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...occupies an equivalent pop-culture status. Ronnie's biggest fan, however, is not the typical hormone-racked female teenager, but rather the established middle-aged English writer, Giles De'Ath, convincingly played by John Hurt. It's a good showcase for Hurt's talents, the pretty performance of Fiona Loewi and the budding skills of Kwietniowski. It also presents an interesting dilemma about how an elderly man reclaims love and youthfulness, but it lacks a sufficient degree of consistent tension and energy to make this a must-see. --Nathaniel Mendelsohn...
...comparison to Hurt's astute acting,Priestley's is fair but unmemorable. He and his90210 buddies might have graduated from college,but he hasn't moved on to the next level ofacting. Ronnie's girlfriend in the movie, Audrey,played by Fiona Loewi, makes her presence known.Not only is she naturally beautiful but she playsher role with an alluring animation. She alsopresents her character with a keeness thatseparates her from the typical airhead. Gilesunderstands that she is an obstacle in his path towinning Ronnie's love. While he still retains hopethat he will succeed, we know his love will remainunrequited...
Love and Death on Long Island is a goodshowcase for John Hurt's talents, the prettyperformance of Fiona Loewi and the budding skillsof director, Richard Kwietniowski. It alsopresents an interesting dilemma about how anelderly man reclaims love and youthfulness, but itlacks a sufficient degree of consistent tensionand energy to make this a must...
...success in the industry is savvy marketing. Though beer drinkers like to boast of the distinctive flavor of their chosen brands, the truth is, as Donald Rice, an analyst with the investment firm of Blunt Ellis & Loewi points out, the products really do not differ from one another all that much in taste or ingredients. Most breweries focus mainly on the same group of customers, that 20% of American beer drinkers who consume eight out of every ten cans sold. These prime customers are both white-and blue-collar workingmen between the ages of 21 and 40, many of whom...
Died. Sir Henry Dale, 93, top-ranking British physiologist, who shared a 1936 Nobel Prize in medicine with Austria's Otto Loewi for pioneering work on the function of the chemical acetylcholine in the body; in Cambridge, England. Body-produced acetylcholine, Sir Henry found, acts on the nervous system to lower blood pressure. He later discovered that histamine, another body chemical, may cause allergies and respiratory ailments, a find that led to antihistamines for colds and allergies...