Word: sunsets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Pupil he is, in director Bryan Singer's phrase, "an old, alcoholic, sitcom-watching Nazi" hiding in California anonymity 40 years after the war and amused to perform a facsimile of his old mischief on a curious teenager (Brad Renfro). As Whale in Bill Condon's film, McKellen is sunset charm incarnate, a gay man melting inside his decaying body for the gross, cheerful fellow (Brendan Fraser) who works in the garden. It's Chekhov in lavender...
...blasting back into orbit. Neither does the prospect of delaying the launch, with Clinton and hundreds of congressmen, celebrities and network anchormen waiting to hear "Godspeed, John Glenn" right on cue. But once again, reality seems to be reminding us that space flight is no simple ride into the sunset...
...cuts through. After all, Jerry Maguire is about an agent who finally finds his heart, and its Oscar went to the dancing football player who isn't afraid to get sentimental about the kwan. This pendulum swing back from meta-gazing helps to explain the success of the gooey, sunset-flooded Titanic and its Celine Dion title song. Of course, we're not returning to the El-Cid era of filmmaking in which we're expected to throw our hearts immediately into the valiant Charleston Heston's 11th-century siege of Valencia. Titanic, at least, puts the story...
...immediacy, bringing the desires and heart-wrenching dilemmas of her characters a sickening sense of reality. Whatever her other characteristics, Ruby is true to life in that she cannot be separated from her history and her responsibilities. She cannot simply find her true love, ride off into the sunset, and live happily ever after, not because she is uncommonly weak, but because she is uncommonly real. In the closing scene of the novel, Ruby is forced to chose between leaving with her husband's brother and remaining as her husband comes home. Clearly, regardless of her decision, Ruby will face...
...that you know what the word means, go down to the Science Center from noon to sunset to see live hip hop like hip hop like Harvard's own BSide, dance, Giant Puppets, poetry, spoken word and more. Noon to night, Harvard Yard. 625-5744 or email schock@fas.harvard.edu. FREE...