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WHAT'S NEW You can't openly monkey with the Superman mythology--there are probably federal laws against it-so to reinvent him director Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, the X-Men movies) went subtle, quietly tweaking canonical story lines to roil Supe's placid emotional waters. When the movie opens, Big Blue has been gone for five years, and he gets back to find that Lois Lane has a new guy (!) and a kid (!!). Now, wouldn't that ruffle your spit curl...
...Bomb In his essay "Today Tehran, Tomorrow the World" [April 3], Charles Krauthammer stereotyped Iranians as followers of an "extreme and fanatical ideology" who would wield nuclear power recklessly. He argues that while good sense has kept other rogue nations from using the atom bomb, Iran, "undeterred by the usual calculations of prudence and self-preservation," cannot be trusted to respond that way. But Iranians are not suicidal. They know that they could be wiped out in a retaliatory attack. And Krauthammer neglected to mention that only the U.S. has used the Bomb. The real problem is the tyranny...
...usual, Iran's intentions are not yet clear, but one thing is. Its true aims are probably not going to be revealed in the fire-and-brimstone speeches of President Ahmadinejad...
...time critics are able to turn their acid pens on Hollywood’s latest trash, the damage to film fans’ wallets will already be done. Critics lose. Moviegoers lose. Studios win…maybe. Savvy cineastes already know that films withheld from critics are usually terrible, and avoid them accordingly. Fans disappointed by this season’s batch of un-reviewed movies—including stinkers like the Comedy Central spin-off “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector” and the Mo’Nique star vehicle “Phat Girlz?...
...bottom line is, most people simply want to know exactly what happened that night. But as final exams come and go in the weeks ahead, most students will be even more relieved than usual that the academic year is coming...