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'Grinch' soundtrack a grab bag

The soundtrack to Theodor Geisel's classic holiday yarn turned hit motion picture unfolds much like the reviews to the live action incarnation have: rather mixed.

Hitchcock masterpiece double feature hits City Lights

To finish out the semester, City Lights is offering up quite a cinematic treat. It will screen two of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest works -- "The Thirty-Nine Steps" and "Notorious."

\'The 6th Day\' not worth two hours

The previews for "The 6th Day" give a good case for wanting to like this movie. It shows a likeable star (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a great plot concept, but what a horrible disaster.

\'Bounce\' a good, cheesy date movie

The true test of love is how you deal with the truth. This is the premise behind "Bounce," the latest film starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow. While a cheesy script bogs down the movie, the performances make this film worth seeing.

\'Unbreakable\' deep but shocking

Hollywood's infatuation with comic books is only natural from a profit standpoint -- make a movie about a superhero whose existence knows no age barriers and rake in the dough. But only a handful of filmmakers have ever capably translated the visual "pow" and narrative compactness of comics to the big screen. Among them are George Lucas, Sam Raimi and now M. Night Shyamalan, whose "Unbreakable" is among the finest contemporary sprocket-holed comic books, but not without some disturbing scruples.

\'Grinch\' a steal

\"How the Grinch Stole Christmas," by Dr. Seuss;(Or Theodore Geisel, if one must know the ruse)Was published in the year of the Sputnik launch;A time when America had not yet discovered raunch.

The Makings of Merriment

It is the classic shower scene in your standard slasher film. The killer approaches two beautiful women, who, of course, don't know he's there. He raises his knife to strike. Stop action. Reverse.

From Fire to Farce

In the mid-1970s, the Royal Library of the Netherlands sent a delegation to the United States with a goal to witness "one of the five most distinguished libraries in the world." They were here to see the IU Main Library.

In memory of Cadmium Orange

Jason Groth lay awake, staring at the ceiling. "What could I have done better?" he asked himself. "What could I have done to make this band stay together?"

Offspring tries too hard on new album

Since the band broke into the pop music market with its smash single "Self Esteem," The Offspring has struggled to overcome the "sell-out" label that has overshadowed its career. The band's latest release, Conspiracy of One, will do nothing to aid that struggle.

Now that\'s what I call overplayed

If ever a pop album had a fighting chance with an IDS reviewer, it was this album with this reviewer. My tolerance and enjoyment of the pop genre has been a long-standing joke in the newsroom, and when Now That's What I Call Music 5 drifted into the IDS, it immediately found its way into my waiting hands. I tried to play it off like I wasn't that excited to review it, but I was in heaven.

Sequel flops

Two wrongs do not make a right. Tell that to Everclear, which has tried to overcompensate for the mediocre Songs From An American MovieVol. One: Learning How to Smile with Vol. Two: Good Time For A Bad Attitude.

Route 37 billboard newest weapon for Take Back IU

Take Back IU, a group circulating a petition demanding the resignation of the entire IU board of trustees, President Myles Brand and other members of IU's administration, placed a billboard along route 37 near the exit at College Avenue Nov. 10.

Eigenmann referendum contested

While the presidential vote is being contested in Florida courts, on a decidedly smaller scale a campus vote might be contested in a student-run court.

AIDS epidemic in Africa worsens

Bahla Nabwegki is an immigrant who earns a dollar a day. He bought a one-pedaled bicycle with his seven-dollar weekly pay. Another two dollars went to reinforce its frame. After he removed the chain, Nabwegki was ready to use his bicycle, not so much for cycling, but as a trolley for carrying as much as 250 kilograms of coal across distances of 30 to 40 miles.

WIUS Sponsors Songwriting Contest

Sleeping with Tom Hanks

Yes, that\'s correct boys and girls - Christmas is upon us, descending faster than a cock-eyed bird of prey on some poor carcass in the hot Nevada sun.

Young team looks to add depth to Buckeyes

Ohio State women's basketball coach Beth Burns starts her fourth season in the Big Ten with confidence the Buckeyes will be the most successful team in the league.

A better suggestion for the weekend

So what are you going to do this weekend? If you're the typical student, you'll probably sit in some stranger's bathroom with your head in the toilet, muttering obscenities.

Men's team signs 3 recruits

A week after exceeding their goals by placing 17th at the NCAA Championship meet, the men's cross country team gained three more reasons to be optimistic about the future.