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Fascinating Film Femmes

February 17th 2010 07:00
In life, there is a notable distinction between beautiful and sensuous, agreeable and challenging, engaging and captivating. But when an actor is blessed with a sensuous, challenging and captivating spirit, the effect is magnified, as it imbues the characters they portray.

Some actors are merely on film, others have true screen presence. They have that je ne sais quoi, an evocative magnetism that is at once so difficult to grasp and yet impossible to deny.

Consider these ladies of the silver screen:

Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn - Image courtesy of hollywoodyesterday.com


Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren - Image courtesy of blogspot.com

Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson - Image courtesy of guardian.co.uk


Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci - Image courtesy of rightcelebrity.com

Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard - Image courtesy of hurriyetdailynews.com

Tang Wei
Tang Wei - Image courtesy of feteafete.com

Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly - Image courtesy of movieactors.com

Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas - Image courtesy of 123people.com

Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Thornton - Image courtesy of flickr.com

Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron - Image courtesy of dreamworks.com

Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga - Image courtesy of collider.com

Would Holly Go Lightly have the same bizarre charisma if played by Anne Hathaway? Would Ruth Wilson’s Jane Eyre have soul if Sandra Bullock took the role? Could Bai Ling play with fire like Tang Wei? Would Mogambo be still appeal with Jennifer Aniston in the jungle instead of Grace Kelly? The may have some superficial similarities, but they can’t all enthral their audience.

Actress versus enchantress – who charms you?

Michaelie Clark
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Blahnik Not Soled on SATC 2

December 11th 2009 00:32
Even Manolo Blahnik, the humble cobbler made famous by Sex and the City has spoken out about his aversion to what has now become the SATC franchise. ‘If people talk to me about Sex and the City I get sick’, the shoe designer said.

Sex and the City 2 poster
'Sex and the City 2' poster - Image courtesy of roughcutreviews.com

Fair enough, I’m not head over heels for this ongoing cinematic desecration of the iconic show either, but Blahnik made his name off the sling-backs of the show. Season after season, Sarah Jessica Parker’s small screen shoe queen, Carrie Bradshaw, name-checked Blahnik’s wares, causing women the world over to flock to his stores.

The least he could do is simply not highlight the fact that the SATC flicks are a farce. But no, Blahnik’s gone and put his finely shod foot in his mouth. “Well, we had a very good year last year, thanks to those stupid satin shoes (worn by SJP in Sex and the City: The Movie). That shoe saved out company”, Blahnik admitted, but also said, “I don’t feel comfortable. I have never wanted to be a celebrity designer.”

Christian Louboutin on Carrie Bradshaw
Sarah Jessica Parker - Image courtesy of roughcutreviews.com

And it seems Pat Field and SJP are willing to accommodate him – Christian Louboutin’s red-soled sky-high heels have now stolen the starring role in the upcoming SATC sequel.

Michaelie Clark

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Not satisfied with attempting to sabotage my SATC ideals the first time around, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristen Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall have banded together again to ensure I can’t pretend their last farcical flick was just one hellacious nightmare.

Sex and the City Sequel
Image courtesy of picapp.com

Alas, alack, the Sexettes are back, hitting the streets of Manhattan once more as filming progresses for the sequel of Sex and the City: The Movie.

So what unambitious plot twists do they have in store, you ask? Spoilers (if such a term can be used, given that the story was doubtless well and truly blighted to begin with) below. Read them and weep my friends (as I shall, all the live-long day):

- Big is having money woes, causing problems in his relationship with Carrie, who is apparently preggers. They move to all different places (I’m hearing London, Morocco and Harry and Charlotte’s house) while he tries to recoup his big bucks.

Carrie and Big
Image courtesy of popcrunch.com

- Carrie and Big interview nannies in London (this kind of makes me wonder about the financial trouble they are supposed to be in) and hire either Victoria Beckham or Katie price (naturally).
- There are a few flashback scenes in the movie, showing the gals in the eighties (though they still look like they’re in their forties).

