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...Alice in Wonderland” does in fact provide much wonder in its stunning animation and design. Yet, it is a shame to see Burton try so hard to please the masses with a standard fantasy epic plot and sprinklings of cheesy dialogue. Compared to his off-beat earlier works, this film definitely lacks the artistic risk-taking that makes for a quality film. Much like the “Avatar” sensation that took the nation by storm but whose plot rang a little too close to that of Pocahontas, “Alice in Wonderland?...

Author: By Francis E. Cambronero, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alice in Wonderland | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...page twenty-nine where Nabokov writes, ‘The cat, as Pnin would say, cannot be hid in a bag.’” Wood grins, before eagerly pushing forward, “Ah, yes, yes! There’s a great bit four pages earlier when Pnin gets dentures and Nabokov describes his tongue as ‘a fat sleek seal, [which] used to flop and slide so happily among the familiar rocks, but now not a landmark remained...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Humor Reveals a Road to Faulkner | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Contrary to earlier indications that Kirkland would cease housing students in the building altogether, Joshua G. McIntosh, associate dean of Harvard College for student life, confirmed in an e-mailed statement yesterday that Lowell House will take one floor of housing in 20 DeWolfe St. and that Kirkland will keep one of its two current floors...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirkland, Lowell To Split DeWolfe Floors | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...rising star started off the day with a solid win in the first game, 11-7, giving the impression that the matchup would be a repeat of what happened earlier in the season. Hathway had different ideas, answering back with a strong 11-5 victory of her own—just the second game Gemmell had dropped all season. The first one came in the first-round matchup against Cornell’s Rebecca Hazwell, a contest Gemmell...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gemmell Shines at National Tourney | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

While the Legion website's message last week was sympathetic to Lara and her sons, the order made a point of exposing José Raúl González's private demand earlier this year that the Legion pay him $26 million to keep quiet about his father's sexual abuse. The order insists it did not pay, suggesting that the money was the motive for the tell-all radio interview. Masferrer says the Legion has also circulated reports that Maciel was surrounded by exorcists in his final days, suggesting that his immoral acts were the work of demons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Maciel Scandal Puts Focus on a Secretive Church Order | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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