Word: twilighter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Twilight...
...nothing else, Robert Benton's film Twilight is an ode to a fading brand of screen legends. Paul Newman plays Harry Ross, an alcoholic former detective in Los Angeles dependent on his employers, retired actors Jack and Catherine Ames (Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon). Harry becomes involved in a murder investigation after Hackman sends him to deliver a package to a mysterious woman. The essential features of film noir are in place in Twilight, which dutifully follows nearly every single convention of the genre. The inconsistencies in the film could be forgivable if the film had any dramatic urgency. Fortunately...
...neared the first floor, everything suddenly morphed into a bad Twilight Zone episode. Doors leading outside were marked with warning signs threatening loud alarms if anyone dared to open them. The alternative, the doors opening into rooms within the building, were labeled "Staff Only." I kept going down, and the number of doors began to decrease. My light head and general exhaustion made me want to give up, but I had no idea where I was headed or where to find a legitimate escape...
...anotherLatino man plays rack after rack of straight pool,while his older companion sits in a corner,silently watching him clear the table. "Even amale prostitute runs out of energy," Mike snickerswhen one of his regular customer's shots comes upshort of its desired destination. As the lastshadows of twilight fade in the parking lot below,balls are racked and broken and the game goes on.B-16FMPablo Colopinto"EVEN A MALE PROSTITUTE RUNS OUT OF ENERGY,"SAYS MIKE, MANAGER OF SULLY'S BILLIARDS...
...much like the plastic cuffs on shoelaces, prevent the strands from unraveling. Every time a cell splits in two, the telomeres shorten, until finally, after about 40 to 90 divisions, they are reduced to stubs. Because any further divisions would fray the chromosomes, the cells settle into a twilight stage and eventually die. Only an enzyme called telomerase, first discovered in 1984, can repair the damaged telomeres. However, most human cells, with the exception of reproductive cells, stop making the compound during fetal development...