Search Details

Word: tendernesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Grief-stricken by the eventual death of her beloved father, who is played with by Voi Feseaitu in a performance of tender devotion, Viki runs away from her home and into the wilds of the jungle. In her forsaken state, Viki finds solace in her promise to her father. She finally realizes that she does, in fact, have the power to combine the integrity of her traditional values with the ambition of her Western education, and thus stay true to herself without abandoning her heritage...

Author: By Aleksandra S. Stankovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Review | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...nature he will not be accepted. So he pulls the strings behind the scenes." But he has his own, odd kind of principle. In the first season's most arresting scene, he smothers to death a preacher who is dying slowly of a brain tumor. The act is tender and cruel, merciful and selfish (the reverend is taking up a bed in the Gem), and McShane simply leaves us to ponder which motivation is dominant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: So Wicked, He's Good | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...political tension, arguing with Mitchell over school vouchers and gay marriage. Kremlin, Mitchell’s grizzled Russian mentor, strains their relationship by trying to get Mitchell out of politics and back on the jetpack. Even Mitchell’s mother appears for a few quirky-yet-tender moments, when the story flashes back to his childhood...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comics Review: Ex Machina | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

...breakthrough role came in 2001's Lucía y el Sexo (Sex and Lucía), in which she plays a luminous, besotted lover. Thinking her boyfriend has died in an accident, she travels to his favorite island where she uncovers a secret about his past. Her performance - tender, impassioned and real - won her a Goya award (Spain's Academy Award) for best new actress. Her early career had its memorable nude scenes, but it was Vega's ability to inject her characters with a fiery sensuality that kept Spanish eyes on her. Moments like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro Express | 2/13/2005 | See Source »

They’re acquiring more titles than they know what to do with. At the tender age of 27, Tom Brady already has as many rings as Troy Aikman and Larry Bird. Three more titles, and Brady will have won enough rings to completely fill the hand of hexadactylic baseball reliever Antonio Alfonseca...

Author: By Stewart H. Hauser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE STEWDIO: Those Spoiled Boston Fans | 2/9/2005 | See Source »

Previous | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | Next