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When TIME first put a Star Wars movie on its cover, in 1980, we were just beginning to get hints of the mysteries that lurked behind the menacing mask of DARTH VADER, and of how tough it would be for each new sequel to live up to expectations...
With ratings of Ally McBeal sagging in recent months, the show's producers tried to give the series TV's equivalent of cosmetic surgery, goosing it with guest stars like Matthew Perry, Jon Bon Jovi and even Dame Edna. But such distractions couldn't mask the fact that the show was aging badly, and last week Fox announced that after five seasons, the series will go off the air in May. Thus end the travails of Ally, the neurotic Boston lawyer played by CALISTA FLOCKHART, whose vividly rendered fantasies and ethereal body mass captivated and irritated viewers in almost equal...
...middle of the show loses speed as director Chuck Russell (The Mask, Eraser) runs out of creative ways to kill his victims. Many of the scenes, in fact, are shot with staccato cuts and scenes where the camera moves so jerkily that it is often difficult to discern who kills who. This is especially true in the digitally mastered shots, as Russell attempts to make up for poor quality digital rendering by swiftly cutting back and forth between the digital creatures and the rest of the action...
...final battle ended with most combatants having exhausted their ammunition, and HSS member Jason M. Bussey, a Harvard Law School student, getting shot in his face mask at point blank range. “When Jeff [E. Heck ’03, a CI member] plastered Jason in the face from three feet away when he tried to make him surrender—I’d have to say that was a memorable moment,” said CI member Benjamin T. Littauer...
...Omen Prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks, Japanese company Koken has launched a child-size hazard mask that protects against chemical and biological weapons...