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...deliver a futurismo fashion statement and a can of whup-ass in the same movie--this is smart filmmaking. Larry and Andy Wachowski, the Chicago-bred brothers who wrote and directed The Matrix, are smart in a way moviegoers love and Hollywood moguls cherish: the picture, shot in Australia for $63 million, had the year's strongest opening weekend and pulled in a robust $50.7 million in its first nine days. The film's producer, Joel Silver, says the boys have a sequel in mind, and cannily adds, "The more success the movie has, the more willing they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Popular Metaphysics | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...super heavy funk" tunes as "Let a Man Do What he Wanna Do" and "Steam Train," Fields has put together an album full of some great funk grunts, groans, squeals and moans that will, at the very least, make you smile. The album has been described as "a raw-ass piece of funky-soul served straight-up on a platter of nasty-nasty." And as Fields himself puts it, "Who needs dust/when you got soul...

Author: By Ben A. Cowan, | Title: Album Review: Let's Get A Groove On by Lee Fields | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...bring the review down to earth. While the movie is generally well-written, often funny, only the final twists allow things to just squeak into an ending before turning irredeemably tiresome. Everyone seems overly confident in the script's zinginess and protean plotting--and therefore gets lazy-ass...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Back to Black | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...super heavy funk" tunes as "Let a Man Do What he Wanna Do" and "Steam Train," Fields has put together an album full of some great funk grunts, groans, squeals and moans that will, at the very least, make you smile. The album has been described as "a raw-ass piece of funky-soul served straight-up on a platter of nasty-nasty." And as Fields himself puts it, "Who needs dust/when you got soul?" Ben A. Cowan

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lee Fields Let's Get A Groove On Disco Records | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...This is all to say that such behavior is intolerable," noted John L. Lester '99, concluding a recent speech at the Bow and Arrow Pub. "My new job, as an overpaid yet under-worked capitalist, allows me to transport my ass to far-away destinations at my whim...

Author: By T.j. Kelleher, | Title: Four Dollars and Change | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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