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...lives with her grandmother - a moccasin-wearing "character" played with wise, Everygrandma affection by Mildred Natwick - and her stern working-class father, brought to dark life by the legendary Jason Robards in a role of angry middle-aged despair more often found in Eugene O'Neill plays. Addie's mother died after giving birth to her; and her father still carries the pain as well as a bitter unspoken resentment toward Addie. These keep him at tragic arm's length from any reminder of his late wife - including the Christmas trees she adored...
...mark the tales, making for somewhat scarring bedtime stories. 1. The Juniper Tree – A boy, salted with his sister’s tears, is served to his father for supper. Brought back to life as a bird by tears of blood, the boy kills his step-mother, who had decapitated him with the heavy lid of a chest, and everyone lives happily ever after. Hooray! 2. Little Red-Cap – A precursor to the better known “Hood,” this gullible little girl doesn?...
...corners in anticipation of jolt-inducing scenes, and spooky childhood games and lullabies will provide thrill-lovers exactly what they seek. But viewers will also come away with something unexpected from a scary movie: a touching film about growing old and staying young, and the powerful bond between mother and child. The film, which makes clear allusions to J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” becomes, at its finest, a potent fairytale for adults. “Pan’s Labyrinth,” anyone? Producer Guillermo del Toro’s fingerprints...
...testified Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court that Purdy raped her on her first day at Harvard in September 2005. Like the victim who filed charges against Purdy, Hale said she was raped during a massage appointment. After Hale injured her back while moving furniture, she and her mother stumbled upon About Hair while looking for a masseuse. An employee said there were no massage therapists available, but Purdy said he could fit her in, according to Hale. “When I went back [for the appointment], I was alone in the basement of an empty store with...
...Lara churns out a good performance in her more intense scenes, such as when she is possessed by a frantic Sumerian-speaker. Otherwise, when called upon for subtle acting in normal conversations, her performance becomes lifeless. Such difficulties may be linked to the fact that English is not the mother tongue of this German/Romanian actress. The language barrier may also account for the usually exceptional Swiss actor Bruno Ganz’s flat depiction. “Youth Without Youth,” an ambitious film, falls short of success. Coppola tries to compensate for the lack of a coherent...