ACROSS
1 Waned
6 “Boyhood” actor
Ethan
11 Taking a personal
day, say
14 Emancipation
Proclamation
subject
15 Tale of Achilles
and Agamemnon
16 Bro
17 Computer user’s
combination
19 Green prefix
20 Gallery display
21 Pinnacle
22 Accustoms (to)
24 Wan
26 Pen points
29 They may be run
at bars
30 What potatoes
and needles both
have
31 AT&T, briefly
33 Nebraska tribe
34 Biblical beast
36 Waikiki’s island
38 Aegean island
39 Computer user’s
combination
43 14-time NBA All-
Star Duncan
44 Washing
machine filler
45 Anthem
contraction
46 Indian princess
48 Rainbow maker
50 Leave out
54 Have __: be
connected
55 Boy with a
dragon, in a
Disney classic
56 Wine region near
San Francisco
57 Part of USSR
60 Louis XVI, for
one
62 Resistance
measure
63 “Game of
Thrones” airer
64 Computer user’s
combination
68 Spot for a
Bluetooth
headset
69 United Arab
Emirates city
70 Cat-__-tails

71 Dr. of rap
72 Pine (for)
73 Modern surgical
tool

DOWN
1 Get away from it
all
2 DVD alternative
3 War movie scene
4 Actress Gabor
5 Bit of progress
6 Many a
Woodstock
attendee
7 In the style of
8 Ill. neighbor
9 Prince William’s
wife
10 Genesis garden
11 Like Verdi’s most
famous works
12 Subject of the
2010 film “The
Social Network”
13 Follows dental
advice
18 “Please continue”
23 __-Aztecan:
language family
25 Actor Morales
27 Dagwood’s wife
28 Big bunch
32 “Give me a
break!”

35 NBC show with
skits
37 Suffix with glob
39 Place for
cocktails and
music
40 Hardly a picky
eater?
41 50+ org.
42 Waffle maker
43 Vandalized
47 Pasta suffix
49 Muscle injury

51 New Zealand
natives
52 Samsung Galaxy
competitor
53 Mess (with), as a
lock
58 Whirlpool
59 T, on a test
61 Fan mail recipient
65 Lawyer’s gp.
66 Long-snouted
fish
67 “CSI” evidence

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Ridiculous ‘Son’

“Seventh Son” is 
dumb fantasy 

done badly

By JACOB RICH

Daily Film Editor

Dumb fantasy, much like dumb 

action and dumb romantic com-
edy, can be a surprisingly viable 
genre 
when 

done right. In 
the age of abun-
dant blockbuster 
trash-mongers 
like Michael Bay, 
it has become 
increasingly 
apparent 
that 

stratification 
exists between the “good” (“Pacif-
ic Rim,” “Live Die Repeat: Edge of 
Tomorrow”) and “bad” (“Trans-
formers,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja 
Turtles”) popcorn movies. “Sev-
enth Son,” based on a UK young-
adult fantasy novel, is a shining 
example of the latter, a soulless 
fantasy/action movie that seems 
to have spent its $95 million bud-
get in somehow convincing Oscar-
nominated actors Jeff Bridges 
(“True Grit”) and Julianne Moore 
(“Still Alice”) to grace it with their 
presence.

Of that we can never be sure, 

but it certainly seems evident that 
very little money went towards 
the film’s CGI. “Seventh Son” has 
blurry, muddy visual effects, the 
kind that aren’t concerned with 
the viewer catching its imperfec-
tions. This philosophy of hiding 
mediocre filmmaking pervades 
many aspects of “Seventh Son,” 
especially in the film’s terrible 
fight choreography, which is most-
ly hidden by close-ups and a shaky 
camera. Even though the film’s 
post-production team clearly did 

its best to make “Seventh Son” pre-
sentable, the ugly parts of the film 
frequently stick out; for example, 
a Chewbacca-esque Orc charac-
ter’s terrible mask and makeup are 
barely veiled by a layer of CGI, and 
the “magical” death animation for 
several witch characters seems 
(unintentionally) slightly different 
each time one dies.

The only thing the film is con-

cerned with is lead actor Ben 
Barnes’s (“The Chronicles of Nar-
nia: Prince Caspian”) face. His 
stupid, dumb Hollister-ass face. 
And his mysteriously Southern 
Californian accent (especially for 
a British actor). A farm boy who 
becomes a knight’s apprentice 
thanks to a prophecy or some-
thing, Ben Barnes’s Tom Ward is 
without a doubt the least interest-
ing film protagonist in the history 
of fantasy movies. 

Magic amulet. Evil witches that 

turn into dragons. Witch hunt-
er Jeff Bridges. That’s the plot, 
explained with equal effort and 
ambition as the film’s script puts 
forth. 

You’d think the addition of Kit 

Harington (“Game of Thrones”), 
a seasoned veteran of onscreen 

medieval brooding, would at least 
somewhat compensate for direc-
tor Sergei Bodrov’s choice to cast 
a department store mannequin 
as the protagonist. Instead, he 
dies in the first five minutes of the 
film. The fourth billed cast mem-
ber dies in the first five minutes 
of the movie. Harington’s casting 
is an act of pure deception to lure 
“Game of Thrones” fans into this 
trainwreck. Don’t be fooled. 

