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...coat-wearing creature of the night. While he has a face that “makes Brad Pitt look like a candidate for ‘The Swan,’” Rhage also possesses a vociferous appetite (and not just for blood) that stems from a beast living inside him—a curse bestowed by the Scribe Virgin...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When A Vampire Met Mary | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

Apart from the faulty theology—the Antichrist is supposed to be a sea-beast, not a fairy—what’s more troubling is how similar W sounds to the extremist group he criticizes. Like other radicals, W first tries to legitimize his own position by exaggerating the significance of his opposition. This is done to make the threat seem greater than it really is—thereby requiring an equally extreme response...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: The Gay Old Party | 2/8/2006 | See Source »

...amid the horrific tales of puppies in pillowcases and decapitated dogs, the scientists get a few laughs too. In 2004 some Texans sent samples of what they were convinced was a chupacabra--a legendary hairless beast that drains the blood of its prey. "We don't do that kind of work, but they submitted it in a roundabout way, so we didn't know what they were looking for," says Wictum. The chupacabra turned out to be a very mangy coyote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whodunit, Doggone It? | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

...think I may remember someone dressing up as John Harvard once freshman year. But I’m pretty sure he was killed by that giant, freakish hawk that terrorizes the Yard, the one last seen destroying a small beast on Friday afternoon...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GIFT OF GAB': Mascots Come in All Shapes and Sizes | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

...antique styles of kung fu, so he cast veterans of 70s Hong Kong action pics, among them Yuen Qiu (who?s a hoot as the Alley?s bullying landlady), Chan?s boyhood schoolmate Yuen Wah (as the henpecked landlord) and Bruce Leung (as the mild-mannered ultimate warrior, the Beast). But though Chow the actor doesn?t take center stage until the second hour, Chow the auteur is fully in change. Behind the movie?s frantic fun is a directorial eye so acute it makes most Hollywood directors seem myopic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 2005: Richard Corliss' Top Films of the Year | 12/17/2005 | See Source »

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