Kim Catrall Punk
Image courtesy of guanabee.com

- Miley Cyrus has a cameo, and bumps into Samantha on the street while they are both wearing the same dress.
- Charlotte thinks Harry is cheating on her, but he’s actually building her dream house.
- Samantha thinks she has cancer again, and gets back with Smith. OR:
- Samantha is taking testosterone for menopause and dating a European architect named Rikard, played by Max Ryan. AND:

Samantha Wedding
Image courtesy of hollywooddame.com

- There are photos of Samantha in a wedding dress, a ploy likely dreamed up by MPK to get everyone off the scent. Tch, what a rascal! (Rolls eyes).
- However, Stanford and Anthony are rumoured to be getting hitched. By Liza Minnelli. Being the only two principal gays, of course that is the only option. It’s the soap opera microcosm effect.

Miranda Eighties
Image courtesy of nypost.com

- Miranda is sued for malpractice and opens a restaurant with Steve (this is the only storyline so far I potentially have an interest in).

Can you tell I’m really not in the mood for Sex?

Michaelie Clark
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A friend of mine was recently walking down Collins Street when she saw Bill Hunter coming towards her. She watched him approach with mild curiosity, having grown up watching him on the big screen. As he came closer she began to wonder what the appropriate reaction was to strolling past Muriel’s dad while on her lunch break. It seemed rude to ignore him. On the other hand, greeting him would be a mite strange given that their acquaintance was hitherto one-sided.

In the end, they passed by each other with several uncomfortable seconds of awkward eye contact. She was still peering at him uncertainly, trying to ascertain the etiquette of the situation. He was eyeing her warily, in response to her uncertain peering


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Then or Now?

June 8th 2009 08:11
Who passed their screen-life and curdled early, and who only got better as they ripened on the reel? It’s as easy to romanticise the past as it is to focus only on what is familiar to us in the present day. I think the well-known actors listed below are a mix of those who have taken a more relaxed, less ambitious view of their career after roles for which they will be forever remembered, those who are as steady as ever, and those who are still climbing, and for whom the best may be yet to come.

Sean Connery: James Bond to King Arthur
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Lead Me Into Temptation...

March 29th 2009 07:13
Danger is an alluring thing. I know I’m not alone. Why else do people have sex in public, surf trains and/or wear six-inch heels? I tell you, it’s the irresistibility of a risky situation.

It should be no surprise then, to find that villains are quite regularly more appealing than heroes. It’s a given for the ladies – femme fatales like Bond’s Xenia Onatopp and O-ren Ishii of Kill Bill are by definition attractive and overtly seductive. With the men, it’s not always so obvious. Is it simply that evil often seems to be paired with wit and charm, or is the danger of wickedness itself enough to tempt us to the dark side


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Flick Wit in a Flash: Richard Armitage

December 21st 2008 19:03
Richard Armitage: a villain in a jerkin; a hero without a cravat; a romantic, a comic, a wicked, heavenly, sensual, tenderly menacing god!

Ahem


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Sex and the City sources are putting the word out: the sequel is afloat, but someone is going to be tossed overboard. Those in the know predict that one of the Sexettes will be killed off in the follow-up to this year’s blockbuster, in order to keep the story ball a-rolling.

Sex and the City
The Sexettes - Image courtesy of newsday.com

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How often do you replace DVD rentals on the shelf due to their rating? Is it because that rating is too high, or too low? Have you bypassed a film, heedless of all else, because the spine of the cover indicates it contains an explicit scene? What if you picked up a PG rated adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover? Would you put it back, assuming the content had been compromised? Likewise a film that has been re-edited and re-released in order to downgrade from R 18 to the more accessible MA 15 ?

G Rated

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I bought Sex and the City: The Movie – Extended Cut on the day of its Australian release with the faint wan hope that my initial cinema-based impression was off the mark. If anything, I have come closer to detesting the flick with each subsequent viewing.

Sex and the City DVD
SATC The Movie DVD - Image courtesy of barnesandnoble.com

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