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...dead, the thousands of people left homeless and the hundreds of thousands whose vacations and property were disrupted--if not ruined--by Hurricane Opal, which roared out of the Gulf of Mexico and ripped through the Southern U.S. last week. The storm grew with surprising speed from a mild tropical depression to the most powerful hurricane of the season that was one of the worst stretches of hurricane formation on record. If Opal had struck a few hours earlier, or hit New Orleans, or Mobile, Alabama, or another big coastal city, it could have been one of the deadliest...
Davis' sincerity compensates for an underdeveloped script, and his usually unassuming charm makes up for spotty execution. It's neither offensive nor challenging--it is a mild version of familiar ideas without a lot of importance attached. It's one guy's sincere confession and the gesture is refreshing...
...parishioners, to be sure, express mild disagreement with positions that John Paul, hewing to church doctrine, has emphasized during his 17 years as Pontiff. The ban on women in the priesthood prompts a brief debate. Joseph Lewis, 64, a retired Westinghouse engineer and chair of the St. Joseph parish council, suggests that the omission of women from the ranks of the Apostles may have been historical rather than theological: "You've got to put yourself back to A.D. 25 to interpret the Jewish religion and the Roman Empire. Could you picture Christ choosing women Apostles? There's a different frame...
Eszterhas must be great at pitching stories, because the screenwriting craft eludes him. A mild gag here--the mispronouncing of Gianni Versace's name--is tortured into an endless motif. Nomi has a clouded past, but that doesn't explain why she is such a gratingly annoying creature. The giddiest moment in this All About Evil by way of 42nd Street comes when a club owner is asked whether the revue should close down because the star is out sick. "Not a chance!" he actually says. "The show goes...
There have undoubtedly been times over the past 13 years in which Cal didn't feel like playing. A mild ankle sprain. A 2-for-20 slump. A personal problem...