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...entire film exists in another, nether, Never-land where standard narrative and visual decisions are dismissed as way too confining. The location of the Racers' home seems to be in idyllic suburban America, yet Speed's schoolteacher and classmates speak with English accents. The time, never specified, could be today but is emotionally the '50s or early '60s. Mom and Pops Racer's three sons - Rex, Speed and the youngest, Spritle (Paulie Litt) - are each separated by about 15 years. So just never mind that Goodman 55, Sarandon 61, are more likely to be Spritle's grandparents than his parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Racer: The Future of Movies | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...usual crisp snare work has to wade through a sea of fuzzy synths to make itself heard. While a headphone album is nothing new for the Roots, the unenergetic electronic textures get claustrophobic quickly. The album features vocalist cameos, but it doesn’t have a melody to speak of. This means listeners are left with little but Black Thought’s musings for an entire album’s worth of entertainment. His subpar flow has its moments on “Rising Down,” most notably on hook-free marathon...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Roots | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...have been returned to the museum - most of them confiscated within Iraq's borders. Two days ago, an Iraqi citizen in the southern city of Nasiriyah offered the museum 643 artifacts, some of which he claimed to have excavated himself, said one museum official, who was not authorized to speak to the press. Many other items looted from Iraq's museums are believed to have traveled outside national borders, and most are now suspected to be in neighboring Arab countries and Europe, Ali said. "We have valuable items in Saudi Arabia, in the United Emirates, in Kuwait, in Egypt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resurrecting the Baghdad Museum | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...said Councillor Sam Seidel, who is an urban planner. “The city’s composition is changing. We’re now at one-third non-white.” Some councillors were concerned to learn that 40 percent of the children under 18 in Cambridge speak a language other than English at home. But Ellen Semenoff, the assistant city manager for human resources, said that while Cambridge is becoming more diverse, with growing black and Asian populations, the city has few “linguistically-isolated” households. —Staff writer Sarah...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Rising Costs Concern Council | 5/6/2008 | See Source »

...recently cancel your twice-weekly press conferences? [Critics] said that I did not speak good words. So no talking, no wrongdoing. I'm like a new driver. I need training to use the right words. To stay away from awkward things, I canceled [the press conferences.] It has helped quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Prime Minister Speaks | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

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