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...jars with the farcical acting of her co-stars. There is no place for depression in the frivolous romp that the film claims to be. Additionally, two of the other lead characters, Robert Windemere (Mark Umbers, “The Merchant of Venice”) and the wonderfully named Lord Darlington (Stephen Cambell Moore, “Bright Young Things”), are so instantly forgettable that it is lucky that few of the important plot twists lie in their hands. The movie does, however, have a few saving graces. Tom Wilkinson (“Shakespeare in Love?...
...Filene's in Boston; Strawbridge's in Philadelphia; Foley's in Houston; Famous-Barr in St. Louis, Mo.; and Robinsons-May in Southern California. Federated has already renamed South Florida's Burdine's, Bon March in the Northwest, Rich's in Atlanta and Lazarus in Ohio. Only May's Lord & Taylor chain has retained its name--and it is up for sale...
...between lunching with Lord Patten and filming BBC docu’s, entertaining kiddies is just about putting on a good show. Strut your stuff in that projector limelight and you’ve got their admiration for life. It’s nice to have their adoring faces gazing up at you, hanging on your every word. I only wish they wouldn’t pop in and out the lecture hall at will—it’s not in the script! This never happened at Oxford...
...that's not saying too much, and even then, only the original film got a Best Picture nomination; and George Lucas is seen as the remote figure up in Marin Country. Narnia: too twee, and maybe too Christian. King Kong did not burn up the box office at Lord of the Rings temperature, and at three hours it played like the first "director's cut DVD" shown in theaters. Harry Potter movies just keep getting better, but their target demographic misses the Academy's by about 80 years...
...White Countess” is another notch for impressive performances. Fiennes—coming off a fantastic year with “The Constant Gardener” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (with his scene-stealing turn as Lord Voldemort)—is truly crafting himself as one of the finest actors of our era. The film is a beautiful blend of Merchant-Ivory’s penchant for sweeping romance and historical backdrop. Merchant’s death is made more tragic, since he could not see to completion this...