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...Bozell, a conservative critic of liberal media biases, has taken out newspaper ads comparing Gumbel's insult to the racist remarks that got Jimmy the Greek fired from CBS years ago. Gumbel, says Bozell, is guilty of religious bigotry. If he is not fired, then at the very least, Gumbel should apologize for what he said. Neither Gumbel nor CBS has done...
...only the Rev. Al Sharpton were a movie critic! If only Johnnie Cochran could file a damage suit for cinematic misconduct! If only Hollywood did not have such an exploitative view of the young black urban audience this gratuitously violent and graceless remake of Shaft is meant to attract! The problem is not just that Jackson, normally as good an actor as they come, is to Roundtree what George Lazenby, who played James Bond in the deservedly forgotten On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), is to Sean Connery. It's that instead of updating the heroic Shaft...
...star Bjork. She's a quadruple-threat artiste: can't act, can't dance, can't sing, can't compose." This movie went on to capture the prestigious Palme d'Or, and Bjork won the best-actress award. Exactly who is the incompetent one here, Bjork or your critic? ERLENDUR S. ORSTEINSSON Reykjavik...
...Your critic Farley gave an unfavorable review to Eminem's new album The Marshall Mathers LP. Farley had no place saying this album "lacks great beats" and "gets old quickly." Although there is nothing wrong with having a viewpoint, it would have been nice if Farley had pointed out both the good and bad qualities of the album. Thanks to this article, a lot of people are going to miss out on a great CD. MATT MARTIN San Carlos, Calif...
...intrigued, in fact, that he recruited documentary maker and TIME film critic Richard Schickel and immediately started hunting for more raw footage from World War II. With Paisley's help, they amassed 600 hours' worth and began editing the remarkable trove. The result is Shooting War, a spectacularly conceived and haunting 90-min. documentary that premieres June 5, in conjunction with the opening of the National D-Day Museum, at a conference sponsored by the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans...