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Waking up is sometimes a good thing

By C. Warner Sills and Craig Shank · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:44 p.m.

There may be a slough of female songstresses scattered about the indie landscape, but few are able to convey their melancholy quite as deliciously as Julie Doiron does. Dorion began her career playing bass for Canada's own Eric's Trip in 1990 at age 18. When Eric's Trip ended in 1996, she began a promising solo career under the moniker of "Broken Girl." She eventually began releasing music under her own name and has released six full length albums and two EPs prior to I Woke Myself Up.

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'Curse' of the soap opera

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:44 p.m.

No one can deny that Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou is one of Asia's greatest filmmakers. Having built a strong career with human dramas such as "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Ju Dou," then completely taking a different direction with masterful martial arts entries "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," I'm disappointed to say that Yimou's latest effort, "Curse of the Golden Flower," is the worst film he has ever made.

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Better than the preview

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsky · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:44 p.m.

When I first saw previews for "Freedom Writers," I thought it was another cliché story about story about a teacher who won't give up on her students. Luckily, I believe in the idea that you shouldn't judge a movie by its previews and gave this movie a chance.

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Del Toro's fantastic fairy tale

By C. Warner Sills and Michael Mellini · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:44 p.m.

After dabbling in Hollywood fare such as "Blade 2" and "Hellboy," Mexican director Guillermo del Toro returns to his native Spanish tongue with the excellent "Pan's Labyrinth." Set during the final days of the Spanish Civil War of the 1940s, the film tells the story of Ofelia (Ivana Baquero -- enough about Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine," this is the child performance of the year), a young girl who moves to the countryside after her pregnant mother is remarried to a military captain. The captain, a soulless prick of a man, is set on running out hiding rebels.

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Wincing produces Smiles

By C. Warner Sills and Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:44 p.m.

The Shins' Wincing The Night Away doesn't come out until Jan. 23, but how about an early heads-up? Help you take a bit of the gamble out of pre-ordering, perhaps? Lets cut to the chase. Shins fans: Don't worry, they've still got it. While Chutes Too Narrow remains my favorite, Wincing is very satisfying -- falling well within that difficult balance between freshness and familiarity.

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Do the Mew

By C. Warner Sills and Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:43 p.m.

Mew. If there's any justice left in the world of popular music, you'll be hearing that name in terms of top 40 rock radio and nationwide stadium tours. A big success in Europe since 2003, the Danish band finally brought their huge, spacey, melodic prog-rock to the United States in 2006 with their fourth album, And The Glass Handed Kites, which, despite Pitchfork liking it, is really quite excellent. Now, perhaps as a sign of faith in future U.S. sales, Sony will release their original 2003 breakthrough Frengers in the United States on Jan. 23. So, what should you expect?

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'Crank' it down a notch

By C. Warner Sills and Benny Goldman · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:43 p.m.

I was really excited when I started "Crank." Jason Statham is solid in everything he does; the concept of a guy who needed to keep moving or face death seemed very compelling, and I love a good action movie. What followed over the next 83 minutes (only 83!?) was a boring, contrived and disappointing exercise in patience. The plot, if it can be called that, is based around contract-killer Chev Chelios (Statham) being poisoned by a rival with a "Beijing Cocktail." This cocktail is a lethal mix with effects that can only be slowed down by constantly getting an adrenaline rush, but will eventually work within a time limit that Verona places at an hour.

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'Bandidas' wanted for stealing time

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:43 p.m.

If movie reviews could come in the form of wanted posters, mine would read something along these lines: WANTED: Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek for the theft of 93 minutes from numerous critics and film watchers and for taking their careers to a new low. There would be no reward as we'd be saving people from a "Bandidas" sequel. "Bandidas" is nothing more than one of those foul joke films. You know the kind where two actors say to one another, "Hey wouldn't it be great if we did this kind of movie together?" The kind of movie being a Western that borders on parody with a story told countless times in the past and lacking originality.

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Not the top 'Dog'

By C. Warner Sills and K. A. MacDonald · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 5:43 p.m.

"Alpha Dog" is based on the true story of Jesse James Hollywood, one of the youngest people to appear on the FBI's Most Wanted List. With a plot like that, you would think that there is a lot of potential to be exciting, fresh and dramatic, but the movie fails on all three accounts. I found it to be a mixture between a bad gangsta video and an after-school special gone wrong with a bit of the "Three Stooges" thrown in. One of the biggest problems that the movie has is that the audience laughs throughout the tough guy scenes. The movie has a soccer mom's SUV being borrowed with permission to do illegal deeds, a street thug who wears a tie to work as a salesman and a one-on-eight fight scene that turns in to a cheesy karate flick.

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Around the World

Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 12:43 a.m.

Fidel Castro has had at least three failed operations and complications from an intestinal infection, and the Cuban leader faces "a very grave prognosis," a Spanish newspaper reported Tuesday.

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SRSC maxes out after the holidays

By Tom Kir · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 12:28 a.m.

There are 60 days from the start of the second semester to the start of spring break. Several events mark those 60 days in between: the bulk of second semester, the height of basketball season and, as regular visitors of the Student Recreational Sports Center know, the peak of the fitness center's popularity.

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White leads Hoosiers to victory against Iowa

By Matt Mattucci · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 12:27 a.m.

The Iowa Hawkeyes just couldn't stop D.J. White. In 35 minutes of play, IU's big man racked up a career-high 23 points and 12 boards during IU's 71-64 victory Tuesday night against Iowa.

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IU students spend Saturdays teaching Arabic to children

By Christina Stigliani · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 12:27 a.m.

In a cheerfully decorated corner of the Monroe County Public Library, a dozen young children crowded around IU graduate students Patrick Schoettmer and Aymen Elsheikh as they introduced the first two letters of the Arabic alphabet, alef and ba. "'Alef' is for 'arnab' ('rabbit')!" Schoettmer said as the children hopped around the room and gave each other bunny ears.

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The gift of music

Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 12:27 a.m.

Though Jacobs School of Music student Georgina Joshi was killed in a plane crash last April, her parents hope her memory will live on through a donation to the music school. Louise Addicot and Yatish Joshi of South Bend made a special trip to Hamburg, Germany, in December to select a Steinway concert grand piano in memory of Georgina.

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RecSports gears up for intramural basketball season

By Linnea Coulter · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 12:12 a.m.

It's that time of year again. The time when thousands of students go head-to-head on the basketball court in the Assembly Hall spotlight to have their biggest fans cheer them on. It's not quite March Madness, and the players aren't Kelvin Sampson's crew, but much of the excitement is still there and, for some, there's still a lot on the line. It's intramural basketball season.

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Hoosiers hold on to knock off Hawkeyes

By Eamonn Brennan · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 12:04 a.m.

Before Jan. 2, IU fans presumably had little idea how well their Hoosiers -- a team with a new coach, two junior college transfers, a previously injured star and a menagerie of freshmen -- would perform in the Big Ten. Since their 74-67 loss to Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, the Hoosiers (13-4, 4-1 Big Ten) have answered that question with four straight convincing wins -- the latest coming against Iowa, 71-64, Tuesday night.

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Getting the boot

By Julia Boriss · Tuesday, Jan. 16,2007 11:52 p.m.

There are two things I know about the IU campus: I know that it rains every Tuesday and Thursday, and I know that girls here love wearing their rain boots.

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