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Having a Ball ...old school style

By C. Warner Sills and Gillian Hurley · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

In the '80s, while most of us were French/Tight (whatever you dorks called it) rolling our pants and teasing our hair (Aquanet forever!), rock bands such as Motley Crue, Twisted Sister and Guns N' Roses were shocking the airwaves and topping the charts.

Oldies but Goodies

By C. Warner Sills and Mallory Zalkin · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

If one thing's true about fashion, it's that old styles always come back. Whether we're talking about the hippie-chic fashion statements our parents attempted, the Mary Janes that our grandmothers might have worn or Travolta's famous bell bottoms, it's confirmed that fashion revolves cyclically ... where the return of the past is inevitable.

Halo impressive, but lacks golden touch

By C. Warner Sills and David Antagnoli · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

Although originally designed as a PC game after Microsoft's acquisition of developer Bungie, Halo was rerouted towards Xbox. Despite unnerving nearly all PC gamers, Halo met critical and popular acclaim, easily becoming the best launch title for the new console, and is arguably still the best game available for Xbox.

Eastwood guides all-star cast upstream

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

Mystic River marks Clint Eastwood's 24th stint in the director's chair, and by all accounts, it's his best. Sure, he reinvigorated the Western with his Oscar-winner Unforgiven and made one of the '90s most overlooked gems in the form of A Perfect World, but here, Dirty Harry elevates what could've been your standard Boston-based police procedural/Irish gangland saga to Shakespearean proportions.

30 years pass, but the meat stays fresh

By C. Warner Sills and Jake Bilinski · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

Almost 30 years ago, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was unleashed upon an unsuspecting, very squeamish public. Tobe Hooper's brutal, intelligent, independent classic proudly staked its claim among the scariest films of all time. Now, a new vision of this archetypal legend emerges.

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Sterling cast elevates legal mumbo-jumbo

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

Cinematic adaptations of John Grisham novels can go one of three ways -- the good (A Time to Kill), the bad (The Firm) and the ugly (The Chamber). Well, the verdict's out on his latest, Runaway Jury, and it's acquitted of not sucking. Sadly, the flick is undeniably guilty of being ham-fisted, manipulative, biased and too slick for its own good. But that's not to say it's meritless.

Move over mainstream: Unique flicks

By C. Warner Sills and Jessie Moskal · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

Many of the people who flip through this issue of Weekend probably never sat through an entire independent, classic or foreign film. With the recent closing of the Von Lee Theater, a favorite venue for art film buffs, an extremely small percentage of people seem to want to explore what lies beyond the packaging of mainstream entertainment.

Nintendo becoming next SEGA

By C. Warner Sills and Chris Freiberg · Thursday, Oct. 23,2003 12 a.m.

Don't get me wrong, I like Nintendo. After Atari crashed the video game market in 1983 with abysmal sales of their E.T. game, who was it but Nintendo to resurrect the home console in North America. If it weren't for the NES, dorms across the campus would have a big blank spot in front of their TVs where a PlayStation 2, GameCube or Xbox now resides.

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Nintendo becoming next SEGA

By C. Warner Sills and Chris Freiberg · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 7:57 p.m.

Don't get me wrong, I like Nintendo. After Atari crashed the video game market in 1983 with abysmal sales of their E.T. game, who was it but Nintendo to resurrect the home console in North America. If it weren't for the NES, dorms across the campus would have a big blank spot in front of their TVs where a PlayStation 2, GameCube or Xbox now resides.

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Halo impressive, but lacks golden touch

By C. Warner Sills and David Antagnoli · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 7:55 p.m.

Although originally designed as a PC game after Microsoft's acquisition of developer Bungie, Halo was rerouted towards Xbox. Despite unnerving nearly all PC gamers, Halo met critical and popular acclaim, easily becoming the best launch title for the new console, and is arguably still the best game available for Xbox.

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Silly rabbit, Matrix is for kids

By C. Warner Sills and Sam Shahrani · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 7:54 p.m.

To the excitement of sci-fi geeks, kung fu aficionados and first-year philosophy students around the world, The Matrix Reloaded finally hit DVD Oct. 14. Fortunately, most of those who buy this will likely be satisfied with this competent, if underwhelming, release.

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Distillers are a Dalle show

By C. Warner Sills and Mike Ley · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 7:49 p.m.

Three albums strong, The Distillers have become a mainstay of rockers everywhere. Rising from and surviving the stagnant punk rock cesspool, the band has released Coral Fang, letting the world know they're a step ahead of other mohawk-rocking punks.

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Pleasant 'nightmares,' Tennessee style

By C. Warner Sills and Mike Ley · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 7:48 p.m.

From Ashes Rise is one of the best bands you've never heard. Their fall/winter tour kicks off this November to bring Nightmares to life in front of a few lucky cities -- a wall of audible aggression.

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Twilight Singers success is Dulli noted

By C. Warner Sills and -Val Tsoutsouris · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 7:48 p.m.

In "Seinfeld," they called it "hand" -- the power of having the upper hand in the relationship. In a much grittier way, Greg Dulli sings about nothing but hand. With his previous band the Afghan Whigs, he sang, "I'm gonna turn on you/Before you turn on me." The debonair gentleman was knowing in his jerkiness.

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