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...cute.) has become just another second-rate nobody in a vampire movie. And since Hartnett spends the entire film with his head covered and his body hidden under layers of fur and down coats, we are denied that simple aesthetic pleasure that can be counted on to redeem even a mediocre Hartnett film...
...Stallion” clocks in at over six drab, confused minutes and is, quite possibly, the album’s most glaring error. The song is a case study for what can go wrong when creative vision and baroque lyrical aspirations take precedence over melody and focus. Rubdown redeem themselves, however briefly, with “For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering),” a jittery, melodic pop tune that highlights the band’s strengths. Is Sunset Rubdown eclipsing its more venerated siblings? Offering their third LP for Wolf Parade’s incubating second...
...communication with Jesus, so vivid and nourishing in the months before the founding of the Missionaries, evaporate so suddenly? Interestingly, secular and religious explanations travel for a while on parallel tracks. Both understand (although only one celebrates) that identification with Christ's extended suffering on the Cross, undertaken to redeem humanity, is a key aspect of Catholic spirituality. Teresa told her nuns that physical poverty ensured empathy in "giving themselves" to the suffering poor and established a stronger bond with Christ's redemptive agony. She wrote in 1951 that the Passion was the only aspect of Jesus' life that...
...agreeing with my twenty-something Argentine peers by simply opposing the war in Iraq or Bush’s disregard for an Argentina on the brink of collapse in 2001 doesn’t redeem me in their eyes. Engaged in an Argentine-beer-fueled, late-night debate about the evils of the U.S.’s foreign policy, I explained that I had voted against Bush in 2004, and that I would be happier to see him go than most. The Argentines present weren’t placated. “He’s ruining your country...
...Christian Coalition doesn't sound like a natural ally for Democrats, but Randy Brinson is as politically ecumenical as he is religiously devout. A professional gastroenterologist and amateur music buff, he was inspired during the most recent presidential campaign to mirror the Rock the Vote campaign by founding Redeem the Vote, which used Christian radio and music festivals to reach out to and register young people of faith...