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The New Cult Canon: Heavenly Creatures
avclub.com –
2009-02-26
On June 22, 1954, in Victoria Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her 15-year-old best friend Juliet Hulme bludgeoned Parker's mother, Honora Rieper, to death with a chunk of brick stuffed into an old stocking. ... Full Article
Will Winslet be lucky at Oscars?
msn.com –
2009-02-14
In 2008, it was clear that Winslet had the most stellar year for any actress, with her highly acclaimed roles in " The Revolutinary Road " and " The Reader ". ... Full Article
A Place Where We Could Go
prefixmag.com –
2008-05-20
For Jeremy Jay, music may as well have stopped after 1970. The dizzy guitar strum that opens the second track, "Heavenly Creatures," on Jay's first full-length, A Place Where We Could Go, carries his voice along with it. ... Full Article
Jeremy Jay
popmatters.com –
2008-05-20
Judging by the music that they've put out over the course of the last 26 years, the folks at K Records have never put much stock in the concept of adulthood. ... Full Article
THEATER PICK DAUGHTERS OF HEAVEN Michaelanne Forster's play, which is receiving its U.S. premiere here, studies two adolescents who committed a crime that shocked New Zealand in the 1950s. ... Full Article
Heavenly Creatures
associatedcontent.com –
2008-02-22
Heavenly Creatures. Blood and bricks. Fantasy and friends. Climaxed into a separation. A love that can't be is all that remains among Heavenly Creatures. ... Full Article
Tom Hanks, center, appears in a scene from the movie "Saving Private Ryan," which many fans feel deserved the 1999 Best Picture Oscar. No matter who wins at the Academy Awards on Sunday, some viewers will walk away thrilled, while ... Full Article
Winslet back in awards spotlight
bbc.co.uk –
2005-01-25
Winslet, who was born in Reading in 1975, made a low-key screen debut at the age of 11, starring in a cereal commercial. Over the next few years she landed bit parts in TV shows and plays, the most notable... ... Full Article
Heavenly Creatures
paloaltoonline.com –
1994-12-01
Writer-director Peter Jackson introduces us to Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1950, with a clip from an old newsreel: happy families mowing suburban lawns, white-clad cricket players in fields of green, uniformed schoolchildren filing out of class in orderly lines. ... Full Article
Based on screenwriter James Bosley's stageplay, Fun is a harrowing glimpse into the world of desperate friendship gone horribly awry. Bonnie and Hillary (Witt and Humphrey) are 14-year-old girls who meet, become best friends, and end up butchering an old... ... Full Article