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...film by Chris Bruno and Sam Green, documented the social disruption caused by a group of independent filmmakers at the “mainstream” San Francisco Film Festival’s opening night on October 23, 1969. A group called Grand Central Station arrived in a white van full of pies and hurled them at the star-studded crowd. Afterwards, a mime mockingly swept a broom just above the trail...
...enamored of Reid’s performance in her new film Alone in the Dark, where she plays a brilliant anthropologist forced to contend with evil demons intent on world domination. The role represents a break from the starlet’s standard parts in sex comedies like Van Wilder—and Reid suggests her sexpot days may be numbered...
...acting work is believable enough given unbelievable characters, I did cringe on several occasions in response to what will probably go down as some of the worst teenage film acting of this year. Let’s just say that Bobby’s pals - sounding more like Van Halen than Hanson - should stay put playing in the garage (lest their man-boy voices betray their steroid use). Joe Mantegna, having grown tired of the caustic straight talk from his David Mamet days, instead opts for the sappy rubbish of what is effectively Joan of Arcadia Redux...
...done to stop them. On the contrary, bullies are ignored by cynical authorities and encouraged by models of tyranny at every level. Teachers often use bullying tactics, and formal inquiries into incidents are defused by bureaucratic psychobabble. Often it is the victims themselves who are considered suspect. Jon van Leuven Göteborg, Sweden Rising from the Rubble My sincere thanks to all the world's people for their generosity toward Sri Lankan tsunami victims [Jan. 24]. We are especially grateful to Americans. Sri Lankans stuck by the U.S. during the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979 and after the 9/11...
FREED. Catholic priest NGUYEN VAN LY, 59, democracy activist NGUYEN DAN QUE, 63, and THICH THIEN MINH, 51, a member of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam; as part of a mass amnesty for 8,325 prisoners by Vietnam's communist government to mark the Lunar New Year; in Hanoi. Amnesty International applauded the release of the human-rights figures, some of whom have been jailed for as long as 25 years...