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...film’s slick action and outreach to all audiences sets it apart from regular Disney fare. The Incredibles was conceived during the acrimonious splintering of the Disney/Pixar distribution relationship. A subtle hint of this conflict reveals itself when Syndrome, Mr. Incredible’s nemesis, reflects upon his humble origins and proclaims, “You respect me now because I’m a threat...
...camera stumbles upon a door, it bursts open, the hand of the dying woman drops, a guttural boom blasts from the sub, and that four-dollar bucket of flat Diet Coke resting patiently at your side becomes fizzy and fresh on your lap as you jump—hard. It’s these moments—when some random horrific element comes from nowhere—that make the first act of The Grudge, Hollywood’s latest attempt at remaking a foreign blockbuster, extremely enjoyable. Yet tension gives way to torpor as the first act crawls...
...actually taken it upon myself to take more of a leadership role,” Johnson says. “The last couple years I’ve just kind of followed, listened to last year’s senior class and the year before that, because there were a lot of them. With so few juniors and seniors this year, I’ve definitely taken it upon myself to help the freshmen along, to tell them what I learned, how I got through...
...Upon his departure from the acclaimed indie-rock group Tarentel, William Montgomery adopted the Lazarus persona and let his personal styling flow onto CD. Like Trees We Grow Up to be Satellites is less emotionally uncomfortable to the listener than his first album, both lyrically and melodically signaling yet another turn in his musical career. In this CD, Montgomery takes a more mature and experienced outlook on the world around...
...purposely pathetic overextension (see the absurd choir-boy-to-demon shift in “Among Dreams”), as if he’s playing every part in a soap opera. He’s shooting for the platonic ideals of theme songs and television commercials, and hitting upon something far darker. In fact darkness is the only real unity, other than production values, that holds the disc together. Most every track is saturated with ghostly echoes and reverb, making for some very uneasy easy listening. The name isn’t just a gag: it really is haunted...