Word: spirit
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...something spunky about those pies and there's something spunky about Waitress in general. Shelly wrote her screenplay when she was pregnant for the first time and it obviously reflects both the anxieties and the excitement of her of her pre-natal days. You want to indulge that spirit. And, of course, you want to mourn the fact that this well-directed movie turned out to be her last. In normal circumstances we would probably label it "promising." Now, sadly and cruelly, we are forced to mourn the fact that Adrienne Shelly's high potential will never be fulfilled...
...Shelly, who had written and directed two previous movies and appeared in something like 20 films, mostly of the low budget, independent variety, left behind a devoted husband, an infant daughter and a completed film, Waitress. It appears to be a true reflection of her spirit - eccentric, good-naturedly feminist, kind of funny and kind of sentimental. Despite its realistic setting in a small Southern town, it is much more a fable than it is a slice of authentic life...
...Once again, lead singer and guitarist Alex Turner and the other Monkeys from Sheffield, England, give us a delicious taste of blue-collar anger. This time around, the guitars might be a little louder and the sound a bit fuller, but the disc stays true to the promise and spirit of the group’s debut. The album is structured like a thunderstorm whose beauty is at first lost amidst the chaos of pouring rain, booming thunder, and terrifying lightning. It begins with “Brianstorm,” a piece full of blasting guitars that make...
...spirit of Wallace rousing Scots once more to demand freedom? Not really. In the town of Stirling itself, there are few mentions of Braveheart outside the Thistles Shopping Centre - just yellow balloons tied to a trestle table laid out with leaflets and buttons bearing the SNP logo. In recent years the party has softened its stance, moving away from the notion that winning a majority vote would give it a mandate to negotiate independence. The party now proposes a referendum first...
...children. This child was special. He nicknamed her Pocahontas, or little capricious one, a tribute to her playful nature. She was also striking. She "much exceedeth any of the rest of his [Powhatan's] people," wrote Smith, "not only for feature, countenance and proportion...but for wit and spirit, the only Nonpareil of his country...