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  • Water Torture

    By on March 23, 2005

    This week's multi-million dollar question: Does evil ever really give up the ghost and slink away quietly into the night? If you're living in the...

  • Embattled Bots

    By on March 16, 2005

    Why does virtually every recent American-made animated feature film -- particularly those of the computer-generated kind (for hand-drawn, you must look to Japan or the...

  • Winning Entries

    By on March 9, 2005

    With much of last week's Oscar buzz going to the major categories, it's easy to miss the notable -- and in some cases, noble --...

  • Crying Wolf

    By on March 2, 2005

    Fans who tend to go on and on about what a great horror director Wes Craven is conveniently tend to forget about Deadly Friend, a...

  • Welcome Home

    By on March 2, 2005

    Click for more photos RELATED ARTICLES: Finding the Center (7/15/04) Home Sweet Home (2/24/05) Despite the slushy weather, members of the GLBT community gathered last...

  • Maya Keyes

    By on February 23, 2005

    Alan Keyes -- former ambassador, former presidential candidate, former Senate candidate, and Christian-right political pundit -- has made a name for himself as one of...

  • Hell Boy

    By on February 23, 2005

    Innocuous entertainment. That's how, if pressed, I would describe Constantine, another comic book-to-screen adaptation that is, at the very least, visually interesting for its two-hour...

  • Blonde Ambition

    By on February 16, 2005

    One could almost say Mrs. Robinson is the original desperate housewife. But there's nothing desperate about the woman currently playing her on The Graduate's national...

  • Masked Unmarvel

    By on February 16, 2005

    You can't help but wonder: At approximately what point during the filming of Son of the Mask did the cast and crew halt what they...

  • Boxing Hilary

    By on February 9, 2005

    I'm not particularly fond of boxing movies. I flinch at the sight of fists curled up in big padded gloves, thrusting for blood. Nor am...

  • Hard Lessons

    By on January 26, 2005

    In Good Company is an agreeable comedy that might have been overlooked altogether if not for Topher Grace's pitch-perfect performance as a 26-year-old corporate upstart...

  • Opera Queen

    By on January 26, 2005

    ''I fell in love with opera when I was 13, when I first heard the voice of Maria Callas,'' says John Pascoe. ''I heard her...

  • Appreciation

    By on January 12, 2005

    Last Thursday morning, January 6, at 5:15 a.m., one of the GLBT community's biggest hearts gave out. The passing of Billy Collison at the age...

  • Second Chances

    By on January 12, 2005

    ''Will I ever be normal?'' The question is put to a psychologist by Walter, a 45-year-old man recently released from a dozen years spent in...

  • The Best and Worst Films of 2004

    By on January 5, 2005

    The year 2004 was both an encouraging and discouraging one for movies. On the bright side, we had several films that put the script ahead...