Word: summing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sum Of Us," a new movie from down-under, looks at the search for Mr. Right from a new perspective. It is an open, humorous exploration of dating in the nineties--for homosexuals and for older parents venturing out again...
...Sum of Us" opens with lines which tie the film together, and become a framework for all of its relationships. A father tells his son, "Your Gran said it once, I've never forgotten it, `The greatest explorers of all,' she said, `are the explorers of the human heart...
...Sum...
...Sum of Us" has been a favorite at international film festivals, garnering Best Actor for Thompson at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, and best screenplay in Montreal, among others. It is funny and wonderfully intriguing, confronting issues which people face every day, but that are seldom tackled by the American film industry. As director Kevin Dowling said, "The Sum of Us" celebrates the knowledge that "whether straight or gay, familial or romantic, love is love...
...years before it collapses altogether--starting this year--the Social Security system will begin to be a bad deal for increasing numbers of those who do collect benefits. Until now, just about all recipients have got back the sum of their lifetime contributions, plus interest, with just a few years of retirement checks. Everything after that was gravy. But some 1995 retirees will be the system's first losers--meaning the benefits they stand to collect will, on average, fall short of what they paid in Social Security taxes, plus the interest those taxes might have earned if the money...