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...mind-blowing effects, and you have yourself a blockbuster. If you are trying to get a Marvel franchise off the ground, you might need a little something extra—and that little something is what will make Spider-Man succeed when other comics-based films have the unfortunate habit of landing belly-side down at the box office. For every Blade or X-Men, which made an impressive $157 million, there are at least two films that end up like The Punisher, whose nameless and skull-less vigilante left audiences yawning...

Author: By Stephanie L. Lim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Along Came a Spider | 5/3/2002 | See Source »

They allege that Pomey and Gomes used the money to support a “lavish lifestyle,” including Gomes drug habit of ectasty and crystal methamphetamine...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pomey Tries to Suppress Confession | 5/3/2002 | See Source »

Unfortunately clunky writing sinks Life. In particular, screenwriter John Scott Shepherd (Joe Somebody) has a cringe-worthy habit of using dialogue for exposition (“Remember when this happened? You know, right after Dad died?”). A conversation gimmick between Pete and Lanie that is cute at first becomes tired and lame by the fifth or sixth time it is repeated. Furthermore, with its uneven pacing, awkward dialogue, spotty acting and skeletal characters, this American Beauty wannabe fails everywhere the 1999 film succeded...

Author: By Benjamin W. Olson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jolie Leads a Superficial ‘Life’ | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

...three of her nine Grammys. But she has just released the eclectic and rollicking new album, Silver Lining, her 16th, and is out on the road, where she loves to be even after 30 years of touring. At 52, she's fit and proudly sober, having quit a drinking habit 15 years ago. "I love being unburdened by the need to prove yourself, by patterns that held you back," she says. "I don't want to sound arrogant, but I feel like I'm at the height of my powers. It's a surprise to me that my 50s would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Happiest Runaway | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...addition to his formidable legal reputation, he is know throughout HLS for his habit of frustrating other professors and publicizing confidential information...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Path Less Traveled | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

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