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...against women's films. Scripts haven't become more sophisticated, but special effects have, and they are best suited to burly action films and fantasies. Hollywood has long relied on literary properties for source material, but today inspiration is more likely to come from the comic-book racks (guy stuff) than from the shelves of best-selling romantic novels (gal stuff). And since 1975, when Jaws proved the wisdom of opening a movie in thousands of theaters on the same day, the pressure has increased for a film to grab big first-weekend numbers. The queue is full of teenage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ladies' Night Out | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...penalty in the U.S., is getting positive buzz. "I've always believed good politics makes bad theater," says Spacey. "I wanted to do it because of [director Alan] Parker. Whenever he has a social injustice or political issue at the center of a film, he manages to make that stuff hide and make the film about people and emotions, so the politics becomes almost subversive. And maybe in a drama, people will walk out of a movie like this and just start talking about the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Help Us Fix the Roof' | 2/9/2003 | See Source »

Cleary agreed in dismissing the choke rap on the current Eagle squad, saying. "I hear that stuff all the time. But how can you fault the B.C. team? They played a helluva hockey game tonight...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Icemen Nip Eagles, 2-0, In Playoffs | 2/9/2003 | See Source »

...love and camaraderie. A middle-aged man in the traditional Arab dishdash and red keffiyeh breaks into a tribal dance; a couple of young men, egged on by their mates, join in the jig. Soon there?s a circle of men clapping and cheering as the dangers strut their stuff. The commotion attracts the attention (as it was intended to, probably) of a group of women volunteers. They giggle and stare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's Hometown | 2/8/2003 | See Source »

...This was really special,” said Nick A. Palazzo ’03, Walker’s roommate. “This competition with other schools is important. Most people think that us Harvard kids can’t do stuff like eat a three pound hamburger...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Wins Burger Eating Contest | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

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