Word: santiagos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Like many indie films, Girlfight works primarily as a character driven piece. For example, Diana's love interest and fellow boxer, Adrian, played by Santiago Douglas, must be the most attractive guy I have seen on the big screen in a long time. No, I don't mean he's hot in that Ryan Phillippe kind of way. A perfect blend of testosterone and fragility, Adrian easily wins Diana's heart; so what if she can kick his ass in the ring...
...Some elements do feel forced and clich, such as Tiny, Diana's brother played by Ray Santiago, who is stuck taking boxing lessons when he'd rather be designing fashions. Yet, for the most part Kusama avoids many of the tired conventions of the genres this film invokes. Unlike, say, She's All That, Diana's transformation from an offensive and frightening bitch into a beautiful and self-assured woman does not involve suddenly putting on lipstick and high heels. Instead, the way she manipulates her dark, piercing eyes, which are emphasized throughout the film, does the trick. And although...
...John Singer Sargent Wing 3. Aikman QB'd here 4. Seaside lodging 5. Liberal arts course, for short 6. "Dubya," as a collegian 7. Gp. that didn't monitor election in 40-Across 8. The last of them fled in '79 9. He's been stripped of immunity in Santiago 10. Hard-liner Rafsanjani has withdrawn from its Parliament 11. Head of Haiti? 16. Affirmative action? 19. Sensation of the 1958 World Cup 21. New Rochelle, N.Y., college 22. Prosecutors have dismissed charges against her 24. It may be blown 25. Grp. wanting less arsenic in H2O 26. New guns...
...Miami and in Washington, most parties agreed on one point: this was not over yet. The court case could drag on for months, and there is no telling where it will end. One of Elian's Miami relatives, Lillian Santiago, who had arrived at the house just as the raid was concluding, had these words to calm the growing crowd of protesters. "The boy will be back," she told them. "The courts will return him to us." But even if that were to happen, which most legal experts doubt, Juan Miguel won't be leaving his side...
...Keith J. Santiago...