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...series of clichés. Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an upper-class Brit, gets wrapped up in a caper when she treks to her husband’s cattle ranch Down Under on the eve of World War II only to find him dead. Powerful cattle mogul King Carney (Bryan Brown) and his villainous lackey Fletcher (David Wenham) have consolidated a monopoly on the Australian beef industry just in time to win exclusive rights to feed Australian troops.Luckily for Lady Ashley, she’s got Wolverine—uh, I mean Hugh Jackman—on her side...
...piano and quiet guitar—but winds up mired in a boring melody and terrible lyrics: “What I thought was beautiful / Don’t live inside of you / Anymore.” “Madagascar” sees Rose sampling Martin Luther King, Jr. while singing about his mid-life crisis. Isn’t hard rock supposed to be more exciting than this? Rose wails a response on “Catcher in the Rye:” “If I thought that I was crazy / Well I guess...
...repress: women and Trinidad, where he grew up. The abstemious Brahmin vegetarian who looked away from the movie screen whenever a kissing scene was shown, even after his marriage, is here revealed as a writer of wildly sensual letters whose mistress of 24 years called him "the Lion King" and drew sketches of his manhood in all its naked glory. That did not stop him from seeing her through three abortions and being, in his alarming words, "very violent with her for two days with my hand," but it does bring home how women could see something redeeming and inchoate...
Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan, and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music. Odetta's stage presence was regal enough: planted onstage like an oak tree no one would dare cut down, wearing a guitar high on her chest, she could envelop Carnegie Hall with her powerful contralto as other vocalists might fill a phone booth. This was not some pruny European monarch but a stout, imperious queen of African-American music. She used that amazing instrument to bear witness to the pain and perseverance of her ancestors. Some folks sing songs. Odetta...
...india and the Indian Navy for taking prompt action against the Somali pirates, who have committed their crimes with impunity for far too long. Piracy should be of concern to all nations, and the pirates' booty could be financing terrorists. Well done, Indian Navy, and happy hunting. Denzil King, Perth, Western Australia...