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...Joel stands firm as the unlikely moral bedrock of the story.In the film’s attempt to bridge adult drama with juvenile comedy, its one unequivocal success is the versatile soundtrack. The movie implies a setting in the 80s with a single shot of Reagan on a television screen, but period choice seems merely an arbitrary excuse to pepper the film with great songs from the era, including David Bowie’s “Modern Love,” The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven,” and The Outfield?...
...sense of humor. “Got a pot belly,” sings the musical legend, but he adds, “it’s not too big.” Nonetheless, when Young growls in the same song about getting his recently purchased flat screen “repo’d” and missing the Raider’s game, the listener is reminded that “there’s a bailout coming but it’s not for you / it’s for all those creeps hiding what they...
...thrillers such as “28 Days Later.” Though zombies have become progressively more physically complex throughout film history, the mystery hiding behind those ashen complexions in the mind of the undead still remains unclear. However, Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Science On Screen program will address this bloodless brainteaser on April 13 when it reveals an empirical explanation for zombification.The Science On Screen series focuses on films and documentaries that have a distinct, intriguing, or comical connection to areas of scientific inquiry, and it invites noted scientists and other academics to explain the science...
...children to adults. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the release in Japan of Nintendo's Game Boy, which sold more than 118 million units worldwide, making it the best-selling gaming system in those days. By 2004, Game Boy had evolved into the DS (short for dual screen), a handheld hinged like a makeup compact, with two LCD displays and wi-fi so players could compete wirelessly. The top-selling handheld, it trounces Sony's PlayStation Portable. Rounding out Nintendo's clever lineup is the adorable Wii, a console launched in 2006 that detects players' movements in three...
...Calif., using a computer placed atop several volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. She is one of approximately 3,000 professional and amateur classical musicians in countries from Bermuda to Azerbaijan who auditioned by video in December and January for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. This groundbreaking ensemble, the first to screen members entirely online, will debut on April 15 at New York City's Carnegie Hall in a concert conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony. (Watch TIME's video "A Duet with...