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This unusual duet was preceded by the familiar pageant of the parade of nations, in which swaggering jocks are transformed into Model U.N. delegates thanks to enduring fashion stereotypes. The Bermudans wore their shorts; Tonga had grass skirts; the Japanese showed up in neon Hello Kitty-ish floral patterns; and the Americans, cautioned against excessive displays of national pride, strolled into the stadium in what appeared to be pajamas and--sacre bleu!--berets...
...Bookended by a 40-ish Andy in the present day, the bulk of "The Death Ray" flashes back to the mid seventies when Andy attended high school and first found his powers. Like Spider-Man's alter ego Peter Parker, Andy's immediate family are all dead so he lives with an elderly relative, his grandpa, "Pappy." Unlike Peter Parker, though, he doesn't even have enough personality as a nerd to register with anyone except Louis, a whiny, hostile ego maniac ("Meeting me was the best thing that ever happened to you") with a shaggy, Prince Valiant-style...
...sure what did it for me—whether it was Peter Yarrow’s Mighty Wind-ish rehearsal of “If I Had a Hammer,” the big screens flashing “GO JOHNNY GO” over Chuck Berry’s bell-ringing guitar, or the blown-up photo of the young John Kerry looking cool in a leather jacket beside John Lennon. But halfway through Tuesday night it hit me: We’re not close to done with...
...director Joe Berlinger, alluding to "monsters of rock," the band's popular moniker. "We put that in there for Metallica fans, but I worry it's going to give other people the wrong idea." Indeed, from the title you might presume the movie is a Spinal Tap-ish diary of the world's best-selling heavy-metal band as it plays exotic locales, worships Satan and has sex with groupies on giant piles of cash. Actually, the film is a chronicle of Metallica's group-therapy sessions. "It's very emotional," says Berlinger. "You watch this family tear themselves apart...
...glaciated countries," but the half-Norwegian Mena has a voice that fits on American pop radio while also setting her apart from all the other teen girls with a stylist. She scats her way through the verses, which allows her to fit in lots of sensitive/spooky Morissette-ish ramblings ("I probably forgot to tell you this/Like that time when I forgot to tell you about the scar/Remember how uncomfortable that made you feel?"). Then she hits the high notes in the chorus with surprising joy and clarity...