FEATURES Reindeer Games Ho Ho Hopeless I have learned a very valuable lesson from this movie. Never go see another movie written by Ehren Kruger. After renting Arlington Road, I knew this guy had no clue. Then I went to see Scream 3, which strengthened my negative opinion of his writing capabili ties. So why did I see yet another Kruger movie? A lapse in brain waves maybe, and the fact that John Frankenheimer (Ronin, The Manchurian Candidate) was directing. Frankenheimer’s classic directing style was the only thing keeping this movie from earning a failing grade. His trademark sense of realistic violence (it’s bloody) and a great eye for inter esting camera angles made Reindeer Games worth watching. Paying atten tion to the plot was another mat ter. Kruger needs to take a few lessons in story telling. Just as Arlington Road and Scream 3 fail to make sense, Reindeer Games is equally convoluted. Tossing in randomly unimportant plot ele ments, Kruger fails to deliver any outcome from most of his story threads. To make matters worse, the “Scooby Doo” ending is tired and utterly ridiculous. Just when you think you know what is By Nicole Burkholder Capital Times Staff-Writer going to happen, but you’re guessing that you’re wrong, you’re not. The plot is more pre dictable than “Teletubbjes”. When all hope of an interest ing story was stripped from me, I turned to the characters and the actors who played them. *■ Gary Sinise always delivers a great performance. Sinise plays the sinister Gabriel who recruits Rudy (Ben Affleck) to help rob a casino. Sinise was entertaining, but his character was so incredi bly boring that you almost felt sorry to see such an esteemed actor in a pitiful movie. Affleck was mildly entertain ing as the recently released con vict. Unfortunately, if you have seen the previews, you have seen all of Affleck’s shining moments. want to see her disappear within the first five minutes she speaks. We all make mistakes. Frankenheimer should stick to working with accomplished screenwriters. Affleck should stay far away from tagline action movies and Theron should just learn to act. As for me, I will never watch another Ehrin Kruger movie ever again. Char 1 i z e Theron plays Ashley, Rudy’s girlfriend. Theron’s high school play dra matics are terri bly annoying and drab, making you NSW \ N Search for Life in the Desert Continues By Eddie Capozzi Capital Times Staff Writer It's been two weeks since I saw any signs of ‘life in Harrisburg. It's getting warmer and I can't wait ‘til my next experience. Hopefully, I'll find it soon. I feel I'm going to have to broaden my area of search. By the way, want to hear a joke? Strawberry Square. Talk about a waste of space. Except for the B. Dalton bookstore, it's just another mirage. There isn't even a record or clothing store. The highlight of my Strawberry Square experience was the Taco Supreme I got at Taco Bell. Once again, I'm not knocking Harrisburg, but it kills me to see wasted talent. This city has so much potential. I can't tell you how many beautiful downtown buildings are boarded up, wait ing for someone to make uiem into theatres or cafes. Hang in there. I know there's life out there somewhere; I just have to look a little harder. rtist Title Label Project 86 - - Drawing Black Lines Midtown - Save The World, Lose The Girl - Drive Thru Muse - Cave EP Epic The Cure Blood Flowers Elektra A New Found Glory Nothing Gold Can Stay Drive Thru Devoted Molded Mr. Bill’s Wild Ride - Screaming Giant Records Smashing Pumpkins - - Machinal The Machines of God Virgin Bloodhound Gang Horray For Boobies Geffen Snapcase Designs for Automation Victory The Deadlights Afterbirth Elektra Dr. Sanford Pinsker On Feb. 17,1 had the pleasure to hear Dr. Sanford Pinsker speak in the Gallery Lounge. He delivered a thirty-minute "think piece" entitled "Henry Adams and Our New Century", which will be published in the spring issue of Partisan Review. Pinsker is a professor of humanities at Franklin and Marshall College as well as an accomplished poet and critic. His lecture focused on Henry Adams, grandson of sixth president John Quincy Adams and great grand son of second president John Adams. Henry Adams was a 19th cen tury author whose book, "The Education Of Henry Adams," was chosen as one of the top 100 non-fiction books of the 20th century. Pinsker told of Adams' fear of technology and how his Harvard education did'not prepare him for the "real world." At the Paris Exhibition of 1900, Adams was intimidated by "The Dynamo" Radio (Station Wp]3tl Top io fllbums 2/29/ 00 Lecture Review By Eddie Capozzi Capital Times Staff Writer which I understood to be a gen erator of sorts that could power an entire city. Pinsker's lecture compared his personal experience of heading into the 21st century with Adams' experience of heading into the 20th century. He said that if Adams was intimidated by the changes occurring then, imagine how he would have felt if he were to experience 20th century innovations such as the atom bomb, space travel and computers. These changes would surely have blown his mind. Pinsker continued with com ments on the Y2K scare, and then took questions from the audience. I appreciated how he left his lecture open for critique. While other professors in the room challenged some of his points, only a couple of brave students dared to ask questions. Never mind the 21st century, this guy was pretty intimidating all by himself. Project 86 - Drawing Black Lines Atlantic
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