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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first act is quite a knockout as these films go. Director Hideo Nakata (who directed The Japanese Ringu) and writer Ehren Kruger at least have fun subverting our expectations, albeit slightly, right from the opening scene. At first, the film appears to begin exactly the same way as the original—two naughty teenagers checking out the deadly videotape and getting iced—but, it turns out one of them (the male) is actually aware of the tape’s effect...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: The Ring Two | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...Roberts of “The OC” attractive but not nearly as perfect. It’s also not just lust run amok; I’m not usually into blondes, and actress Bell, while pretty, is a far cry from being a Catherine Zeta-Jones- level knockout...

Author: By Jason L. Lurie, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mars Ascendant | 3/16/2005 | See Source »

...since we automatically compared him with Diana. Suddenly, next to Camilla, he looks like an assured and happy middle-aged man, which is exactly what he should be. How nice that once in a while a man actually chooses a woman his own age instead of a fetching, young knockout! Karin Judkins Turin, Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 3/14/2005 | See Source »

...automatically compared him with Princess Diana. Suddenly, next to Camilla, he looks like an assured and happy middle-aged man, which is exactly what he should be. How nice that once in a while a man actually chooses a woman his own age instead of a fetching, young knockout! Karin Judkins Turin, Italy I do hope that the island kingdom of Britain will maintain its royals forever. After all, stories of kings and queens have fired the imagination of generations of young children whose loving parents call them princes and princesses. What will happen to the bedtime fairy tales that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

...aging ungracefully, since we automatically compared him with Princess Diana. Suddenly, next to Camilla, he looks like an assured and happy middle-aged man, which is exactly right. How nice that once in a while a man actually chooses a woman his own age instead of a fetching, young knockout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 14, 2005 | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

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