But in its depiction of brotherly love, it achieves much that is touching and unexpected.
Half Aztec mythology, half noirish thriller, Grim Fandango (working title, The Long Siesta) is one of the most bonkers, creative, hilarious, touching and unexpected games ever made.
Two people have been killed and three injured in three separate package explosions at homes in Austin, Tex., this month — crimes that have put the capital city on edge and prompted the police to warn residents not to even touch any unexpected packages.
These are the same tears we shed when we encounter a thing of extraordinary beauty, or are touched by unexpected and we think, undeserved compassion.
The filmmakers try to balance pointed, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness, with results that are sometimes bracing, sometimes baffling and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching.
The movie is a bit heavy on the hillbilly stereotypes, but a wonderfully unexpected, oddly touching performance by the Irish-born actor Liam Neeson, playing another of Truman's backwoods brothers, covers a lot of sins -- Wednesday/EarlyThursday at 3 a.m. and Thursday at 11 p.m. on TBS.
The Koch conference touched off an unexpected — and for the Romney campaign, somewhat unwelcome — competition for top-flight moneyed supporters.
Below, Martin spoke with VICE about restroom cruising's historical and cultural impact, and how the history he's surfaced has touched visitors in unexpected ways.
When the council gave first approval to the new ordinance in July, the decision touched off an unexpected wave of controversy in the city, which is about 70% Asian.
When state agents raided 83-year-old Al Robbins' cluttered reptilian laboratory last month and confiscated two dozen snakes, including rattlers and cobras, they touched off an unexpected storm of protest.
