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Place: Koldus 111
Date: Monday, March 8
Time: 7:00 p.m.
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speak about the 1999 football
recruiting class!
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Schumacher creates a dark setting to por
tray the eeriness and coldness of the subject
matter, but he does not successfully create a
dark mood.
8mm has an interesting premise, but falls
short on delivery. (Grade: C + )
— Mari urn Mohi addin
PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA/TRISTAR
Nicholas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix pair up
to discover the whereabouts of a girl in 8MM
200 Cigarettes
Starring Ben Affleck and
Courtney Love
Directed by Risa Bramon Garcia
Playing at Hollywood 16
PHOTO COURTESY OF TOUCHSTONES
Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisifinfl
selves falling in love in The OtherS/ste j
8MM
Starring Nicholas Cage and
Joaquin Phoenix
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Playing at Hollywood 16
SPRING
T. H. I. N. G.
TRADITIONS HELPING IGNITE NEW GENERATIONS
What? A fun and exciting new tradition brings together
our university and our community through enhancing the aware
ness of traditions with cool organizations illustrating them like:
Who?
Dr. Ben Welch, Master of Ceremonies
Freudian Slip Aggie Wranglers
Aggie Players Alpha Phi Alpha
Century Singers Bonfire’s Red Pots
Yell Leaders Reveille
Ballet Folkldrico
When?
March 6, 1999 at 7:00 p.m.
Where?
Rudder Auditorium
How much?
Only $2!!!!!
Why come? It’s for a good cause! All proceeds go to the
Cushing Library to help in their preservations of our university’s
history. AND we’re going to have tons of donations including a
$50 gift certificate from Copy Corner for free copies, several free
dinners, silk ties, and a Brighton gift set and more!
WHY NOT?!
Tickets are on sale at the door or at the MSC, Zachry, or the Commons. Come have fun with us!
Sponsored by:
J Traditions Council & The Association of Former Students
After the disappointing release of Batman
& Robin, Schumacher is attempting yet an
other film, once again with semi-disastrous
results.
Schumacher takes the audience inside the
world of pornography, as viewed through
the eyes of Tom Welles (Cage).
Welles is a small-time private eye who
works from his home and has a loving wife
Amy (Catherine Keener) and a daughter,
Cindy. After returning home from a routine
surveillance of a cheating husband, Welles re
ceives a call from Mrs. Christian (Myra Cater)
about a small reel of eight millimeter film.
Assisted by Max California (Phoenix),
Welles’ life enters the fast lane of graphic
and disturbing pornography as he tries to
discover the fate of the young girl on the
film who has been plaguing his mind.
However, it is on this point that 8mm
lacks the punch. The material is explicit, but
Cage does not carry off the pain and afflic
tion the material should have caused him to
have.
200 Cigarettes is one of those ensemble
pieces that looks better on paper than it ac
tually is.
That being said, its charm lies in its mul
titude of colorful characters: a zen-spouting
cabbie (Dave Chappelle), a hunky but bland
bartender (Affleck), lovelorn Kevin (Paul
Rudd), Lucy, his slutty best friend (Love),
and two Long Island refugees (Gaby Hoff
man and the ubiquitous Christina Ricci).
Ironically, these Generation X actors play
characters that live at a time when hedonism
dies.
It is New Year’s Eve 1981, and all of these
characters converge upon Monica’s (Martha
Plimpton) loft for a party. Along the way,
there are various hookups, breakups and
crackups.
There is not much of a plot, but it allows
the characters to interact with each other,
occasionally interjecting some funny mo
ments.
Affleck’s bartender has the movie’s best
line: “How do you like your eggs in the
morning? Scrambled or fertilized?”
However, a lot of the jokes fall flat and
there is a high amount of slapstick. At times,
the film feels like an excuse to sell sound
tracks. Nevertheless, it’s an engaging and
even amusing film. (Grade: B-)
The Other Sister
St a rring J ul iet I .ewis and 1 j
Giovanni Ribisi
Directed by Gary Marshal
Playing at Hollywood 16
Carla Tate (Lewis) is a strong, youngw
with hopes of one day living on her own.
rying the man of her dreams and living^
ever after. There is only one problem -i
is mildly mentally retarded.
After coming home from a special sdio
the mentally challenged, Carla is thrownb
into her old life complete with hernaggi^
mother Elizabeth (Diane Keaton).
She talks slowly and thinks slowly, but
somehow still manages to take care of te
Studying to he a veterinary assistant, Caiia
enrolled in a technical school where shem
a man named Daniel (Ribisi), who shares:
love for life and her mental handicap.
Lewis embraces this character so wells
almost seems to become Carla. The story
rather sweet and light-hearted. Echoesol
Benic
■Vlen';
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hhs’ were heard periodically throughout
film.
Marshall’s direction manages tomaketlj
audience laugh with hysterics and atthes
time cry. This defines a true crowd pleaser. !
(Grade: A-)
— Jeff Schmidt
World
Continued from Page 3
Traveling the globe to the Eastern
hemisphere, forms of entertainment
do not change dramatically from
that of the West, but emphasis on
certain activities such as Karaoke
certainly seem to dominate the
nightlife.
Tiffany Huang, a senior manage
ment information systems major
and native of Taiwan, said on any
given weekend in Taiwan people
will go out to Karaoke bars.
“So many people love to do
Karaoke,” Huang said. “We go to
singing rooms and have a blast all
night. The technology is pretty good,
and everywhere has Laser Disc
Karaoke players.”
Another popular pastime in Tai
wan is the game mahjong. Huang
said mahjong is fun for any age and
it somewhat resembles popular
American games.
“Mahjong is a game somewhat
like poker,” she said. “Cards are not
used, rather tiles quite larger than
dominoes. It is ideal for four players
of all ages.”
Keeping with going out to all-
night socials with friends but with a
more laid-back activity can be found
at the cafes in Jordan.
Majed Azouqah, a junior electri
cal engineering major originally
from Jordan, said a night out may
consist of card games at a local cof
fee shop.
“My friends and I love to play
cards,” Azouqah said. “We will go
to late-night cafes and play cards all
night. We also enjoy a little smoke.
It is a little different than anyth
here, hut we smoke flavored \o
co through a water pipe. \t is c
‘she-shay.’”
Azouqah said dancing and
ing are not as popular in the Mi
East as it is in College Station.
“Sometimes clubbing and
ing is looked down upon by tl
of the society there,” he
“Clubs are present, but it jus
that popular.”
Entertainment may be cull
defined, but individual prefei
will always vary.
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