Word: queenly
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...keeping Phillipe's existence a secret, and Porthos, always ready to be where the action is, rapidly agree to help Athos, D'Artagnan--who still serves the King and feels loyalty towards him--refuses. The three Musketeers, under Aramis' direction and with the approval of the twins' mother, Queen Anne (Anne Parillaud), then proceed to kidnap Phillipe from his dungeon and train him in courtly manners in preparation for his replacing the king during a masked ball. To proceed further in the plot would be to destroy the only compelling reason for seeing the movie, unless you enjoy spending...
...Tower of Babel that is the casting means that the French King Louis and his brother both sound like mall rats from Anywheresville, U.S.A. D'Artagnan has an Irish brogue, and Aramis sounds prissily British. The language barrier is handled by giving the French actors either underwritten (Christine, Queen Anne) or buffoonish parts (Porthos). Depardieu does well enough with his one-dimensional role, chasing after the ladies and attempting to hang himself while naked in one of the funniest scenes in the movie. Parillaud, as Queen Anne, does passably well. Godreche, however, seems to have decided that she could just...
...this were chess, Clinton would be sacrificing pawns to protect his queen. It's O.K. to let the little details come out, the reasoning goes, so long as no one breaks ranks on the big questions. Thus in the Washington Post's account of the deposition, Clinton concedes a lot of points that had already surfaced elsewhere: he gave Monica gifts; she gave him gifts and brought him pizza as well; he says they may have been alone together, but there was no sex; he says he talked to her about both the Paula Jones case and the fact that...
...Perhaps their glee stemmed in part from how effectively her comments deflated the near-pomposity with which they had begun the evening. Gates went so far in introducing, West to christen him "a true citizen of the Republic of Letters," a bold pronouncement for anyone to make when the queen of said Republic sits a few feet away...
Neither as King Edward, nor later last week as Prince Edward, did the eldest son of the Royal House enter London. This idol of the British masses vanished, and after a little space other idols (for such King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and crown princess Elizabeth will soon be) were substituted. The basic English truth which emerged is that the Kingdom long ago became and is today neither a democracy nor a monarchy but an efficient oligarchy. Its symbol is the Crown, but the really effective British crowns are the top hats worn by Stanley Baldwin and a few hundred...