Jeff 
Bridges 
and 
Julianne 

Moore are awful. Moore acts like 
the film is a dental appointment; 
Bridges at least has more fun with 
it, but still doesn’t put in any real 
acting, instead hamming it up with 
exaggerated mouth movement and 
a bizarre accent that’s part Gan-
dalf, part Bane, all terrible.

According to numerous online 

sources, the film is a very loose 
adaptation of the novel it’s based 
on, so it didn’t even get that right. 

The best thing that can be said 

about this film is that it has a quick 
pace and a short length. 

Yet, “Seventh Son” has been 

given a “D-” instead of an “F” 
because dragons and swords and 
stuff are still pretty cool things to 
put in movies.

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The best and worst 
of Grammys fashion

By Daily Style Writers

BEST:
Pharrell: 
Besides 
nabbing 

three statuettes Sunday night, 
Pharrell exercised his recent 
collection of Adidas, a crisp gray 
shorts suit — one in which he 
could probably exercise. Though 
nothing revelatory at first blush, 
when a light hits it, the suit’s 
grey goes white, matching his 
suede, buck lace-ups. Williams 
doesn’t need the Smokey Bear 
hat to distinguish himself: An 
Adidas collab, an unadulterated 
eye for color and accolades that 
never stop raining will suffice 
for now.

 — Andrew McClure
Aloe 
Blacc: 
Though 
Aloe 

Blacc’s 
music 
contributions 

have been afterthought-ish for 
a few years now, the 36-year-
old hyphenate still swags out, 
leaving any flaws at home. On 
the carpet, he teamed up with an 
indie fashion label to rock a rich 
navy suit, complete with a snow-
white pocket square to light up 
his shirt. Some think the south-
of-knee taper is key on the pants, 
but Blacc opts for the slim-cut, 
straight leg, which barely kiss 
his baby-blue suede loafers. 
Smart. A blacked-out pork pie 
cap levels out the vibrancy of 
everything below. 

— Andrew McClure
Kanye West: Kanye doesn’t 

smile in photographs because 
people “back then” didn’t. Even 
his nearly punking Beck for the 
artist’s Album of the Year win 
wasn’t funny. What is funny is 
that Ye seldom looks like shit, 
and when he “does,” you always 
end up commending his almost-

transgressive 
look. 
He 

wended down the carpet, chin 
up, tits out, in a clean velvet 
Balmain suit. Bespoke to his 
distinctive taste, the pant legs 
stack, unstreamlined, like the 
money he made from Yeezus. 
A gilded necklace and velvet 
cowboy boots — Ye likes boots 
— say, “I only need one color to 
trump all of yours, bitch.”

 — Andrew McClure
Beyoncé: Two things I know 

for certain: 1. Bey is impossible 
of looking anything other than 
flawless. 2. If anyone’s going 
to convince us all to convert to 
veganism, it’s her. This form of 
human head-to-toe perfection 
is high-key scary at this point, 
but when her goddess-like body 
is donning a beaded, custom, 
body-hugging Proenza Schouler 
gown, it’s clear we’ve found the 
eighth world wonder. Long live 
the queen. 

— Caroline Filips
Gwen 
Stefani: 
Thankfully, 

Gwen has graduated from the 
days of donning Harajuku on the 
red carpet, and it’s a beautiful 
thing — especially when it 
led her to an Atelier Versace 
jumpsuit. Harem-style bottoms 
and a ruffled bustier only added 
to her edgy style repertoire, but 
it’s clear she’s taking a more 
refined, minimalist approach. 
The little black jumpsuit is on 
the rise, people. 

— Caroline Filips
Taylor Swift: As a perpetual 

skeptic of the high-low trend, 
Taylor 
took 
a 
unique 
spin 

on it with a teal, halter mini 
dress within a ball gown that 
converted me into a full-fledged 
believer. Elie Saab is always 
perfectly feminine and elegant, 
and when it’s topped off with 
Lorraine Schwartz — killing 
it. 

— Caroline Filips

Kim 
Kardashian 
West: 

Hair and makeup alone, Kim 
Kardashian 
owned 
the 
red 

carpet. But then, she slipped on 
her robe and she stole the show. 
And by robe I mean golden-
sequined Jean Paul Gaultier 
Haute 
Couture 
gown. 
Kim 

was too petite for the dress; it 
would have looked better on say, 
Beyoncé, but it also wasn’t black, 
so Mrs. West gets major kudos. 
She was the best shiny, gold thing 
Kanye could hold since he didn’t 
walk away with a Grammy. 

— Mara MacLean
Childish Gambino: The men 

definitely surpassed the women 
this Grammy season and the 
male forerunner was none other 
than Donald Glover. His tux was 
tailored to perfection, matching 
his optimal amount of facial hair. 
Glover’s cuff stopped just above 
the ankle to accentuate his sharp 
slippers. The ladies need to step 
up their game in order to keep up 
with ’Bino. 

