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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Madonna's new song "Time Stood Still," is the theme song for the movie, with another huge dollop of computer rendition and enough hot sax to make the stereo sweat. Yet, again Madonna shows her thoughtful bindi-wearing side, singing, "Maybe you're the next best thing to happen/All the...

Author: By Deirdre Mask, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Madonna, With Strong Supporting Cast | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

Joe Nuccio, playing the role of Monostatos, is also worthy of accolades. Nuccio brings across the deviousness of his character but does so with a charismatic temperament that lightens the mood of the opera without detracting from the plot. His cunning attempts to woo Pamina and his conniving intentions of...

Author: By Jill Kou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Magic Kingdom | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

And that's just the first deceit. Beneath the gloomy skies and desolate snow of winter, the characters slowly unveil an intricate web of lies and betrayal that keeps the audience guessing to the very end. Rudy has to figure out a way to convince his captors that he really...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reindeer games Sleighs 'Em | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

These aren't your typical character types. Affleck portrays Rudy as the flawed protagonist--he's the "hero" that the audience roots for, but only because he's the lesser of several evils. In a movie in which first impressions can be deceiving and everybody is morally bankrupt, Rudy is...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reindeer games Sleighs 'Em | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

Moth Smoke is about rich young professionals in nuclear-age Pakistan. The year is 1998, and Pakistan is testing its nuclear arsenal and beating its chest in India's general direction. India reciprocates with bomb test-runs of its own and with diplomatic sneers. The bomb is the menacing and...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoke Bluntly Gets in Your Face | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

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