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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...name doesn't quite trip off the tongue like Walking with Dinosaurs, which brought the terrible lizards to life in digital animation. Otherwise this documentary, about the age of mammals, is a fab, furry follow-up. The menagerie--Ambulocetus (a "walking whale"), Propalaeotherium (a cat-size horse), et al.--is so stunning it's almost a disappointment when live actors turn up to play early humans. But when the giant deer Megaloceros charges and breathtakingly leaps over a hunter, it's like watching the ani-Matrix...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walking With Prehistoric Beasts | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

Greatest Hits The Cure Robert Smith et al’s third compilation album after two “Singles” collections is a cane-twirling traipse through the kitschy lipsticked sound of the Cure over their 20-plus year career. The difference between a “Singles” collection and a “Greatest Hits” album can be fuzzy, and the resulting selection may not represent the most recognizable Cure songs. They might have included “The Caterpillar?...

Author: By Thomas J. Clarke, James Crawford, Thalia S. Field, Andrew R. Iliff, P. PATTY Li, Michael T. Packard, Matthew F. Quirk, and Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFFS | Title: GimmeGimmeGimme | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...will be excised from the theatrical print for next spring’s re-release. Also missing from the re-release will be the line about a Halloween trick-or-treater looking “like a terrorist.” And in the iconic scene when Elliot, E.T., et al. are fleeing on bicycles, the authorities’ rifles and guns will be digitally replaced by walkie-talkies (why not make a few bucks and have them sipping Fresca?). Although the unexpurgated E.T. was suitable for TV in 1987, it is not suitable for theaters now, even with...

Author: By Couper Samuleson, YARDSTICK | Title: Specious Editions | 11/27/2001 | See Source »

Those playmakers—Rose, Morris, et al.—did on Saturday what they've been doing all year long, and it finally paid off in front of the largest home crowd this year...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: As Usual, Football Rolls | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

...down shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy airport Monday morning, en route to the Dominican Republic. Sending new shockwaves through an already nervous city and nation, the plane plowed into a Belle Harbor, Queens neighborhood with 246 passengers and nine crew members aboard at 9:17 AM ET. The plane crashed just three minutes after takeoff - the most dangerous part of any flight. Rescue workers have not found any survivors from the plane; six people are reported missing on the ground in Rockaway. Officials warn they have no clues as to why the plane went down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Engine Failure Believed Cause of AA Crash | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

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