Brian De Palma's stylish thriller stars Antonio Banderas as a photographer who becomes involved with a cunning, dangerously seductive woman, portrayed by Rebecca Romijn. As he's drawn into her world of crime and manipulation, the lines between reality and fantasy blur. The film's complex plot,...
Adams’ opening sentence sets up the tone of his novel from the start. It’s funny: that’s a heck of a way to describe what we guess has to beoursun, and the “unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm” is an absurd re-imagining of the galaxy as a community with hip and un-...
Take a few minutes every day and put down your memories. It doesn’t have to be long, just on a regular basis (定期).Use your “down time” for your travel journal. There is a surprising amount of sitting around while traveling. You can always put down a few lines in your travel ...
Determined to solve my problem of writing weak and confusing beginnings, I did some research. I checked out a list of thetop 100 first lines from famous novelsand looked for common themes. Here's what I learned: Anna Karenina Anna Kareninaby Tolstoy is a novel about a family and their me...
In the first novel of a new romantasy duology, bestselling author Hafsah Faizal tells the story of what happens when the tearoom is threatened. Arthie must infiltrate the dangerous vampire society known as the Athereum, and to do it, she'll need an elite crew of the city's most skilled...
Despite a concern with reciprocity (or a lack thereof) in these opening lines, a feeling of ‘oneness’ in fact runs throughout ‘I loved you first: but afterwards your love’, also by Rossetti. This poem reflects the feeling of complete understanding between two people who love each other...
Based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis, it’s the story of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss and his family, who live just outside the concentration camp. As they live and profit off horror, the sights and sounds of the Holocaust give the film a terrifying, unsettling ...
coming from the young Soviet Union to China. “Malraux is showing us that the events of 1927, the revolution, the rise of the Communist Party, the labour movement, the trade unions, are all part of Shanghai’s modernity” It’s an incredible novel, and has one of the best opening ...
The series stays rooted to the original concept and characters, beginning with Johnny Lawrence re-opening the Cobra Kai dojo as a way to try and right his erring ways. Meanwhile, Daniel LaRusso may be thriving professionally, but he's still dealing with the absence of Mr. Miyagi. It's ...
As of October 1st, 2021, the answer is a definitive “Yes”! Thanks to the successful passing of the Remote Gambling Act,all online games of chance became legal, and Netherlands casinos online commenced opening online versions of their existing offline establishments. ...