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Sweet Dreams: 'Dark City' creates world, forgets plot: 'The Crow' director brings another dark, gothic vision to the screen, but provides no substance to accompany it
By
Joe Manera
| March 2, 1998
"Dark City" is the new film by Alex Proyas ("The Crow"), and it tries really, really hard to be dark and trippy.
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SamulNuri drums up a storm, combining music, dance
By
Shialing Kwa
| February 27, 1998
If you have waited in line to check your blitz at the Hop recently, you've probably noticed these guys whirling and twirling and drumming up a frenzy on the television screen next to the computers.
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Bring in Da Music: Gospel Choir explores history
By
Jay Krehbiel
| February 27, 1998
With the help of BUTA and Ujima, the Gosepl Choir re-enacts gospel history, from Africa to the present
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Rebelling, Japanese style: 'Shall We Dance' delights
By
Hank Leukart
| February 26, 1998
Last year's charming Japanese import follows an uptight businessman finding passion on the dance floor
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Beckett's 'Play' finds depth in simplicity
By
Michelle Chui
| February 25, 1998
Like a twisted rendition of campers telling horror stories by the campfire, the curtain to Samuel Beckett's rhetorically titled play, "Play," opened with three heads seemingly suspended above trash cans and lit only by flashlights from beneath. Huge, looming shadows flickering on the back wall of the stage and across the actors' faces reduced the scene to a simple contrast between light and dark. This contrast was, however, perhaps the only concrete component of the production.
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Book chronicles writer's journey
By
James M. Roberts
| February 25, 1998
Mosher's 'North Country' details his trip along U.S.-Canada border
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Three soloists unite to form Celtic Fiddle Festival
By
Elizabeth Joyce
| February 24, 1998
The Hopkins Center hosts the talented trio tonight for an evening of fiddle mania and Celtic good cheer
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'Palmetto' is a one-note film set in a one-horse town
By
Matt Frucci
| February 23, 1998
About two-thirds of the way through "Palmetto" -- a steamy film noir about lust, money and revenge -- it becomes more than clear that it is nothing but an R-rated version of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," without the animation. The resemblance is subtle until "The Dip," the cartoon-killing acid of "Roger Rabbit," makes its first appearance in "Palmetto," albeit under a different name and only killing mere mortals.
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Duvall's 'The Apostle' finds faith without preaching
By
Joe Manera
| February 23, 1998
Robert Duvall writes, directs and stars in the character study of a preacher searching to discover true faith
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'Joe Turner' production does justice to the work
By
Micheal A. Posey
| February 20, 1998
With August Wilson watching
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'Henry V' brings Shakesepare to modern audience
By
Tom Wellington
| February 20, 1998
"Henry V" is a stupendous achievement on the part of actor/director Kenneth Branagh. At 28-years of age, he created a definitive interpretation of William Shakespeare's play for our times.
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'Joe Turner' director makes the theater his home
By
Josie Huang
| February 19, 1998
With years of theater experience
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Top 10 cult films: weird, cheap and out of control
By
Hank Leukart
| February 18, 1998
From transsexual musicals to the billion dollar industry of 'Star Wars,' cult films have the strongest following
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Paxton has good music, poor words
By
Lou Scerra
| February 17, 1998
"You want sex, but you don't understand what comes next, well is it Tina or Rex?" Those are one of the first lines of lyrics you hear when you listen to the debut, self-titled album of Paxton, the newest name signed to Nemperor Records.
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'Sphere's' thrills overcome underwater predictability
By
Joe Manera
| February 16, 1998
Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone battle an alien presence in Michael Crichton's latest sci-fi thriller
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Ain't It Cool News brings Hollywood inside info to the Net
By
Tom Wellington
| February 16, 1998
Every few days a 26-year-old self-proclaimed movie geek, fat boy, and slacker compiles reams of secret Hollywood information for publication on the World Wide Web.
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Winter Whingding spotlights Aires and Dodecs
By
Sarah Rubenstein
| February 12, 1998
This year, the annual event brings the Brown University Derbies to campus for a night of a cappella singing
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'Shaken and Stirred' puts Bond songs through the mixer
By
Matt Blanchard
| February 12, 1998
It has been estimated that more than half the world's population has seen a James Bond movie. With 18 installments so far, the series is far and away the longest running and most successful movie franchise in history, and an integral element of this success has always been the James Bond music. Monty Norman's classic James Bond theme is probably the single most recognizable piece of movie music in the world, and a few of the title tracks from the individual movies, like "Goldfinger," are nearly as famous.