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Keaton and
Kidman's chemistry
in "My Life"
by Sarah Melchiore
Collegian Staff
Emotionally powerful. Very
moving. Just plain intense. All
these words describe the movie
“My Life.”
“My Life” is an indescribable
triumph of everyone involved
with the film. The story
revolves around Bob Jones
(Michael Keaton), his wife Gail
(Nicole Kidman), and the birth
of their baby, plus all of Bob’s
life events.
The movie opens with a scene
where Bob is making a home
movie for his unborn child.
Why? He is making the movie
because he won’t be around for
his child when he/she grows up.
Before I saw the film I though
Kidman and Keaton would have
no chemistry. Did they? Yes.
Yes! Yes!! They are so
believable, so real, and so
impacting.
"The Remains of The Day:" a
piece of master craftmanship
by Dawn Anderson
Collegian Staff
“The Remains of the Day” has
reunited the film world’s finest
in the latest trend of literary
adaptations.
Based on the 2989 novel
penned by Anglo-Japanese
author Kazuo Ishiguro, “The
Remains of the Day” once again
joins the talents of dream team
producers Ismail Merchant and
James Ivory, screenwriter Ruth
Prawer Jhabvala, as well as acute
actors Anthony Hopkins and
Emma Thompson - all of whom
collaborated on the multi-
Academy Award nominated
“Howard’s End.”
The film is a portrait of
Stevens (Hopkins), the typical
' ~ who uses
Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson) and Mr. Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) share an intimate moi
in Steven's quarters in The Remains of the Day."
The supporting cast is so
wonderful. There is even an
appearance by Queen Latifa.
This film has everything -
laughter, emotion, drama.
When Bob receives a diagnosis
from his doctor that basically
tells Bob he isn’t going to make
it, Bob protests mildly and
leaves.
He comes back five minutes
later and tells the doctor, “Who
the hell do you think you are
taking my hope away? Hope is
the only thing I got... the only
thing!” Bob then turns to
alternative medicine.
I can’t really say too much
more about the plot of “My
Life” without revealing
everything. The acting,
conematography and the script
are all amazing. I can’t make
you go see this movie, if I could
I would. I can only simply say
that you should, and I strongly
believe that!
his three decades of service and
position at Darlington Hall as a
means of insulating himself
from emotional risk.
The intricate and devastating
film chronicles the years of
Stevens* life which he Mindly
devotes to his unfaltering
master, Lord Darlington (James
Fox), an aristocrat who becomes
associated with Nazis during the
war and eventually labeled a
traitor to England.
In an equally significant and
more interesting subplot,
Stevens represses his feelings for
the spirited, younger
housekeeper Miss Kenton
(Emma Thompson), who quits
her job to marry a man she
doesn’t love.
The scenes between Stevens
and Miss Kenton reveal the
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subtitles of English life that
keep the characters from
"living.”
Even in their most passionate
encounters, the characters barely
touch.
Hopkins in phenomenal as
Stevens. Without an utterance,
Hopkins’ eyes and gaping mouth
tell an emotion of their own. It
is not as much what Steven's is
saying but what he is not. This
ambiguous portrayal propels the
film into near perfection.
The film has lavish set
designs and costumes because
“The Remains of the Day” is
essentially a period piece.
Like the novel, the film may
be difficult to endure (2 1/2
hours) but the result is a piece of
master craftsmanship that will
undoubtedly rank among this
s Oscar
The Juliana
Hatfield Three
hard hitting
lyrics and
innovative
by Paul Lotto
CoUtfia* Staff
Pick up the latest issue of
Rolling Stone or Spin and one
word will be repeated throughout
the entire magazine.
The buzz word is of course
“alternative.”
But what is alternative?? Are
Pearl Jam and Nirvana
alternative? True “alternative”
people such as myself would say
no way.
In the beginning they were,
but now they are as
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and Billy JoeL
The new alternative movement
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Amos, Sarah McLaughin and
Juliana Hatfield.
If you’re looking for music
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has pushed Juliana to a new
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Since the first album, Hey
Babell in 1991, Juliana Hatfield
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music
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The results are the perfect
Mend of hard hitting lyrics and
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Every cut on this album has a
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The first and only release from
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Other songs that deserve a
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On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10
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