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...this accounts for such a small portion of the film that once the Finches enter the picture you are automatically sucked into the story. Bottom Line: Neither strict comedy nor drama, “Running with Scissors” is an excellent adaptation that is a showcase for raw acting talent from Cross and Bening. —Reviewer Jessica C. Coggins can be reached at jcoggins@fas.harvard.edu...
...main show starts at 9 p.m.) The Middle East, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge. Tickets $15 2)Hell-o-ween: Hell Night Featuring everybody’s favorite guest chef—”THE DEVIL”—the East Coast Grill and Raw Bar is rolling out their hottest, most sinfully delicious meals for three straight nights. And if your costume meets the approval of Satan and his culinary comrades, you could win a free Hell Night dinner for two for a year. Reservations are strongly encouraged (as hell is sure to fill up fast...
...there’s still the feeling that Beck is reliant on his old tricks. Opening track “Elevator Music” is pure “Odelay”-style funk, featuring Beck’s signature off-key rhyming and a raw drum beat. On tracks like this one Beck seems afraid to stretch out, sticking with what he’s done before and throwing in some digital sounds for decoration...
...more mellow cuts, such as “Movie Theme,” a solid combination of synthesized strings and soft-spoken vocal lines reminiscent of “Sea Change.” Other highlights include “Nausea,” built on a raw acoustic guitar and bass riff, with Beck doing his best Brit-pop vocal imitation. “Strange Apparition” is loveable piano-driven ’90s pop with a nice half-time breakdown at the end of the track...
...half minutes in crossover hip-hop since “Walk This Way” has been mutated into an alternate universe McDonald’s commercial. Now when Thicke wails his head off out of nowhere about a “shotgun surprise,” the raw impact is replaced with a soft shot of the singer looking introspective—as if there was anything subtle or sensitive or in the least bit unmanly about the song. Weezy’s breakthrough “oh snap, he’s still going” Public Enemy...