Word: woolf
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...cousin, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau (Erik Kroncke), Octavian assumes the disguise of a chambermaid, “Mariandel.” Ochs—who has come to discuss his engagement plans— mentions that he hopes to give his promised bride, Sophie von Faninal (Kate Woolf), a silver rose, and the Marschallin suggests he offer “Mariandel” as well...
...However, there are several voices that rise above the orchestra’s often-overpowering volume. Woolf, as Sophie, nearly steals the show with her spectacular voice. Demonstrating outstanding vocal command as well as impeccable breath control, Woolf hits each note and expresses each phrase with purpose and ease, catering to the simplicity in Sophie’s character for which the score calls. Her vocal quality becomes increasingly stunning as she climbs the octaves. Woolf’s acting is also impressive, particularly in her interactions with the rest of the cast...
...month-old as "the little f___er.") In a typical hipster-parent offering, an edgy novelist, musician or feminist sex writer has a baby--Me! Who'd'a thunk it!--and wrestles to reconcile his or her sensibility with the numbing demands of the cradle. For blogger Rebecca Woolf, that moment came when her baby barfed on the Moby section at an indie record store. Mom's response: "I call that punk rock...
...Lionel (Robert Downey Jr.), who seems ripped from the pages of “Beauty and the Beast.” Sound interesting? It could have been, but instead, we’re given Kidman’s attempt to reprise her wonderfully restrained, Oscar-winning turn as Virginia Woolf in “The Hours”—a valiant effort, to be sure, but an unsuccessful one. And then there is Arbus, whose fascinatingly strange photographs you will sadly not see in this film. Arbus shows us people who are decidedly a part of our world...
...saves the film at some of its worst moments. She throws herself into a stereotype—a dark author with writer’s block, who duses phrases like “fantastically depressing”—and plays her character as a modern, witty Virginia Woolf. It’s fascinating, too, to watch her face off against Queen Latifah, who plays her assistant in some gratuitous yet excellent scenes. Most importantly, though, Thompson provides an emotional core and prevents the film from devolving into silly irrelevance.Bottom Line: “Stranger Than Fiction?...