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...Among them, James Roberts has set his sights the highest. His unauthorized, self-published novel is entitled _Eugenesis_, and details a grim chapter in the history of the original Robots in Disguise. The experienced "Transfan" will be in the science-fiction adherent's equivalent of hog heaven. The casual reader, however, may find himself bewildered by the dizzying amount of obscure references and asides that litter the novel. _Eugenesis_ takes place in the year 2012, with the Transformer war driving both sides to the brink of destruction. Corruption from within proves as weakening as enemies without, and the arrival...
IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE. Where would you like to visit after you die? The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 155th spoof takes you through Heaven, Hell, and Limbo in a production of Divine Comedy proportions. Meet Rabbi Noah Fense, Nun Taken, and the Roman General Curtis Interruptus. Hilarious. Thursday, Feb. 13 through Wednesday, Mar. 19. Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. (except Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.), Sundays at 3 p.m. Group discounts available. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 12 Holyoke...
...FROM HEAVEN. The most versatile actress currently making movies, Julianne Moore’s performance in Far from Heaven ranks among her very best. Her poised, compassionate ’50s housewife, Cathy Whitaker, makes Donna Reed look like Medea—until she finds her husband making out with another man and herself falling in love with the African American gardener. As her reputation and family life shatter, Moore’s prim mother strains admirably and pathetically to keep herself going. Her character’s pristine married life behind her, the concluding expression on Moore?...
...Best Actress nominees are the most difficult to predict this year. The Hours’ Nicole Kidman and Chicago’s Renee Zellweger lead the field. Weaker but nevertheless bankable bets are Julianne Moore in Far from Heaven and Diane Lane in Unfaithful. The fifth slot is anybody’s guess. Salma Hayek has the strongest chance for her starring role in Frida, but right behind her are Meryl Streep for The Hours, Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Maggie Gyllenhaal for Secretary and Isabelle Huppert for The Piano Teacher...
...same effortlessness, the same grace, the same wit, and that lighter-than-air quality." True enough. Hirschfeld put motion and emotion in all his still-lifes, infused buoyancy and elan in a weighty Sunday newspaper - The New York Times, whose Arts and Leisure section he had adorned and, heaven knows, enlivened for three quarters of a century...