Playlists
MOVIES: Big Trouble
Big Trouble is best defined by two of its many long running jokes: fritos and goats. If these two gimmicks don't sound funny on their own, or together, then Big Trouble's makers hope they will be funny after you see them a million times.
Friday, September 21, 2001
Photographs by Jennifer Karady, Christopher Pekoc, and Joel-Peter Witkin The Print Center 1614 Latimer St. Exhibit through October 20 Free (215) 735-6090 The Print Center explores the peculiarities of human nature and form with three simultaneous exhibitions by Jennifer Karady, Christopher Pekoc and Joel-Peter Witkin.
Music: Girl Power
If there's nothing sexier than a girl who is angry and horny, imagine two of them: one wields a fiddle, the other a dildo. Of course, that's not all that Bitch and Animal are; these two charming ladies have a great many faces and even more euphemisms for the female anatomy.
MOVIES: The New `Ex-Files'
Rarely has a film's title been more appropriate than that of the new science-fiction romance Happy Accidents, a wonderfully daring and original film that magically manages to avoid the dreadful fate of most of this genre. Written and directed by Brad Anderson, who saw critical acclaim for his Next Stop, Wonderland and last month's Session 9, Happy Accidents shoots out of left field to take its place alongside last spring's Memento as a persuasive reminder of the creative advantages of independent film. Although veering a little long at nearly two hours, the film doesn't wait long to introduce Ruby Weaver, an idealistic yet increasingly cautious single woman in Manhattan, played winningly by Marisa Tomei in a performance that signals her return to glory after a lengthy post-Oscar drought.
Karma Police
So you've gotten into Penn, and maybe you were the biggest loser in high school, but guess what? Karma has just kicked you right in the ass, and now you have a second chance to do high school all over again.
FOOD: Latin heat tastes goooood!
We arrive at 7:30 and are seated at a small, hand-painted table. The warm yellow light is instantly comforting.
Movies: Wannabe, Sedated
True Story: once upon a time, in the 1980s, there was this gnarly band called Judas Priest that ruled the metal scene.
Bathed in the Limelight
In the past, your friendly neighborhood Street has not been known for its bubbling Penn Pride or its standards of human decency.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
Patience Wilma Theater Broad and Spruce streets Through October 21 (215) 546-7824 Whoever wrote the book of Job in the Bible probably did not foresee it becoming Archibald MacLeish's novel J.B.
Music: Southern comfort
Seldom does a live-music experience begin with a feeling of stodginess in the concert-goer. Brushing past little black-backpack-wearing, social studies-taking fans, I found myself remarking on the good ol' days of '96, when they got big but not big, and were on Caroline records, and look at his new following--I'm sure they don't appreciate the music and lyrics as much as I do, the seasoned fan.
Streetscenes: Caricatures with pizazz by olympia
Cacky Calderon, Wharton freshman (left) "We waited in line the entire time for the caricature.... It was the two of us and also two of our good friends, and so she just put four of us on a page.
WOTS: Dead On Arrival
Note: Normally, this column is not so disturbing. However, this summer, I found a murdered man in Central Park and it's been messing up my head ever since.
BOOKS: A frank exposure
So as not to bore his audience, a journalist must have an extensive and complex vocabulary. To get you in the mood for this book, I offer you one word: Bildungsroman.
MOVIES: Hardball
You know everything that will happen in this movie: There will be hackneyed and racist portrayals of the Chicago slums; there will be a white ne'er-do-well who is forced to coach the Bad News Bears; he will inspire them; they will inspire him; some kid will die; the team will win the championship; and Keanu Reeves will seem about as dense as a cinderblock.
Nation On Alert, Bomb threat in Athens
Due to the devastating incidents of terrorism in New York City and Washington, the University's Tuesday classes have been cancelled as of noon today.
FOOD: Fine Cuban Cooking
Alma de Cuba's fa‡ade is painted a pale yellow, its name is displayed as nonchalantly as possible next to the imposing white door.
No nuts for you
Walking into the Four Seasons to meet with Jerry Zucker I am a little intimidated. This is a man who has had a hand in some of my all-time favorite films, Ghost, Airplane, My Best Friends Wedding--just to name a few.
