Who is really in control?
We're funny. More than a year ago, this very section covered the issue of technological control in the arts -- how we, the end users, are getting our minds, hearts...
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`Coach Carter’ picks up its game with features
Capsule reviews of movies new to DVD/videos released Tuesday (subject to change by studios): Focus Feature Coach Carter If it didn't actually happen, the story of Ken Carter would seem...
F1 hits pits after fiasco
In the annals of motorsports defining moments, there's the 1979 Cale Yarborough/Donnie Allison NASCAR punch-up, or Danica Patrick going for it all at this year's Indy 500, which put the...
Finding the perfect place to be along for the ride
MORNING Ah, the complexities of being an avid cyclist whose life is defined by riding, eating and sloth. A real fine day for me would be waking, doing a hard...
5 HOCKEY FILMS
Right. The dunder-heads have managed to hose the National Hockey League. Here are five hockey films suitable to let you while away the time until they come to their senses:...
Men, go boldly into those brown shoes
"Mais pourquoi?" (But why?) the Parisian salesman wondered when I inquired about whether his shop had a particular shoe in black instead of brown. After a few seconds spent contemplating...
THE BEST OF THE BEST
The TAFFYs (Teen Awards for Favorite Films of the Year) are over (see the Friday front page for the winners), and the results are a hoot. The most interesting category...
The science exhibit ‘Body Worlds’ has generated controversy every stop of its tour for being too realistic, even gross. But we’ve seen it, and we think it’s amazing. So have no fear.
The traveling show "Body Worlds," which is making its Midwest debut at the Museum of Science and Industry, becomes most interesting when we're confronted with its hysteria-free reality. Like the...
5 FILMS
People love football, lists and movies. Combine the three and you get this list of five great football movies. 1. 'THE LONGEST YARD' (Robert Aldrich; 1974) (four footballs) This one...
See little things in the big picture
Life gets mighty precious/When there's less of it to waste, sings Bonnie Raitt in the brilliant song "Nick of Time," words that get this aging dude to thinking. Because at...