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...says to Marlo Stanfield, “It’s all in the game” to describe the complications and stresses inherent in being a kingpin in the Baltimore drug trade? If you have no idea what the crap I’m talking about, The Wire, aka the sweetest show ever, is about crime and policing in the age of post-industrial urban decay, and the characters traditionally say “all in the game” to describe the triumphs, defeats and harsh realities of operating in the criminal underworld. Sort of like...

Author: By H. max Huber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking It to the House: A Fond Farewell | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...time Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban) introduces himself to Kirk on a transporter full of new recruits, my grin had settled in for good. In terms of casting, Ryder is Abrams' only blunder. John Choo (aka Harold of Harold and Kumar fame) as Hikaru Sulu? Perfection. Simon Pegg as Scotty? Genius. I didn't recognize Anton Yelchin, who makes a charming 17-year-old Chekov, from his role in Hearts of Atlantis but I was mentally clapping him on the back as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Star Trek Movie: It Will Leave Fans Beaming | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

Match 5: THE GIRLS, AKA Maria "The PUN-isher" May (blue) versus Eleanor "The Viking" Wilking...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: Boxers Beat Up On Each Other | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...Lone Man makes his way from Madrid to Seville and then into the countryside toward his wealthy target, American, aka the Man (Bill Murray, who starred in Jarmusch's lovely Broken Flowers), he encounters a cast of characters who trade boxes of matches with him and pass on more tidbits of instruction along with commentary on art and culture. There's Guitar (John Hurt), Mexican (Gael Garcia Bernal) and the most helpful of all, Blonde (Tilda Swinton), who is a fan of Jarmusch-style cinema. "The best films are like dreams you're never really sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Limits of Control: Hitman of Your Dreams | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...Science Activities Social (Women's Center) — "A relaxing way to meet a lot of scientists," the publicity assures. HUBSS will provide crepes, THURJ the ice cream, and WISHR the monkey bread (AKA pinch-me cake...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: The Prefrosh Sabbath Day | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

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