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"The Piano" has the quality of a comet bursting forth in a year in which cinematic greatness has been rare. It showcases a sensual and poetic sensibility which has for the most part been absent in the history of film. In order to do this, the movie takes many risks...
In Bowe's corner is master trainer Eddie Futch. Now 83, Futch once sparred with Joe Louis. Over the past 55 years, he has trained 18 champions, six of them heavyweights, including Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes. But Bowe, Futch declares, "has the potential to be the best I've...
Hopkins, of course. No other actor of his generation need apply. Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi -- each brings the handsomely monogrammed baggage of an outsize personality. They would be too big for the role, tell too much. Hopkins is just the man for this. For much of...
The NBA has seen the end of an incredible era in its history--and possibly in the history of American sports. The league will survive. It always has, even in the dark days of the late seventies when drug use shook its foundations. But the NBA may never again house...
Was it that 1914 season which exemplified Brickley's greatness? The captain of the Crimson eleven, Brickley was kept off the gridiron early in the season by an inflamed appendix. Nevertheless, he returned for The Game and booted the final extra point of the 36-0 defeat of the Elis...