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...more rock-and-roll feel to the work, he introduces slang, throwaway puns and silly lyrics that hinder his otherwise elegant style. He describes Vina as "Professor Vina and Crystal Vina, Holy Vina and profane Vina, Junkie Vina and Veggie Vina, Women's Vina and Vina the Sex Machine, Barren-Childless Tragic Vina and Traumatized-childhood-Tragedy Vina." Um, what was that again...
What to Look For Everyone looks like chalky-white popsicles in this movie, and rightfully so; the town Mystery, Alaska is the namesake of this movie, which stars Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack and Russell Crowe, is situated in the midst of the barren land of glaciers that is our 49th state. Hockey is a huge sport in this lonely town, and it seems that the whole pride of the town rests in the gentle cradle of the hockey stick. But the purity of the game is threatened when the amateur team is challenged to a match by the New York...
...their childhood in foster households in England, separated from their parents except for occasional visits back home. Alan's loneliness during this period may have inspired his lifelong interest in the operations of the human mind, how it can create a world when the world it is given proves barren or unsatisfactory...
...text subtly takes on the feeling of each different country. When Keelin wanders through the Tokyo night life the descriptions take on a hard, bright, almost neon like quality. As she sweats through sickness in Central America a fuzzy magic-realism pervades. New York and Las Vegas become the barren, American suburban talk-show circuit. Like the text, Keelin is subtly changed by each new location, making a journey that began as a quest for someone else her own. Even as she moves towards real independence, though, Keelin is snared by the complexities and false promises of the family bond...
...brother stared at me expectantly as we trudged our way through the barren streets of South Boston on Saturday evening. He had come into town for the weekend to spend some quality time with his big brother, and I figured that reviewing a couple of underground films would be a great excuse to get off campus at least once during his visit. It had seemed like a great idea at the time, but as we meandered farther and farther from civilization, I began to wonder if perhaps I had made a judgement error in dragging my sibling away from...