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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many debut features, the script attempts to take on too much, sacrificing narrative focus for stylistic flair. What starts out as a younger, less bleak '50s version of After Dark My Sweet quickly turns into a meandering hodgepodge, alternating between generic buddy flick (obligatory scene in which cool guy teaches socially inept guy how to dress and impress the ladies) and violent cowboy soap opera. There's nothing wrong with genre fusing or having characters whose individual stories could constitute an entire script in themselves, but this film does it sloppily. By the time The Locusts reaches its wanna...

Author: By Brandon K. Walston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Locusts' a Confused Film Debut | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

...They'd ask you, but if you just told them no they were cool," he said. "But if you said 'I don't know,' they'd work...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder and Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Frat Known as 'Party House,' Ex-Pledge Says | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

...trying to be as New York blase as possible. While the most laid-back school in the country started looking more like backstage at a Puff Daddy concert (metal detectors, guys in fatigues, and a laminated, neck-rope pass for everyone--students, parents, faculty, press), people tried to act cool. The school administration will say nothing besides one well-crafted sentence about "respecting the privacy of all our students." Chelsea's residence staff has been trained in press handling (tell them to leave, then call the police) to the point where they seem unfazed. Even Bill Shen, founder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DON'T LOOK, IT'S CHELSEA CLINTON | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...best things about being really rich must be how easy it is to get even richer. And this means not the odd $5,000 that earns a cool 18% a year on the eternal bull market (though we're not complaining, either, Mr. Greenspan) but the odd $5 million that returns 18% in four hours in the latest initial public offering (IPO)--as long as you're loaded enough to get offered such a deal in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOGULS BY THE MILLION | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

www.annalive.com This tacky ode to Anna Nicole Smith offers dating tips (but no geriatric pickup lines) and a personal "cool" list (No. 2: "Norway and My Norwegian Fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Sep. 29, 1997 | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

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