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Reviews of ‘The Panic Room’ and ‘The Rookie’
"It's too dark," complains the plucky young girl to her mom at the outset of David Fincher's new, white-knuckle thriller Panic Room. The youngster is bummed by the dimly lit bedroom she's been assigned in their spacious new Manhattan townhouse, but she might just as well be commenting on the fundamental approach of Fincher's movie…
Unforseeable Future
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Outtakes
>40 Days and 40 Nights (R) A moderately pleasant little surprise for anyone simply expecting another mindless, cookie-cutter sex comedy. The story here is certainly slight enough — sex-crazed twentysomething Matt (Josh Hartnett) takes a vow of celibacy for 40 days, during which time he meets the perfectly charming and hot, hot, hot girl of…
And on the Third Day, He Brunched …
Easter is as good an excuse as any to throw a big dinner for family or friends, spend a leisurely day at the beach, indulge in religious contemplation, sample one of the lavish brunches many restaurants offer — or all of the above. And at two well-situated local restaurants, you can even combine a truly…
Freebie: Grand Ole Opera
Opera can be an intimidating genre, though it's nothing more than the antique predecessor of our modern musical. No, we English speakers can't necessarily tell what the words are (unless there are subtitles) but one has to appreciate opera's universal appeal — it's beautiful, and the singers belt it out over the orchestra without microphones.…
Two Viewpoints on the Loftus Lawsuit Against Al-Arian
If only half of what John Loftus alleges against Sami Al-Arian is true, it is one hell of a bombshell. Loftus filed a civil suit against Al-Arian (a.k.a. The Martyr), alleging the University of South Florida engineering professor laundered money from Saudi Arabia and funneled it into the most notorious terrorist organizations on our list.…
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Letters to the Editor
Comments, Please Re: Planet Janet by Fawn Germer (March 20-26) I just wanted to tell you I loved your article on Janet Reno. Two enthusiastic thumbs up! Finally, someone with an outlook not so far from my own. I agree totally. I think she's a great woman, but she needs to do quite a bit…
Irrigation Irritation
Stormwater isn't sexy. Efficient stormwater systems don't attract tourist dollars or add a touch of class to a culture-deprived city. But what they lack in sex appeal they make up with utility. That standing water you have to drive thorough on South Dale Mabry? That's a stormwater issue. That nasty muck that settles on the…
Death Becomes Them
Here's a riddle: What is it that a. everyone does and b. no one talks about? Did you say "sex"? Well forget it. Obviously you haven't seen The Vagina Monologues, Sex and the City or the Clinton/Lewinsky transcripts. No, as some of you realized, the correct answer is "death." After all, when was the last…
Metal’s Ded
"Eighties rock was, and for some still is, the epitome of vicarious hedonism. Whiskey. Pussy. Motorcycles. Latent homoeroticism. Put on some headphones, and you were a modern-day Caligula." These two isms and one Roman history reference are coming from a guy with Jagermeister dripping from his stubbly chin onto his naked chest. Royce Flaneur looks…
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Living in Glass Houses
Now in the last weeks of his two-month exhibition at Tampa Museum of Art, glass artist Therman Statom's site-specific River Myths: A Multimedia Gallery Installation transforms the Special Exhibition gallery into a shimmering, theatrical extravaganza. The smaller Focus Gallery features individual wall-hung and floor-bound sculptural works that incorporate paint, found objects and symbols such as…
Spins
EelsSouljacker Much has been made of Eels principal E's presumed obsession with mortality and/or negativity. And true enough, the 1998 sophomore full-length Electro-Shock Blues was a fairly mordant exploration of his reaction to the deaths of both his mother and sister. But canny, attentive ears recognize the man born Mark Oliver Everett's consistent drive for…