— Mara MacLean
John 
Mayer: 
Mr. 
Mayer 

looked as dapper as can be on 
the Grammy red carpet. When 
he started playing the guitar in 
the same getup, you could hear 
swoons. He paired a classic 
tuxedo, though a little shiny, with 
a great bowtie. His tortoiseshell 
glasses 
and 
sweeping 
‘do 

completed the look, completely 
outshining Katy Perry. 

— Mara MacLean
WORST:
Nick Jonas: I don’t listen to 

Nick Jonas and, to be frank, I 
thought he was part of the Naked 
Brothers Band for like, well, 
until yesterday. And because the 
Internet is big I am probably not 
the first to say he embarrassed 
himself last night, in a plaid 
Versace suit with blinding white 
high-top kicks. First, Versace 
sucks. 
Their 
ready-to-wear 

menswear line, in all of its gold-
jewelry-printed-on-a-bomber-
only-$3K!-ness, is by and large 
meant for one of two people — a 
Saudi prince who discovered 

high fashion today or a not-
real person. There’s a stark line 
between 
sartorial 
risk-taking 

and 
wearing 
expensive 
shit 

because it’s expensive and the 
creative directors must “know 
what they’re doing.” Jonas, tsk. 
 — Andrew McClure

Sam Smith: Sam Smith won 

four Grammys this year. I have 
a hunch that these shows are 
scripted enough for Smith to 
know that he was going to surely 
win at least two awards last night, 
so I expected more out of him. 
His sort-of-annoying pompadour 
aside, his sharp Armani tux had 
potential, but all went to hell 
when his white bowtie existed 
and his shirt cuffs nearly hit his 
southernmost thumb knuckle, 
like me in my dad’s swag back 
at the homecoming dance. I 
liked the stacked-leg, tapered-
below-knee 
pants,w 
but 
his 

Lego-like hyper-glossed Oxford 
lace-ups make me want to chuck 
my phone. I did. 

— Andrew McClure
LL Cool J: I remember when 

someone, for the first time, 
mentioned LL Cool J, and me 
asking, “So what’s his real stage 
name?” The name hasn’t gotten 
any cooler, even if he is hosting 
music’s “biggest” night for the 
fourth time. The moment I saw 
that he and Seacrest were wearing 
the 
same 
Armani 
made-to-

measure suit, I was disappointed 
in Seacrest, unfazed by LL Cool 
J. In an electric, navy suit jacket 
with black lapels, black trousers 
and his typical limo-driver lid, 
things got worse with a droopy, 
oversized Mickey Mouse bowtie. 
I’m convinced that hue of blue 
looks good on nobody, except 
maybe the store rack. It’s a good 
home for any style piece not 
worth exposing to your friend, 
let alone millions of wine-sipping 
judges in their living rooms. 

— Andrew McClure
Madonna: So Madonna is 

definitely having a midlife crisis 
as seen right on the Grammys’s 
red carpet last night. Dressed in 
a Givenchy trainwreck, she tried 
to embrace her inner cabaret/
yodeler/naughty maid and it 
was an epic fail. Madonna, you 
are 56 years old (the age of my 
grandmother), for the love of all 
that is right in the fashion world 
please dress appropriately for 
your age. 

— Mariam Sheikh
Rihanna: RiRi showed up on 

the carpet in a huge, pink, poofy 
disaster of proportions that I 
have not seen since I played with 
princess barbies. However, she 
redeemed herself during the 
awards when she skipped the 
pink ruffles and went for a more 
sleek and cool look, a black pant 
suit. Sometimes you just can’t 
win ‘em all RiRi. 

— Mariam Sheikh
Katherine 
McPhee: 
Maybe 

cutting your own hair works 
for 
you, 
Kath, 
but 
please 

refrain 
from 
cutting 
your 

dresses … and please, please 
#StopRandomMetalBars2k15. 

— Caroline Filips
Iggy Azalea: I too questioned, 

“who dat?” at first glance of 
Ms. Azalea herself, but was 
confused as to why one of the 
von Trapp children would be at 
the Grammys. Iggy, you can wear 
anything, but please, check the 
mane. 

— Caroline Filips
Charli XCX: Moschino is hard 

to get right on the red carpet, 
and unfortunately Charli XCX’s 
attempt was a failure. Her white 
tuxedo looked like it could use a 
good steam, and her red carpet 
stance did not work well with 
the sheen. The hair and makeup 
added to the pink bowtie and 
fur; it all had a very Alice in 
Wonderland feel, somewhere 
between the Mad Hatter and 
White Rabbit. 

— Mara MacLean
Katy Perry: Perry’s hair and 

makeup were all wrong, from the 
lavender tresses to cat eyeliner. 
Her 
nude, 
beaded 
Zuhair 

Murad dress appeared ill-fitted 
and hit a really bad part of the 
leg. It was interesting and eye-
catching, but not necessarily 
for the right reasons. The dress 
was stunning, as is Perry, but 
it didn’t come together this 
time. 

— Mara MacLean

Glossed Oxford 
lace-ups make 

me want to 

chuck my phone.

D-

Seventh Son

Rave and 
Quality 16

Universal Pictures

