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...Setting the Record Straight Shadowy Suspect "The Plot Thickens" [Aug. 23], about suspected terrorist Adnan el-Shukrijumah, said he was born in Guyana. He was born in Saudi Arabia, according to the Ambassador of Guyana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...turn to minor with a shudder, songs end in a subdued moan. The arrangement is at its best for Laura's wedding scene, where a frighteningly pallid girl sings The Holly and the Ivy around one sinister note, and a scream is heard in the church. Genuinely creepy. The plot's big twist (which won't be revealed here) is likewise beautifully carried off, providing the show's one hair-raising thrill. But between these two are far too few memorable moments. It's just not in Lloyd Webber to deliver low-key satisfactions. Big sweeping melodies are what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Damsel In Distress | 9/19/2004 | See Source »

Cute little guys yearning for home, lost royalty, evil entities, magical creatures and massive armies battling it out for the future of humanity. Sounds familiar, right? Yes, the central plot seems lifted directly from Tolkein's fantasy masterpiece, but Smith has enough talent and imagination to remake it into something entirely his own. For one thing, it's funny. Nearly every page has some bit of business, like when Fone's hat spontaneously combusts upon catching Thorn preparing for a bath. Smith also puts together clever set pieces, such as the Great Cow Race, where Phoney introduces a "mystery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Bones About It | 9/17/2004 | See Source »

...want to experience college life in all its beer-stained, sleep-deprived, grease-soaked glory. I want to look at my friends as friends, not potential allies. I want to go to parties to dance and drink (coffee, of course) and meet people, not to find future comrades or plot strategy for the next action. I love The Movement. But for now I am a student, and it’s good to be back...

Author: By Sam M. Simon, | Title: There's No Place Like School | 9/17/2004 | See Source »

Thirteen years ago, writer and director Richard Linklater released an indie flick with no plot, no stars, almost no budget ($23,000)--but plenty of conversation. That film, Slacker, became a cult hit and is coming out on DVD next week. Linklater, who is hard at work on A Scanner Darkly, with Keanu Reeves, talked with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Slack Is Back | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

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