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...reconciliation. Reconciliation is also the theme of the typical girl movie; it traces parallel paths of self-discovery and fence mending. (A Walk to Remember and Crossroads have about a dozen of these I-forgive-you-oh-no-let-me-forgive-you-first scenes.) Audiences trained to expect a climax of bloody or comic revenge have to settle for hugs and smiles and maybe a tear. To enjoy these films is to get in touch with your inner softie. And that doesn't fit today's jock-and-schlock film climate, where "nice" is the tiniest niche...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Screen Teens | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...abused by her father). And there will be giggles aplenty at the scene in which our brainy heroine writes a poem with the line, "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" (which just happens to be a recent Spears hit). But Crossroads delivers on the expected climax: Britney's first kiss with an adult male. It's a Saint Bernard slobberer of a smooch--the tsunami of wet kisses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Screen Teens | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...other half of the rhythm section came to the fore. The bassist punched out the pentatonic riff in swift staccato beats; the guitarist wailed out a crackling solo that was perfectly punctuated by the pianist’s driving accompaniment; and again Frankie brought the tune to its climax with his fierce trumpet chops...

Author: By Evan Lushing, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frankie V: One Smooth Dude | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

...World Youth Day celebrations climax in Toronto (27-28) with a vigil, a live concert and Papal Mass - up to a million young Catholics from 150 countries are expected to attend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyes Forward | 2/4/2002 | See Source »

...Elvis Week 2002 celebrations in Memphis (10-18) climax with a vigil, a video concert and brunch - up to 75,000 fans are expected to attend for the 25th anniversary of Presley's death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyes Forward | 2/4/2002 | See Source »

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