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Word: unfolding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somewhat like a dimestore romance novel, it hits its audience over the head declaring the different sensibilities of Anna and the king loud and clear. These sentiments are bannered across the screen, although in the two hour, 40 minute movie, there is plenty of time to allow them to unfold naturally...

Author: By Joyce M. Koh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anna and the King a By-the-Numbers Epic | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...prison. Upon release, he becomes a famous boxer but is framed by Depalowski again, this time for killing three white people in a bar. He proceeds to spend the next 19 years in prison. So this reviewer sits back and waits for a movie about American racial politics to unfold. But wait, suddenly the movie turns into a lush exposition on the joys of boxing, and a long narrative with lovingly trained camera angles on Denzel Washington's bare body results. The movie, based on Rubin Carter's autobiography, The 16th Round, now seems to join in the trend...

Author: By Cheryl Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hurricane Bouts, Blows Hot Air | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...boyfriend Jack, has done a marvelous job of allowing the story to unfold effortlessly; he treats his subject with a lively mix of humor and dignity and helps a touching story blossom to a very fulfilling life onscreen...

Author: By Rheanna Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: McTeer and Brown Sparkle in Tumbleweeds | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...childhood memoirs, the screenplay is honest, emotionally charged and surprisingly intimate in what it reveals about the very strong bond between a mother and her daughter. Each scene is believable and completely organic; it's very easy to forget that you're not watching a real-life story unfold, and that the main duo aren't really related at all. Gavin O'Connor, who directs, co-wrote the screenplay and also acts as Mary...

Author: By Rheanna Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: McTeer and Brown Sparkle in Tumbleweeds | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...spring approaches, the film seems to grow longer and longer. Lee allows an artificial sense of dramatic climax to unfold with the 1863 Bushwacker assault on Lawrence, Kansas. The viewer expects Holt and Roedel to perish in a tragic death in battle so Lee can make some sort of universal claim that war is pointless. However, Roedel and Holt merely receive injuries and miraculously, find themselves at the Shelley farm. Images of Jewel breast-feeding her child again distract the viewer and destroy whatever dramatic tension remains. In a contrived plot twist, Shelley maneuvers herself into matrimonial bliss with Roedel...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not Tobey: Devil Without a Cause | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

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