A shy adolescent boy, Walter (Haley Joel Osment), is taken by his greedy mother (Kyra Sedgwick) to spend the summer with his two hard-boiled great-uncles, Hub (Robert Duvall) and Garth (Michael Caine), who are rumored to possess a great fortune. At first, the two old men, both set...
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Also found in:Idioms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. soft·core orsoft-core(sôft′kôr′, sŏft′-) adj. 1.Being less explicit than hard-core material in depicting or describing sexual activity:softcore pornography. ...
I got a first draft finished this afternoon on the easier one, and spent most of the evening (when I wasn’t watching Barack’s victory speech or Hillary’s “victory” speech) working on the hard one. Lots more to do, but I got them off the ground, which was what I needed to ...
However… she is the only one of you who remembered my decree last month that all this months’ entries were to be submitted as Petrarchan sonnets (that is, before I took pity on myself and everyone else and downgraded that to limericks!!) andwrote one!!Just for that, she gets an hon...
boiled dialogue is full of cliches. The action sometimes comes to a complete stop so that the cops can discuss the threat of adult films. The film may be sordid but it’s all presented with such an earnest DIY style that it becomes rather fascinating to watch. At one point, Wood ...
So many countries claim Ms. Purée as their own. But you saw some eating plain boiled potatoes, which practically the whole world grabbed onto. Potato Sextet, Part 5: Ms. Pomme de Terre Frite Two more potato relatives have been unearthed: we here introduce Ms. Pomme de Terre Frite, and ...
If you’ve only ever had broccoli steamed or boiled, you may not be jumping at the chance to fit it into your diet. But the truth is, there are plenty of actually delicious ways to cook this cruciferous veg — so much so, you won’t just tolerate it, but you’ll actually crave it...
This time his production moves to the fore; he’s bloomed into one of the best beatmakers on the East Coast. It’s so explorative and curious—flamboyant on “Zap!” or cathartic on “should be!” or blissful on “Set the Mood.” Pair that with rapping that removes the bumpers, and...
The beef finally boiled over on the weekendDAYTONAdropped. Most of us thought nothing of the shots Push took at Cash Money on the album’s final track, “Infrared,” but Drake noticed, and finally took the bait. He fired back at Push on his release day with“Duppy Freestyle,”effectively...
Based on the novel of the same name by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn, the film captures the essence of that one perfect night in New York City filled with love at first sight, chaotic high jinks that could only happen after midnight, the quest to attend the concert of a lifetime, and...