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Directed by Martin CampbellMGM/Columbia Pictures4 StarsThere seems to be a recent trend in cinema of going back to a character’s origins??some notable examples including “Batman Begins,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,” and the upcoming “Hannibal Rising”—which has now gained popularity with the 007 franchise. Once you’ve incorporated invisible cars and ice mansions as crucial plot elements and cast Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist, it’s time...
...new” material here includes a live version of “Kris Kraft.” We’re scraping the bottom of the barrel here, folks.Where 2004’s “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA’s Desert Origins?? unearthed lost masterpieces like “Same Way of Saying” and “All My Friends,” this reissue squeezes out session-outtake turds like the 15-second-long “Sentinel” and a song called “Soul Food...
...fast-food eatery. It was and is Harvard’s memorial to the 136 Harvard affiliates who gave their lives for the preservation of the Union during the Civil War. For that reason, the College has deliberately used the space only for functions consistent with its reverential origins??such as blood drives and Knep’s “Deep Wounds” installation last spring. The College must have selected the transept for food service only after all the more appropriate alternatives, such as the Science Center, had been ruled out, but perhaps...
Patrick—a onetime Dunster resident, former litigator for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights in the Clinton administration—said that the law had “suspect origins?? and was originally intended to prevent out-of-state interracial couples from marrying...
...Down,” the best executed of the two world premieres, provides an impressive display of dynamic dancing and emotional tension through its skillful performers and innovative choreography. While modern and creative, it also remains firmly grounded in its classical ballet origins??making it the most technically difficult work of the night. Although the use of nonchalant exits—different groupings of 12 dancers simply walk offstage—is often more distracting than refreshing, it is offset by the growing intricacy of the groupings themselves. The final ones are particularly impressive—the principal...