The more tragic yet intimate a story, the more you, as an audience member, hope for a personal touch in order to ground things in a relatable way. It just feels right to have that, as opposed to something fantastical and out there. There’s a personal touch that’s found all throughout What They Had. While you may leave the film raving about Robert Forster’s performance, what also stays with you is the deft touch that writer/director Elizabeth Chomko has. Films about Alzheimer’s and the deterioration of a parent are often just tearjerkers. Chomko refutes that notion, instead creating something deeply lived in and real. The laughter, the tears, the emotion, it’s all earned. Opening today, it’s an independent picture with a lot to offer. The movie is a drama, though one tinged with the sort of laughs that only happen when a family...
- 10/19/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger's affair and Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault of a maid show men need to talk to each other about how to treat women. Daniel Mulhern, a former first husband of Michigan, offers eight tips on getting the conversation started.
Women talk to each other. And to men, as Michelle Cottle has in her hilariously painful list of seven basic tips for "horny" politicians. One of men's biggest problems-in a post-John Wayne world, where it matters to be able to express yourself-is that we don't talk to each other enough. So, rather than accept Ms. Cottle's admittedly cynical "tips," as the last word, I suggest eight tips as conversation starters among men and about men:
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1. Get a new definition of strength. Hint: it's not in our pants. Men have embraced an age-old job of protecting,...
Women talk to each other. And to men, as Michelle Cottle has in her hilariously painful list of seven basic tips for "horny" politicians. One of men's biggest problems-in a post-John Wayne world, where it matters to be able to express yourself-is that we don't talk to each other enough. So, rather than accept Ms. Cottle's admittedly cynical "tips," as the last word, I suggest eight tips as conversation starters among men and about men:
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1. Get a new definition of strength. Hint: it's not in our pants. Men have embraced an age-old job of protecting,...
- 5/23/2011
- by Dan Mulhern
- The Daily Beast
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