant hymn to life, and a movie to celebrate. See TIME's Pictures of the Week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slumdog Millionaire: A Dark Indian Epic Full of Life | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

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