Word: wits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...16th century Japan a thief is saved from crucifixion because he looks like Lord Shingen, a clever and determined warlord who may have the strength and wit to unite a feudal nation under his banner. It is his idea to train the criminal as his double, against the day he himself is wounded or otherwise unable to inspire his troops in battle. This, in time, the kagemusha, or "shadow warrior," successfully manages. But then the dying leader conceives the notion of having his stand-in attempt a more difficult impersonation: Shingen wants the kagemusha to take over his life entirely...
...Bear Bryant is a massive presence, a powerful man, 6 ft. 3½ in., 205 lbs., with sharp eyes and a sharper wit carefully sheathed by a down-home demeanor. His face is seamed and sunbaked from a lifetime on practice-field towers and stadium sidelines. His voice, a rich Southern drawl, is rarely raised; there is seldom any need...
...CRITIQUE of Didion could be done in the soporific manner of a sermon, but instead it's pulled off with bitchy wit and the "Oh, come on" acuteness of a woman with ardent, no-nonsense opinion. Here she attacks Didion's infuriating preference for sensibility over sense...
MALCOLM McDOWELL, in the title role, struggles to keep himself from drowning in this cesspool of a movie and fails. His Caligula is sufficiently cruel and sadistic, but the performance lacks wit and imagination. After a while, McDowell becomes as tiresome as the two-and-a-half-hour film itself. This is especially disappointing because, nine years ago, McDowell proved himself an excellent actor by tackling the almost impossibly difficult role of Alex in Stanley Kubrick's A Clock-work Orange. In that film he portrayed a character as villainous as Caligula but, mainly through the control of his extraordinary...
helped cover the budget for Secaucus: a preposterously low $60,000. He wrote, produced, directed and edited the film and plays - with wit and an edge of anger - a featured role. Sayles has a remarkable talent. Just as important, he has shown the ambition and initiative to bring some thing fresh to a movie industry on the ropes...