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True, Thirteen Ghosts doesn’t pretend to be anything more than a low-budget horror flick released in time for Halloween, but it doesn’t even fare very well at that. Perhaps owing to the film’s (at times intentionally) laughable dialogue and generally unoriginal direction, genuine frights are few and far between. The visual effects and set design do have their moments, but the ghosts themselves too often look like tired haunted house props. And while the story holds the audience’s attention well enough, its supposed surprise twist is rather...

Author: By Daniel A. Zweifach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Little House Of Horrors | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...tried some trickery. Knowing that it had run the “sweep” play several times for success already, quarterback David Splithoff turned to hand off. Instead he pulled down and rolled the other way, hoping the Crimson would over-commit on the run and he could flick a pass over the secondary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAHUL ROHATGI | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...history that?s important to remember. In recent weeks, in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, a few filmmakers have edited out images of the Twin Towers from their work. The Twin Towers reportedly appeared in the background of the comedy-action flick "Zoolander" and the romantic comedy "Serendipity;" the scenes were excised from the final cuts in the days after the attack. The move, presumably, was to shield the public from having to think about the tragedy when they were supposed to be mindlessly enjoying an escapist bit of entertainment; instead, the editing smacked of the cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sounds of New York | 10/20/2001 | See Source »

...that allows reviewers and critics the time to, well, review and critique. Given Drew Barrymore’s ever-increasing popularity and James Woods’ strong reputation among fans and critics alike, it seems a bit parsimonious of Columbia Pictures to screen these two stars’ latest flick, Riding In Cars With Boys, only two days before its general public release. Such a penurious allowance of time indicates that the public relations people at Columbia are a bit nervous about how Riding in Cars will be received...

Author: By D. ROBERT Okada and Z. SAMUEL Podolsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Girls Just Want to Have Fun | 10/19/2001 | See Source »

...winning tradition,” and by “how hot Derek Jeter is.” These are actual quotes, friends—quotes from people who think Andruw Jones is a typo and “Giambi” was the Robin Williams flick with the magic board game...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved by the Bell: Yanks For Nothing | 10/17/2001 | See Source »

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