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...circle around the perimeter of the inside of this courtyard for about 45 minutes. I thought it would be weird, but it was actually kind of exhilarating. It was an adrenaline rush for a few minutes, but it got old pretty fast. Also, there was a ton of wide open sex, which is pretty cool, I guess. Supposedly, one group of guys (four, I think) had sex with this one girl in front of one of the deans at the Olympics...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: As It Were: The Naked Roundup | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...young couple (Vincent Kartheiser and Natasha Gregson Wagner) into la dolce venom. There's a droll tough love in this inversion of Father Knows Best, where Dad is given to arias of rage, Mom kills people, Bud and Princess do junk. The tone is naturalism run amuck: two-ton emoting, closeups of syringes in groins. Enough! But it's fun to see a scene stealer like Woods go bananas. Here he goes a bunch of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Another Day In Paradise | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...having second thoughts about being the theater of action for the four-day exercise, and last week the Presidio, a national park near the Golden Gate Bridge, withdrew permission to use its Baker Beach as a landing site. Something about 400 Marines storming up the shore with 20 five-ton trucks and two dozen 14-ton assault vehicles, and then engaging in pitched battle -- albeit simulated -- on the grounds didn't jibe with the Presidio's more family-oriented mandate as a national park. Undaunted, the best and bravest are training their sights on another choice battleground -- San Francisco International...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presidio Military Exercise Falls to Friendly Fire | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...NCAA refuses to switch to a playoff--the season would be a similar length, the schools would get a ton of money and ratings would be incredible. Wouldn't you want to watch Kansas State, UCLA, Ohio State, Tennessee and Florida State play each other...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Santa Lee | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

Their financial calculations make sense. Producers know that big stars and unprecedented explosions are a winning combination. We are all inherently intrigued by the idea of watching Bruce Willis save the Earth from a deadly asteroid, or Ferris Bueller take on a 50-ton lizard...

Author: By Alex Carter, | Title: Where Did the Plot Go? | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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