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The Wicker Tree is a different animal from The Wicker Man. While the first film carried you comfortably along the storyline in a place of safety where you could watch the action unfold, the second ...
Full Story Summary. Sue and Johnsy are two young female artists who share a studio apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. A pneumonia outbreak is spreading across the city, and Johnsy is one of its victims. Concerned about her condition, her doctor and Sue convene in the hallway outside the apartment to discuss it ...
The complete disregard for narrative propulsion and awkward editing just destroys the film. “The Wicker Tree” is about 15 years too late to be relevant and its boggish pacing, uninteresting characterizations, complete disregard or interest in further exploring themes of sacrificial violence make this one of the least satisfying films out ...
Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland . When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.
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Eurycleia goes upstairs to call Penelope, who has slept through the entire fight. Penelope doesn’t believe anything that Eurycleia says, and she remains in disbelief even when she comes downstairs and sees her husband with her own eyes. Telemachus rebukes her for not greeting Odysseusmore lovingly after his long absence, but Odysseus has other prob...
The scene changes abruptly. Hermes leads the souls of the suitors, crying like bats, into Hades. Agamemnon and Achilles argue over who had the better death. Agamemnon describes Achilles’ funeral in detail. They see the suitors coming in and ask how so many noble young men met their end. The suitor Amphimedon, whom Agamemnon knew in life, gives a br...
The scene in which Penelope tests her husband’s knowledge of the bed neatly brings together several ideas that the epic has touched on before. This subtle test reveals Penelope’s clever side—the side we have seen in her ploy to use a never-to-be-finished burial shroud to put off remarriage for four years. This test not only admits Odysseus to Penel...
Jan 26, 2012 · “The Wicker Tree” almost skates by because it’s so fucking weird, but that only goes so far. In the end, it needed to be something more. Anything more, really. The “Citizen Kane” of ...
Jan 27, 2012 · Gospel singer Beth and her cowboy boyfriend Steve leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they're about to learn the real meaning of sacrifice.
