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For once the title says it all

By Abhi Kumar · Thursday, July 24,2003 10:22 a.m.

This movie attempts to be an intriguing and suspenseful mystery thriller but fails miserably. Hell, it's more than that: it's a hot, steaming pile of pretentious crap. Bogged down by wooden acting, stilted direction and a poor script, this movie makes me wonder why anyone in their right mind would want to pay money to watch it. All the movie does is start with a basic story and then keeps adding plot twists and turns until it turns into a mindless piece of trash.

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Mismatched 'Knights' kick, punch and mug their way home

By Abhi Kumar · Thursday, July 24,2003 10:21 a.m.

It's been a while since a good action comedy came out, and by god, this is one of them. Jackie Chan returns as Chon Wang in this sequel to "Shanghai Noon" with his buddy Roy O'Bannon played by Owen Wilson. Wang is living happily as the sheriff of Carson City, Nev., when he is informed of his father's murder by a scheming British Lord (Aiden Gillen).

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Down home with the Handsome Family

By Michael Tapscott · Thursday, July 24,2003 10:12 a.m.

Here in the bipolar ward if you shower you get a gold star, but I'm not going far till the Haldol kicks in-until then, until then-I'm strapped to this fucking twin bed and I won't get any cookies or tea till I stop quoting Nietzsche and brush my teeth and comb my hair. Days pass slow in slippers and robe, but my ghost still bangs on the roof like John the Baptist in the rain while the nurses play Crazy Eights.

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Do I need help?

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 24,2003 10:12 a.m.

As primarily a music critic for Weekend, I have come to realize that listening to more and more music tests your convictions and the certainty of your beliefs. My most memorable trip to the dark side was that Trapt record that polluted my Eustachian tubes, and now I cannot even give it away. Literally. Nobody wants it. Furthermore, I think I left that Har Mar Superstar record by the side of the road. I just abandoned it. It was my only choice.

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Cadavers, Ferraris, big guns, bigger egos

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, July 24,2003 10:11 a.m.

"Bad Boys II" is the biggest, dumbest, loudest, fastest and freakiest thrill ride of the summer. For many, this might be a turnoff, for yours truly, it's a blessing, albeit a slightly mixed one.

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Do I need help?

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

As primarily a music critic for Weekend, I have come to realize that listening to more and more music tests your convictions and the certainty of your beliefs. My most memorable trip to the dark side was that Trapt record that polluted my Eustachian tubes, and now I cannot even give it away. Literally. Nobody wants it. Furthermore, I think I left that Har Mar Superstar record by the side of the road. I just abandoned it. It was my only choice.

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Blood and Guts: Fans celebrate excess of gore

By Brian Eliott Johnson and Brian Elliott Johnson · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

An intrepid hero runs down a dirt lane, past the dilapidated country house and finally reaches the old mill. Suddenly an oozing, flesh bare hand shoots out of the rotten wood and grabs the hero by the neck. Struggling to remain conscious, he pulls an overly large handgun from his holster and fires repeatedly into the mill, with any luck filling the arm's owner with life threatening holes. As the hero empties his pistol, the zombie lurches out and begins gnawing on the man's neck.

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Mismatched 'Knights' kick, punch and mug their way home

By Abhi Kumar · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

It's been a while since a good action comedy came out, and by god, this is one of them. Jackie Chan returns as Chon Wang in this sequel to "Shanghai Noon" with his buddy Roy O'Bannon played by Owen Wilson. Wang is living happily as the sheriff of Carson City, Nev., when he is informed of his father's murder by a scheming British Lord (Aiden Gillen).

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Vendetta Red's screaming is a howl

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

Anybody who listens to enough rock knows that a good scream doesn't come from the throat but rather the heart. Somebody needs to tell Vendetta Red. The Seattle fivesome has referred to its style as "screamo," a style of emo where the vocal-ese from frontman Zach Davidson breaks off from crooning in the verses to the occasional scream, especially in the choruses.

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These songs have been 'Used' before

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

Clearly we have entered a new era in music distribution. So rampant is electronic file sharing that we now have The Used's Maybe Memories. From a band standpoint, this album isn't a watershed but rather a symbol for how to treat one's fans. From a fan standpoint, you might feel you need this in order to recommit.

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Moore shows us 'How to Don't'

By Jessica Smith · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

My biggest question walking out of this movie was "How to Deal" with the fact that I just wasted 101 minutes of my life. "How to Deal" is the story of an oversexed high school girl played by Mandy Moore (what a surprise!) going through tragedy after tragedy all the while trying to figure out how to fall in love. Now, we've all been through the tormenting adolescence of high school, but is it necessary to drive the topic into the ground with yet another crappy teen movie?

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Down home with the Handsome Family

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

Here in the bipolar ward if you shower you get a gold star, but I'm not going far till the Haldol kicks in-until then, until then-I'm strapped to this fucking twin bed and I won't get any cookies or tea till I stop quoting Nietzsche and brush my teeth and comb my hair. Days pass slow in slippers and robe, but my ghost still bangs on the roof like John the Baptist in the rain while the nurses play Crazy Eights.

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Cadavers, Ferraris, big guns, bigger egos

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

"Bad Boys II" is the biggest, dumbest, loudest, fastest and freakiest thrill ride of the summer. For many, this might be a turnoff, for yours truly, it's a blessing, albeit a slightly mixed one.

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Losing your head in a fast food joint

By Jessica Halverson and Jesscia Halverson · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

From fast food workstyle roots, Ugly Duckling whips its collective job experience up into a "Meatshake" for the alternative rap group's newest release, Taste the Secret. A chunky puree of concept and random tunes, the album is too disorienting and fails to hit the spectacular plot line of a Prince Paul album. The main story is about the fast food joint "Meatshake," provider of liquid meat, its blockhead workers and customers and the veggie shop across the street, headed by an airy yippie.

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Mya mixes R&Band porn

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

I'm sure that I have healthy sexual attitudes, but Mya's album managed to make me blush even when I was by myself. Of course, this is the standard coming out party for our nation's overprotected young divas. On her third album, Mya intermittently explains that she really is not that innocent and describes (in great detail) how and with whom she's having sex.

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Gray too inconsistent for her own good

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

Macy Gray has been by far the most interesting female voice in the neo-soul movement. She is able to surpass contemporaries Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, the loathsome Alicia Keys or Erykah Badu with sheer freakiness. Gray is an awkward woman who Jim DeRogatis once described as Betty Boop after too many bong rips. Her main asset is that her voice, a kind of smoky scratch, is quite an original instrument and is put to good work with a gift for diction and alliteration similar to Bob Dylan.

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Two 'Train's pass in the night

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

Everyone surely wishes they were someone else at some point. In a world where no one is easily satisfied, maybe you could imagine yourself inhabiting someone else's existence. Maybe you would just want to do this for a day or so to see what it's like. Maybe you would like to make it permanent.

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For once the title says it all

By Abhi Kumar · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

This movie attempts to be an intriguing and suspenseful mystery thriller but fails miserably. Hell, it's more than that: it's a hot, steaming pile of pretentious crap. Bogged down by wooden acting, stilted direction and a poor script, this movie makes me wonder why anyone in their right mind would want to pay money to watch it. All the movie does is start with a basic story and then keeps adding plot twists and turns until it turns into a mindless piece of trash.

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Atkinson plays Bean, no wait, Johnny English

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, July 24,2003 12 a.m.

Johnny English is Bean. Well, not exactly. While technically "Johnny English" is a different movie, and though he talks more, Rowan Atkinson plays relatively the same part as always.

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