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FREESTYLE

By | March 2001

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! It’s so easy to lump the various styles of rap music together into one undifferentiated musical mass…

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FREESTYLE

It's so easy to lump the various styles of rap music together into one undifferentiated musical mass. Yet, just as it seems obvious upon closer inspection...

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ACCORDION DREAMS

When German immigrants remembered to pack their accordions for the long trip to central and south Texas in the 1800's, conjunto music was born. A hybrid of...

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STORE WARS: WHEN WAL-MART COMES TO TOWN

Admit it. You shop at Wal-Mart, don't you? Even though deep in your heart you know it's wrong, that you're contributing to the downfall of your local...

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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

"I'm surprised that you've never been told before that you're lovely and you're perfect and that somebody wants you." As someone who claims or pretends to...

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GLADIATOR

You know, all things downtrodden should get their day in the sun. When greatness falls from grace, it doesn't mean it's lost its shine. If I get knocked...

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ERIN BROCKOVICH

Wow! It sure is refreshing to see Julia Roberts act in a film that is NOT a romantic comedy. From Mystic Pizza to Pretty Woman to what I believe is the...

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TRAFFIC

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, ^ The courage to change the things I can, ^ And the wisdom to know the difference." ^...

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CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

Ang Lee has built quite a respectable movie career in the last ten years in both America and his native Taiwan. As director of Oscar magnets like "Sense...

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CHOCOLAT

Like the confection it's named after, Lasse Hallström's '60s-set cinematic bonbon is every bit as sweet -- and, unfortunately, every bit as sticky. ...

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U 571

I don't know, does every generation now get the "Das Boot" it deserves? World War II movies have long been out of favor, but Steven Spielberg and the...

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