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...trailers for Unbreakable show Bruce Willis as David Dunn, the only survivor of a disastrous train wreck, and Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, who seeks Dunn out to offer an explanation for his good fortune. No mention is made of comic books or their applications to real life, which appears to be Shyamalan's thesis and purpose for making this movie, and a metaphor debated frequently throughout the film. The twist ending of this film, a trick that Shyamalan became famous for in The Sixth Sense both supports and distorts the metaphor, and leaves the viewer unsure about whether...

Author: By Rebecca Dezube, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Shattered: 'Unbreakable' Not Quite Air-Tight | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

Please don't get me wrong, I don't exactly have money to burn. But compared to Boston's three other major sports franchises, the Red Sox still offer the cheapest ticket in town, not to mention the best product for your money...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legends of the Fall: For Sox Fans, It's Time to Take One for the Team | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

...line: Those 10,000 votes aren't votes at all, but merely "non-votes," since they went unread by the vote-counting machines. They represent only 1.6 percent of the total votes cast in the county, a lower percentage than in 34 Florida counties, not to mention in plenty of other places nationwide. "Not every person that comes to an election" votes for president, insisted Terrell. "When they say these votes are votes, they're wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet Dubya's Legal Cavalry | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

...conspicuous by its omission was any mention of Bush's appeal at the Supreme Court. Remember, Bush has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare this very victory completely empty - which is why Harris saved some airtime for a few digs at the Florida Supremes' messing with her deadlines. Bush has asked the high court to upbraid the Florida Supreme Court for making a shambles of the legal election process - but now that he's won by their rules, he'd prefer not to talk about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida Is Certified — But Do We Have a President? | 11/26/2000 | See Source »

...came before the cameras Wednesday morning to say how great Dick Cheney sounded on the phone, that his hospitalization was just a precaution; he hadn't had a heart attack, even though his own aides knew Cheney had actually had a stent placed in his artery and neglected to mention it. Asked about his next legal move, Bush referred to his legal eagles - "Jim Baker is in charge of the team in Florida, and he's doing a really good job down there" - as though he had no idea he was about to take the case to the U.S. Supreme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Contested Lead | 11/26/2000 | See Source »

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