Word: noir
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...temptations of designer jeans at Jasmine Sola, an apple martini at Noir, a full membership to Wellbridge Gym, or a weekend jaunt to the Cape may be difficult to resist, but assessing what it is you really want and coupling that with careful budgeting is key to coming to peace with your spending habits...
...Welles abandoned it-mastered over the years every imaginable movie genre and made at least half a dozen pictures that are among the best of their breed, including The Set-Up, a tragic boxing tale whose running time matched the time elapsed in the story; a tough-as-nails noir, Born to Kill; and the sublime sci-fi masterpiece The Day the Earth Stood Still. In those films, as in his other Oscar winner, West Side Story, in which his camera was a fully choreographed partner with Jerome Robbins' dancers, his impeccable and unpretentious craftsmanship became the true assertion...
...Welles abandoned it--mastered over the years every imaginable movie genre and made at least half a dozen pictures that are among the best of their breed, including The Set-Up, a tragic boxing tale whose running time matched the time elapsed in the story; a tough-as-nails noir, Born to Kill; and the sublime sci-fi masterpiece The Day the Earth Stood Still. In those films, as in his other Oscar winner, West Side Story, in which his camera was a fully choreographed partner with Jerome Robbins' dancers, his impeccable and unpretentious craftsmanship became the true assertion...
...neill's boutique winery outside Queenstown, New Zealand, his beloved pinot noir grapes are handpicked, gently pressed and aged in barrels for 10 months. The resulting wine's flavor "is always just beyond your grasp," Neill once said. "If you do manage to get hold of it, it's only for a fleeting moment." What's true of the wine is true of the actor. In the 25 years since My Brilliant Career launched him and co-star Judy Davis onto the world stage, Neill has suggested many things to movie-goers: from smooth leading man (Reilly: Ace of Spies...
...bobbed up at Helen Clark's election launch, introducing the Prime Minister with an attack on the war in Iraq. And don't get him started on GE foods. Otherwise, the accidental actor and activist is content to play vintner. "The best review I ever got for my pinot noir was when they called it sex in a glass," says Neill. "That'll do for me." Cinema-goers can expect a lively vintage...