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...unseen bead of perspiration trickled its way down through the small of my back to the sashed waistline of my trousers, though I had been standing motionless since walking into the theater lobby. Perhaps I felt the little rivulet of sweat trailing down my spine precisely because I had not moved since finding a suitable spot where I could await the opening of the doors. In any case, my eyes flitted about the stuffy lobby, packed to the gills with presumably affluent moviegoers who could say two hours later that yes, they had attended the Boston premiere of the prospective...
...have another admission: I got chills down my spine this weekend at the "Star Wars: Special Edition" when John Williams' score flooded the eager theater. It was exhilarating. And as I followed the yellow words of the story as they glided into another galaxy, I had a moment of clarity: That rush of exhilaration I had just felt was not simply a wave of nostalgia. After all, fans in 1977 had a similar reaction to it even before every character and musical note had been freighted with childhood memories. I thought to myself, What makes this movie...
...execution, creativity, or emotional dynamism. Patiently sinking from languor into chaos, from clean, spring notes to cyclones of distortion and pounding drums, the band revised and reinterpreted each song that they played, including a muscular Cowboy Junkies cover and an ad-libbed "White Christmas." Most notable were their plugged, spine-tingling rendition of "Evil," the freshly-penned and exuberant "New Song About a New Girl," and their closing ditty, the ever-arrogant and melancholy "Mistress" (sans piano version). Despite requests to hear more recent stuff, the band mostly kept to material from their first two albums, 1992's Down Colorful...
Hollywood, of course, just laps her up. Her mix of fragility and spine is perfect for that movie staple, the wise child. She has already made five feature films and won a Golden Globe for her television work. Currently she can be seen in the film To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, in which she outshines far more experienced actors, including Michelle Pfeiffer. Next year she'll be working with Oliver Stone and Francis Ford Coppola. In fact, Danes is so hot she has a promotional deal with Prada's Miu Miu line, which ensures that she has as many...
...sound of [the victim's] voice when he was talking to [the suspects] sent chills down my spine," one of the roommates said last night. The other roommate who was awake during the incident said the victim's voice was "so strange I couldn't recognize...