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One True Thing
Starring Meryl Streep and
Renee Zellweger
Directed by Carl Franklin
Rated R
Playing at Hollywood 16
One Thie Thing tugs at your
heartstrings from the very begin
ning and does not let go. Its heart
breaking story surpasses the likes
of Terms of Endearment with lik
able characters and situations that
happen in everyday families.
Meryl Streep plays a housewife
who is not appreciated by her fami
ly. Her ambitious, driven daughter,
played by Zellweger, sees nothing re
deeming in her mother and idolizes
her father, played by William Hurt.
After Streep leams that she has
cancer, Zellweger moves home to play
nurse to her mother, leaving behind
her job and apartment in New York.
The movie focuses on Zellweger’s
changing view of her mother and
her realization that she does possess
some of her mother’s qualities.
Zellweger goes through a trans
formation, from loathing what she
thinks her mother represents to ad
miring her intelligence and strength.
This movie will definitely appeal
to mothers and daughters every
where and takes a close look at the
power of perception and viewpoint.
(A-)
— Katie Mish
barf bags at the theater entrance.
Hollywood has seemed to for
gotten about those few out there
who do not always like seeing a
happy ending and still enjoy origi
nal characters and plots.
But leave it to the independent
film industry to satisfy the needs
of the few. The Opposite of Sex is
a hilarious, scathing look at love
and relationships.
Christina Ricci plays an evil 16
year old bent on getting what she
wants any way she can. When her
stepfather dies, she runs away to live
with her much older, gay stepbroth
er, a kind-hearted teacher, and his
much younger lover. Things get very
complicated and funny from there.
The storywriting and characters
are creative and unique. A surpris
ingly strong performance is given
by Lisa Kudrow, who normally
stars as an airhead.
Kudrow plays a bitter, lonely, un
married schoolteacher who is forever
pessimistic. Also making an appear
ance is Texas A&M’s own Lyle Lovett.
The film takes a look at the part of
real life the Christian Coalition wants
us to forget and explores the relation
ships between love and sex through
characters who seem to stretch their
definition and correlation.
Anyone who wants to see a film
and leave with more than some
cheap, warm-fuzzy feeling should
definitely check it out. (A)
The Opposite of Sex
Starring: Christina Ricci
and Lisa Kudrow
Directed by: Don Roos
Rated R
Playing at Hollywood 16
After the release of such sicken-
ingly sweet romantic epics as Ti
tanic, Ever After and all the other
films targeted at 14-year-old girls,
some people might wonder why
they do not just start handing out
— Kyle Whitacre
Rush Hour
Starring Chris Tucker and
Jackie Chan
Directed by Brett Ratner
Rated PG-1 3
Playing at Hollywood 16
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TUcker plays loud-mouth LAPD
detective James Carter, who is as
signed by the FBI to “babysit”
Hong Kong super-cop Inspector
Lee (Chan) while the FBI try to
rescue the 10-year-old daughter of
a Chinese diplomat from a Hong
Kong terrorist group.
This movie is not vintage Jack
ie Chan. The few fight scenes are
well choreographed, but they are
far from the classic brawls in Can
nonball Run and Rumble in the
Bronx.
Rush Hour, however, is vintage
Chris TUcker. He steals the show
with his Eddie Murphy-ish sharp
tongue and continues to excel in
playing the obnoxious bad boy.
Rush Hour is worth the hype as
East meets West in this action-
packed comedy. (A)
RILEY LAGRONE
Tile Battalion
is truly
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Cabin Fever
Redwood Records
Mickey Saloma
Simon Birch
Starring Ian Michael
Smith and Ashley Judd
Directed by Mark Steven
Johnson
Rating PC
Playing At Hollywood 16
Simon Birch is a cocktail mix of
a dozen other movies.
The movie is about a year in
the life of Joe Wenteworth
(Mazzello) and his best friend Si
mon Birch (Smith).
Simon is unique. When he was
born, he was as small as a bird,
and the doctors said he would not
last the night. But then a night
turned into weeks, and weeks
turned into years until Simon grew
into a boy with a strong belief that
God had a special plan for him.
Joe also has a special plan in
life — to find his father.
Steamroller, one of Austin’s
most talked about rock bands,
has been consistently playing
some of local music’s best live
shows for over four years. As an
album that attempts to capture
Steamroller's live energy. Cabin
Fever, the second release from the
band’s own Redwood Records, is
like trying to bottle a tornado. It
doesn’t seem possible until it is
sitting right in front of you.
Although a live Steamroller
performance is a must in order to
fully appreciate the band. Cxilnn
Fiver comes as close as possible
to the driving jams and laid-back
grooves the band is known for.
From the opening rave of
“Space Frog” to the Sunday af
ternoon melodies of "Silver
Dollar Morning," Cabin Fiver is
a blessing to all those who
think they just can't wait for
the next Steamroller gig.
Although Steamroller has
been busy touring (the band
even won two opening slots on
this year’s HORDE Festival), the
band’s next album, Razzle Daz
zle, is already in the works.
Until then, however, it’s Cab
in Fever that will keep Steam
roller’s fans satisfied until it is
time for round three. (A)
If the members of Steamroller are
ministers of groove, they wea* preach
ing to the converted at the Steamboat
last Saturday night. The band, which
has a semi-regular gig at tire 6th Street
club, filled the venue from the front to
the back door in less than half an
hour. They took the stage at midnight
but as the clock rolled past one in the
morning, it was evident Steamroller
was just getting wanned up.
Although relatively new as a
headliner in the Bryan-College Sta
tion music scene. Steamroller’s rep
utation has evidently preceded
them. The band was able to stir up
fairly large audiences for its Dixie
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part to its strong performance at the
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