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(07/21/00 9:00am)
Those who dismiss "Survivor" as brainless entertainment need to recognize the complex moral quandaries that the show and the actions of those on it have presented. The show may not be as artsy or pretentious as last year's "Cradle Will Rock" or this year's "American Psycho," but thankfully, it's also not as annoyingly simplistic or transparent.
(07/03/00 9:00am)
When making a movie in which the protagonist is not a person but a surging, monster storm, you must hurl yourself into the concept with full force. Otherwise, you will be left with a whirlwind of special effects and some hurriedly pieced-together secondary characters. Unfortunately, this is the mistake that Wolfgang Petersen has made in his rousing disaster movie, "The Perfect Storm."
(06/29/00 9:00am)
There's no denying that Jim Carrey has a mountain of talent. He practically invented a new brand of comedy with "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "Dumb & Dumber" and "The Mask." He helped drive "The Truman Show" to being one of the most original movies of 1998. Then, in last year's "Man on the Moon," he portrayed comic-genius Andy Kaufman so accurately that it was frightening.
(05/16/00 9:00am)
Like an overzealous abstract artist, Ridley Scott paints his sweeping epic "Gladiator" onto the screen with broad, bold strokes, using every technique at his disposal to add to the grand feeling of his film.
(05/10/00 9:00am)
There's something about animation that makes professional animators only interested in creating personal art.
(05/01/00 9:00am)
Natalie Portman has lost her way. Critics greeted her 11-year-old acting debut in 1994's "The Professional" with praise for the film and surprise about Portman's quality acting and maturity beyond her years. Then, in Ted Demme's excellent and insightful "Beautiful Girls," her acting somehow became the center of the entire movie, overshadowing such famous names as Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Mira Sorvino, and Uma Thurman.
(04/19/00 9:00am)
The July 29, 1996 cover of Business Week screams, "JITTERS! With investors worried about earning and interest rates, the large awaited stock market sell-off finally hit." This week's cover asks, "Is it finally over?"
(04/17/00 9:00am)
During the opening of "American Psycho," globules of a red liquid drip in front of a white backdrop while a large steak knife slashes its way past the screen.
(04/05/00 9:00am)
Midlife crises have been a popular movie topic lately. Last year's "Election," "American Beauty," and "Magnolia" all touched upon the fears and reflections of every Baby Boomer.
(01/18/00 11:00am)
One rule makes life seem simple: those who take the most substantial risks reap the biggest rewards, but those who venture and fail can ruin their lives.
(01/06/00 11:00am)
During the past 12 months, Hollywood and other independent film makers have released a body of cinema of higher quality than I can remember in any other recent year.
(11/22/99 11:00am)
Before the expected plot-driven narrative of Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon" starts, Jim Carrey -- completely in character as comic genius Andy Kaufman -- steps onto the screen and speaks directly to the audience. He insists that everyone should go home, because he expects that the movie they are about to watch will be boring.
(11/01/99 11:00am)
It must be hard for Martin Scorsese to live up to himself. Considering that he directed three of the most influential movies in film history over the past three decades ("Goodfellas," "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver"), he must feel constantly under pressure to match his previous projects. Even films such as the uncomfortable "The King of Comedy," the hard-to-stomach "Casino" and the controversial "Last Temptation of Christ" have all been groundbreaking for one reason or another.
(10/25/99 9:00am)
When Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) screams the first and second rule of Fight Club -- "You do not talk about Fight Club" -- Tyler makes a statement more ironic than he could possibly know. The fact that "Fight Club" can brag about its status as the most talked about movie of the fall is only a side-note. Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's book by the same name is so thought-provoking, frightening and confrontational that it is difficult to avoid discussing at length.
(08/23/99 9:00am)
At its annual retreat at the College's Minary Conference Center, the Board of Trustees was briefed about the progress of the steering committee but made no decisions about the Social and Residential Life Initiative and did not alter the Initiative's timetable.
(08/23/99 9:00am)
Despite the recent release of the Social and Residential Life Task Force Report and the continuing work of the steering committee, the College's summer admissions tours still do not cover the Initiative in detail -- and most prospective students on the tours attended by a reporter for The Dartmouth seemed more interested in the dormitories' lack of air conditioning than in the Initiative.
(08/19/99 9:00am)
Music is a powerful thing. It has the ability to make a person smile or bring a person to tears. And like it did for Craig Wedren -- the lead singer of the now defunct post-punk band Shudder to Think -- it can change people's lives.
(08/19/99 9:00am)
The Trustees will convene this weekend for their annual August retreat at the College's Minary Conference Center on Squam Lake in Holderness, N.H.
(08/05/99 9:00am)
For as long as I can remember, horror movies have been the bane of Hollywood's existence. In fact, "Silence of the Lambs" is the only horror movie that has ever won an Academy Award for Best Picture since the Academy started giving awards in 1929. Even worse, this lack of recognition has been mostly due not to an Academy bias but to the fact that most horror movies are simply bad. Even the few clever ones including the self-reflexive "Scream" prompt awful copycats such as "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
(08/03/99 9:00am)
The universal problem with good farces stems from the amount of exposition required to set up the story in the first act so that hilarious situations can arise in the second half. The writer expends so much energy concocting a to-be-comedic plot that the first act can become tedious and confusing.