The supporting cast is a bevy of riches with several top-caliber actors appearing in cameos. My standouts in larger roles are Robert Downey Jr. shredding his Iron Man superhero persona as a slighted and venomous Lewis Strauss, intent on revoking Oppenheimer’s security clearance, and Emily Bl...
A grasshopper began to chirrup by the wall, and like a blue thread a long thin dragon-fly floated past on its brown gauze wings. Lord Henry felt as if he could hear Basil Hallward's heart beating, and wondered what was coming. "The story is simply this," said the painter aft...
and baggage that come with being a human child in a human world. Then, in one of those moments we all live for, I saw the story with animals–animals that interact in nature for real and that brought their own comedy to the story. I’m still revising, but this is a manuscript I’...
Ed: Oh oh, this-a-way guys! Look! Edd: "In case of movie break glass"? Eddy: BINGO! My bro's always prepared! [he pulls out a small peanut from inside the box] Eddy: ... A peanut? Ed: Cheap movie. Helpful•4 0 Eddy: [unable to take his brother's beating any longer]...
Around the World in 80 Days’ Best Picture win, for instance, looks like the pendulum swinging back from the grit of On the Waterfront and Marty, the previous years’ winners. But what if each year produced two winners? Madness, right? But it would have the advantage of offering a ...
Much ado has already been made about the prosthetic nose the gentile second-time feature filmmaker dons to inhabit the specific skin of the Jewish maestro, who died of a heart attack in 1990 at 72. This feat of sculptural makeup effects by artist Kazu Hiro is an unnecessary distraction that...
In that study, individuals played a violent or a nonviolent video game for 20 min. Immediately after playing the game, individuals viewed a 10-min video clip of real-world violence (e.g., a prison beating) while heart rate and skin conductance were measured. Those who played the violent ...
I hope that by offering such a diverse collection of families books I can help parents and teachers find books that offer more children an opportunity to find themselves and their family reflected between the covers of a book. For those searching for diverse picture books, I suggest also checki...
Although Pete and Danny had not considered starting a family, that changed when Danny found a baby in a subway station. They adopted the baby, named him Kevin, and became a family. This heartwarming story is based on the author’s real-life experience of becoming a father. (Ages 4 – ...
The English Patient has been unceremoniously pushed aside since winning nine Academy Awards. The film suffers from beating another movie that most individuals prefer over the Academy’s choice – The Coen Brothers’ Fargo. Fargo remains a terrific film that has stood the test of time admirably...