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Archive for June, 2001

Millennium Hip-Hop Party

Young MC’s “Bust a Move” music video flashes across the television screen. A geeky music critic (um, not me) grins his whitewashed picket fence grin. He stares into your eyes/soul and does his best Ron Popeil homage:
“Do you remember standing against the wall at your seventh grade dance, admiring the acne-less 90210 reject flop his […]



The Anniversary Party

THE SKINNY
An aging actress and her flighty writer husband reunite with friends to celebrate their sixth anniversary.
THE BOTTOM LINE
The strong ensemble cast carries more weight than the script, but certainly worth checking out.
THE FULL REVIEW
A few moments of Halle Berry’s exposed breasts or two hours of terrific ensemble acting? That’s essentially how I viewed my […]



U2’s Warm Up Band

Clearly the NBA does not respect its own product.
At halftime of the first game of the NBA Finals, NBC eschewed analysis and instead cut live to U2 in concert in Boston. So after a riveting first half in which Allen Iverson scored 30 points, viewers were not treated to replays of Iverson’s incredible moves nor […]