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When Ocean’s crew finally executes the theft, it’s as slick as any I’ve ever seen, but the elements leading up to the climax captivate well before the film’s closing 30 minutes. Even though Ocean’s Eleven beats with a heart straight from a heist flick, through its veins courses much more substantial, more nuanced filmmaking. As with Traffic—though here much more subtlety—Soderbergh contrasts textures, colors and lighting in almost every scene. Damon’s introduction is filmed grainy...
...guitar solos are standard and the rap is weak, obscene with the thinness of 2 Live Crew but without the authenticity—what one expects from someone whose first big single, “Bawitdaba” thrived on little more than a copped and garbled Slick Rick lyric set to heavy metal. Kid Rock spends the better part of the album repeating the image of the American bad ass in his rock/hip-hop style: dirty-mouthed, abusive, drunk, drugged and not giving a damn...
...edited and designed by Chip Kidd, " The Art of Charles M. Schulz" ($29.95; Pantheon Books; 336 pp.) goes way beyond another collection of "Peanuts" strips. The title really means what it says, presenting Schulz' work as a fine-art monograph might. The pages are slick and in full color, even for black and white strips, bringing out a texture and clarity of line you never get with standard reproductions. Source materials vary from original art with the (rare) corrections clearly visible, to yellowing clips of the newspapers they appeared...
Person of the Week ICHIBAN! American League mvp winner Ichiro Suzuki is more than just the first Asian position player to excel in U.S. baseball. He has also reminded us, in this era of runaway home run inflation, that smart hitting, slick fielding and clever baserunning are what the game is really about...
Their packaging, slick ad campaigns and promotions prompt some people to splurge. But why would someone go back for more? Since it can’t be the taste, it must be the toxins...