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Tim Burton's macabre visual masterpiece

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt McMullan · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:22 p.m.

There are few precious animators out there still interested in the art of stop motion animation. Fortunately, Tim Burton got a lot of them together to make a wonderful little movie called "Corpse Bride." The film follows a nervous groom voiced by Johnny Depp as he screws up the nuptials at his wedding rehearsal and accidentally betroths himself to a dead body (voiced by Helena Bonham Carter) out in the woods. Burton then takes us on a patently Burton-esque tour of a claymation underworld, not unlike 1993's "A Nightmare Before Christmas."

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Indie film 'Bubble' goes pop

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:21 p.m.

Steven Soderbergh is no stranger to experimentation when it comes to filmmaking. While he holds interest in the Hollywood arena with the likes of "Ocean's Eleven/Twelve," and "Out of Sight," one cannot say that Soderbergh has ever abandoned his more artistic and independent roots. Sure he's had a few blockbuster successes; his career is also full of unique endeavors from the sci-fi surrealism of "Solaris" to the gangster art piece that is "The Limey." With Soderbergh's latest "experiment" named "Bubble," he once again shows us that the smallest experiment can hold large rewards.

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British punk rockers miss the high note

By -Nate Bethea and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:18 p.m.

It's easy to pigeonhole a band like Arctic Monkeys. You could start with their name: it may be a play on "northern monkeys," but it sounds like the name of a band of 14-year-olds covering Eve 6. You could also criticize their terrible album name, or maybe the fact that they're another so-called "post-punk" band that Britain's New Musical Express is gushing about. When Whatever People Say I Am... gets released on Feb. 21 in the U.S. It may explode like Franz Ferdinand's debut or simply sputter out. like so many other NME-hyped UK bands. North-of-England slang and horrific accents may not translate into American popularity.

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'Revenge' shows post-punk pride

By Alyson Brodsy and Eric Smith · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:16 p.m.

She Wants Revenge, like much of their neo post-punk brethren, do a fantastic job of paying homage to their influences, while writing listener-friendly songs for their own generation. Rarely does a band in this genre make their influences known to the lengths that She Wants Revenge do. Band members/DJ's Justin Warfield and Adam "DJ Adam 12" Bravin draw heavily upon Bauhaus's sterile synthesizers and Joy Division's pitch-dark, eccentric mood.

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Film fails to give us 'Something new'

By Alyson Brodsy and Rob O'Connor · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:16 p.m.

Finally, a film that tackles the harsh realities of inter-racial love, without all of that pesky insightful social commentary and well written dialogue that really muddied the waters in films like Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever." By forgoing things like social satire and focusing more on things like close-ups of sexy man arms, the makers of "Something New" were able to teach as well as entertain. What is the lesson you ask? Never ask a woman about her weave.

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When a horror movie sucks

By Alyson Brodsy and Ash Cartwright · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:11 p.m.

Reviews make no secret of the fact that "When a Stranger Calls" is based on the well known urban legend about the baby-sitter, harassed by obscene phone calls to the point that she has the police trace the location of the caller. Finally the sitter learns that the caller is inside the house (it should also be noted that this is a remake of a well liked 1979 horror flick). The hope one should reasonably be able to hold out when going to a film like this, is the story is going to be told in a way that is creative and engaging. Ideally, the known story will be presented from unexpected or under explored angles. Unfortunately, this is not the case for "When a Stranger Calls."

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An acting tour de force

By Alyson Brodsy and Tristan Mathews · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:11 p.m.

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Truman Capote in the Oscar nominated film titled after the main character. Hoffman is an early favorite for the Academy Awards' Best Actor competition after taking home a statue at the Screen Actors Guild awards late last month. Capote is the story of a successful author (Breakfast at Tiffany's) who decides to write his next book, titled In Cold Blood, about the murder of a family in a rural Kansas town, Halcomb. During his research in the town, Capote becomes fascinated with the family's two killers, mainly Perry Smith. His fascination with them and their life stories eventually overtakes him as he is forced to revaluate his journalistic ethics and how far he can stretch his own personal morals to get a good story.

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To the man who called in

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Newkirk · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:30 a.m.

The other day, a concerned reader called to tell me he thought a story we ran was biased and "belonged on the Opinion page." He thought a piece we did on the president's State of the Union address was neither objective nor complete. He had every right to call me and complain, and I commend him for doing so.

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Race-exclusive programs reaching out to other students

By Sarah Core · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:29 a.m.

Sophomore Julianne Martin, who is half-Cuban, is one of hundreds of students who applied for the Hudson and Holland Scholarship Programs as an incoming freshman, hoping her high academic scores as well as her heritage would help give her a chance to go to IU.

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Crosse Training

By Michelle Manchir · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:26 a.m.

About four nights a week, senior Steve Brown is awake well past midnight. He's not cramming for the next day's test, though.

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IU to build new diversity center

By Allie Townsend · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:26 a.m.

A new diversity center at IU will monitor everything from the makeup of the campus student population to the variety of material taught in professors' classes.

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Speaker tells stories to quell hatred

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:24 a.m.

Toward the end of his speech, Brandon Wilson's voice trembled as he slowly switched the microphone from one hand to the other. His audience, which had earlier been vocal and enthusiastic in participation, was silent. Wilson painfully recalled one moment when he was the victim of hate.

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In the Paint

By Ryan Phillips · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:08 a.m.

K, this time I really mean it: The Hoosiers have a great chance to steal a Big Ten road win tonight at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. To say the Badgers are struggling would be a huge understatement. They've lost five of their last six contests, including home losses to Illinois (a team IU handled) and North Dakota State (a team my high school squad could have handled).

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Hoosiers take 2 games from Wolverines

By Josh Sacks · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:07 a.m.

For the past two weekends the IU Hockey team has struggled to finish off teams, blowing leads in two contests. This weekend proved to be a different story for the Hoosiers. The resurgent bunch never looked back against Michigan, sweeping the Wolverines 5-1 and 4-1 in Bloomington.

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NFL defends Super Bowl officiating

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Goldberg · Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:05 a.m.

Two days later, the NFL defended the officiating in the Super Bowl, and Joe Montana defended himself. After the Steelers beat the Seahawks 21-10 in the NFL title game, the league said Tuesday that no mistakes were made by the game officials, although Seattle coach Mike Holmgren might disagree.

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Hoosiers look for turning point

Wednesday, Feb. 8,2006 12:01 a.m.

Pardon the Hoosiers for being a little short on commentary after Tuesday's practice. They've got bigger things to worry about than interviews.

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