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...everything wrong with the human condition. She usually manages to turn these characters into dark delights, whether they are the demographer in Game Control blithely planning a pandemic or the brittle mother in We Need to Talk About Kevin who abhors her child. Brilliantly funny and a superb plotter, Shriver is a master of the misanthrope...
Wasikowska, the Australian who was superb as a suicidal teen on the HBO series In Treatment, brings a soft-focus regality to her role. Emotionally, though, her Alice is a bright child, a preteen in a late teen's body, as if she had suddenly sprouted by nibbling a magic cake. Her Wonderland dream is an escape from social strictures back to the freedom of childhood, and not imprisonment but liberation...
...more crowded with refugees from highly-restricted Adams, Lowell, and Leverett (negative points to you, other Houses!). But Kirkland's kitchen is one of the largest and easiest to navigate, with entrees and salad bar set off in different rooms. The House's grill chefs, once known for their superb breakfast omelets (rest in peace, hot breakfast), still serve up great greasy items for the other two meals of the day. Smaller tables allow for more intimate gatherings in the bright, naturally-lit space, though the lack of napkin dispensers on tables—the House Masters think they...
...Food, Inc.,” which was nominated along with “The Cove” for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Although the film somehow garnered a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, its condemnation of the food industry is muddled and insubstantial despite its superb art direction...
...successfully treads one of the finest lines many artists face and few accomplish: how to reach out to more listeners without caving to mainstream demand. Newsom has made herself more accessible while simultaneously refining her own personal style. “Have One on Me” is a superb release, and merits Newsom nothing but the highest praise...