Word: robins
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...other hand, Mel Gibson, wearing a bald wig and a manner both fussy and insistent, is wonderful as the psychiatrist who restores Dark to a semblance of health. Robin Wright Penn is equally compelling as Dark's estranged, emotionally ambiguous wife. And it's good to be in touch, even in a somewhat diminished form, with one of the most potent works of modern pop culture. --By Richard Schickel
Marc and Linda Ecker of Fountain Valley, Calif., enjoy the Robin's Nest in Houston precisely because it is close to shops, museums and restaurants. They have stayed there several times over the past couple of years while visiting their daughter and son-in-law. The location, coupled with the inn's down-home appeal, keeps them coming back. "There's a real neighborhood feeling at this B&B, like you're back in time, sitting and chatting on someone's front porch," says Marc, 54, a school superintendent. "I also appreciate the fact that there is no one with...
Most times, though, there's a smile on that craggy face. These days the hard-to-please Penn is invigorated by his life both at home--with his wife, actress Robin Wright Penn, and their children, daughter Dylan, 12, and son Hopper Jack, 10--and on the set. "I'm pretty engaged with everything in my life right now," he says. "I haven't always been like this," he adds, unnecessarily. Fate has been treating Penn well recently, and he's returning the favor...
Veronica Guerin emerges under unusual auspices. Its producer is ubiquitous uber-mogul Jerry Bruckheimer, its director Joel Schumacher, a Hollywood stalwart whose work ranges from grit (Tigerland) to glitz (Batman & Robin). Screenwriters Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donaghue are also Americans. Yet the film resists the tugs of Hollywood melodrama. It builds a pyramid of culpability--the street thugs who push the drugs; the middlemen who cover their malefactions with bluff charm ("We don't sell drugs," protests one, played by Ciaran Hinds, "we're just ordinary decent criminals"); and the top dog (Gerald McSorley, stern and scary as Gilligan...
...Winning Eastern Sprints was the defining moment of the season. Going into the race the press was talking all about the round-robin at the top,” she added, referring to Brown, Princeton, and Radcliffe. “We stayed focused and rowed with the precision and attack that we had trained with all season long. Once we won Sprints, we headed to Nationals with reckless abandon...