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... new book, The Lacuna , cranked up the volume, and got to work. Now. Having just listened to Jeremy Irons reading Lolita on CDs that I borrowed from the library, the read-to-me feature has a long way to go. The voice is stilted and the pacing and ... Comment?
British Character Actress Marianne Stone Dies December 21, 2009
... to do a total of nine of the series. But Marianne Stone cited her favorite character as that of Vivian Darkbloom in "Lolita" directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Shelley Winters. In fact, Shelley Winters stayed with Stone during the filming of ... Comment?
The X Factor, BBC Sports Personality of the Year, How Do You Solve a...
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... but at least the BBC had paid for a proper orchestra. I didn't really expect How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lolita? to answer its own question, but Stephen Smith's gentle fathoming of Nabokov's classic about the seduction of a pubescent girl by a ... Comment?
... young women to maintain his palette of flesh, blood and body parts. Dominique Swain - Adrian Lyne's erstwhile Lolita - is Christie, a waitress who nearly becomes another notch on the Killer's paintbrush except that she looks just like the mysterious ... Comment?
Party with the Devil on Fangoria Radio
... the TWILIGHT phenomenon. Genre icon Udo Kier (of BLADE and ANDY WARHOLa TMS DRACULA), actress Dominique Swain (from LOLITA) and director Jon Keeyes will stop by for a little chat about their serial killer yarn FALL DOWN DEAD. As usual, wea TMll have ... Comment?
the Book Bench: What I Read This Year, by David Sedaris
... Parade," by Richard Yates, read by Kristoffer Tabori "Selected Stories," by Dorothy Parker, read by Elaine Stritch "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, read by Jeremy Irons All the Harry Potter books, by J.K Rowling, read by Stephen Fry Sometimes, I do ... Comment?
Noble Productions, LTD's Critically Acclaimed Film 'Noble Things'...
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... with Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy, Remember The Titans, Saving Private Ryan) Dominique Swain (Alpha Dog, Face/Off, Lolita) Wes Brown (True Blood, Glory Road, We Are Marshall) Ron Canada (Wedding Crashers, Cinderella Man, National Treasure) and award ... Comment?
Kim Morgan: Ten Years of Traummovie: Eyes Wide Shut
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... of dreams and reality, this time exploring them in a more personal and private arena: sexuality. As he did with Lolita , Kubrick created more than a film about sexual desire; he created a film about bitter romance, troublesome marital bonds, ... Comment?
The thinking man's movie star
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... he cast him in the part for "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' (1951). It's the lesser half of a double bill with "Lolita'' (1962) - with Mason as Humbert Humbert - at the Brattle next weekend. They're showing in belated celebration of Mason's ... Comment?
A tribute to James Mason, the thinking mana s movie star
... he cast him in the part for "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' (1951). It's the lesser half of a double bill with "Lolita'' (1962) - with Mason as Humbert Humbert - at the Brattle next weekend. They're showing in belated celebration of Mason's ... Comment?
Shirley Douglas honoured by Women in Film & Television
... in England for many years before moving back to Canada, working with famed directors including Stanley Kubrick ("Lolita") and David Cronenberg ("Dead Ringers"). When she had to leave home for weeks at a time, she would hire a nanny. Eventually, she ... Comment?
Shirley Douglas gets achievement award from Women in Film & Television
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... in England for many years before moving back to Canada, working with famed directors including Stanley Kubrick ("Lolita") and David Cronenberg ("Dead Ringers"). When she had to leave home for weeks at a time, she would hire a nanny. Eventually, she ... 2 comments
Kubrick's Never-Made Masterpiece
... for that.' MGM had started preproduction on the film in 1967. At that time, Kubrick was the breakout genius behind Lolita and Dr. Strangelove, with 2001: A Space Odyssey just about to be released. The proposed budget? Reportedly, a cocky $5.2 ... Comment?
David Thomson on Frank Langella
... His Dracula was a flop, in a role that seldom fails. He did nothing memorable until his Clare Quilty in the remake of Lolita (1997), and even then he faded away. It was not until 2005 that his touch came in. In that year he played William Paley (the ... Comment?
Film cynic looks inside a oeThe Box
... details that afternoon. When its promised owner, the disfigured and frightening Arlington Steward (Frank Langella, "Lolita"), arrives later he gives Norma an offer she may or may not be able to refuse: one push of the button will net her family ... Comment?
... reasons for making the imitation? The list of senseless remakes is long. Adrian Lyne's redo of Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita" was a bore. Ditto for Jonathan Demme's version of John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate." Gus Van Sant's treatment of ... Comment?
PETA spokeswoman (a.k.a. Dominique Swain) dumps puppies
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... refuge with her father and a box of eight-week-old cocker spaniel cross dogs over the weekend, reports claim. The Lolita and Face/Off starlet, who posed naked in front of a school blackboard in a PETA animal rights advertisement, then reportedly ... Comment?
Former "Lolita" star to neglects her new pups says shelter eyewitness. PETA Dominique Swain once posed nude for a PETA ad, but did the actress neglect her own puppies? It sounds like a oeAlpha Doga starlet and PETA spokeswoman Dominique Swain needs a refresher course on how to treat animals. Comment?
New novel pays homage to - Lolita'
... fun is tempered by solid writing and intellectual authority. The salient literary reference is Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita." The object of middle-aged Binhammer's affection, little Dixie Doyle, wears her hair in "ironic pigtails" and sucks ... Comment?
... strands of wires begin or where they end. The artist explores other individuals and scenes, such as a work entitled Lolita, inspired by the 1962 film by Stanley Kubrick and adapted from the novel by Nabokov. Self identity through media reference can ... Comment?