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Directed by Susan StromanSony Pictures3 Stars??Even though we’re sitting down, we’re giving you a standing ovation,” says an excited Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) after an impromptu dance performance by the voluptuous secretary, Ulla (Uma Thurman). Such bawdy, off-color humor is characteristic of Mel Brooks’ comedic genius, the writer/director of classics as “Spaceballs,” “Blazing Saddles,” and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.” His newest venture is the film adaptation...
Directed by Stephen GaghanWarner Bros. Pictures4 1/2 stars??Syriana” is hardly the feel-good movie of the year. The audience has little to latch onto: there are no tidy conclusions, no moral victories. Jagged scenes, choppy story lines, and sharp dialogue bemuse and befuddle. The plot snakes in and around itself, yet the narrative entanglement revealed by the narrative peak lacks any sort of clear solution.But this uneasiness sets “Syriana” apart as striking and provocative. The movie raises questions about politics, war, and the Middle East through the lens...
...Sony)3/5 Stars??Are you there God? Soy yo, Margaret…er, I mean Shakira.” The Latin diva’s latest album, “Oral Fixation, Volume II,” the English-language follow-up to 2001’s crossover smash, “Dirty Laundry,” addresses all the prepubescent questions of the Judy Blume novel: the Lord, boys, and female self-image. Shakira, however, is a grown woman and should have deeper thoughts than those...
...yourself, Harvard ballroom forces you to meet and dance with many new people. And because the upper-level dancers teach the newer members a lot of the time, everyone eventually gets experience teaching. Through the team, I was introduced to Carlotta Jorgensen (“Dancing with the Stars??), who soon became my dancing role model. Possessing great artistic expression while maintaining a lot of class, Carlotta is also just a wonderful person. Interacting with and taking lessons from her is an inspiring experience. She makes you feel like you have a path to follow...
Harvard is known for a lot of things: number one school in the world, the Yard, protests outside of undergraduate libraries. But certain athletes of the fall season are making the Crimson known for something else—record-breakers. Three current Harvard stars??women’s soccer goalkeeper and co-captain Katie Shields, All-American junior running back Clifton Dawson, and sophomore cross-country phenom Lindsey Scherf—have all made names for themselves by assaulting the Harvard records. SHIELD IN GOAL Shields has been a force in net for the Crimson this fall season...