Word: throwback
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Gwyneth Paltrow is different. She has, in her genes, the supra-domestic glamour of the movie star her actress mother, Blythe Danner, should have been. The cultivated voice and confident posture suggest an easy regality. Her Oscar, for Shakespeare in Love, was a throwback: a reward for reminding Hollywood what star quality used...
NATION: Are America's supercarriers the weapon of the future or a throwback? 14 In a time of random violence and global tension, the U.S. projects power overseas with a fleet of formidable but vulnerable flattops. Reagan scraps two submarines to comply with SALT II, while a new mobile missile is studied. The furor intensifies over Michael Deaver's influence peddling. Nevada Senator and Reagan Pal Paul Laxalt cautiously eyes the presidency...
Robinson is an appealing throwback. In an age in which sports stars tend to spout safely meaningless clichés ("We gave 110%"), Robby speaks his mind. Whereas other managers coddle players, Robinson demands respect. Pitcher Tomo Okha turned his back on the skipper when he lifted Okha from a game. Days later, a trade exiled Okha to Milwaukee. "You've always got to play hard for Frank," says Washington outfielder Jose Guillen, who arrived this season with a hothead reputation but leads the team with 11 homers, sans trouble. "You don't come prepared for the ballpark...
...Lua†without any kind of accompaniment, going for the quiet, tortured style he had delivered so effectively on previous albums. And while the song is beautiful, it’s a rough fit with the rest of the album, and feels like much more a half-hearted throwback than anything else. Oberst has bought into his own personality cult, and as a result, his homegrown pretensions, once endearing, become unbearable. The first track begins by recounting the story of some victim of a plane crash in his romantic-comedy-awkward style, before launching into the song itself. Oberst...
...creaky 50, and Jet Li doesn't work much anymore. The genre needs another hero, and Jaa (Thai name: Phanom Yeerum) is the fellow to fill the void. He's young--28--and good-looking, with a quiet élan to match his athletic skill. He's also a throwback to kung-fu film's early days, when stars and stunt men alike took a licking and kept on kicking. Ong-Bak has no crouching, no hiding, no wires, no pixel-perfected stunts. Like Chan's early epics, it convinces you that the mayhem is real, that the star...