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The following track, and arguably the album’s best song, “On Melancholy Hill,” provides a rare moment where a developed storyline expands on the album’s themes. Albarn is pitch-perfect in his contribution to a gentle, wistful synth line...

Author: By Alexander E. Traub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gorillaz | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Who can resist the power of old love? Clearly, modern medicine has an issue with it, as in this struggle between life and death. All this old woman wants is to die and join her sweetie in the light of afterlife. All the Grim Reaper wants is to help her...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oscar-Nominated Short Films Preview | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

But that's not the worst of Hasak's tone-deaf script. As you're watching Travolta lumber through his stunts here, his Pulp Fiction comeback seems like a sweet, distant memory. That is, until Hasak works in a direct reference to one of Travolta's iconic bits from that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Paris With Love: Homage Overkill | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

Dear John is the fifth of Nicholas Sparks' books to be turned into a movie, which means that even if you haven't read a word of his novels, if you are a regular moviegoer you know what to expect. A wistful love story, tender feelings recorded in letters or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear John: Another Sparks Weepie | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

Yet for all that meticulous craft, Bridges still gives such an organic performance, you sometimes forget it's him you're watching (peering into that face, you'd swear it's Kris Kristofferson) and that he's playing a fictional character. When Bridges sings Bad's wistful, weary songs - written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crazy Heart Review: Jeff Bridges Abides | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

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