Feb 9-15, 2005

Feb 9-15, 2005 / Vol. 10 / No. 24
Ode to Big Joe – Remembering the Man With the Mellow Saxophone

Astrology 02.09.05

ARIES (March 21-Apr. 19): Happy Valentine Daze, Aries! During my quest for the advice that might be most helpful to your love life, I gathered the following words of wisdom. 1) “There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” — Friedrich Nietzsche. 2) “Love is not about…

News Quirks 02.09.05

Curses, Foiled Again Minneapolis police accused Dantzler L. Thomas, 24, of entering a grocery store wearing a mask, then pulling a gun and demanding money. While the robber was filling a shopping bag with about $2000 from the cash drawer, he set the gun on the counter. The cashier grabbed it and ordered the robber…

Serena Ryder, Unlikely Emergency

(Isadora Records, CD) Canadian singer-songwriter Serena Ryder stole the spotlight at age 2, and she’s not giving it back any time soon. Her strikingly impressive, three-octave range is the real star of Ryder’s first international release, Unlikely Emergency. It’s no wonder Canadian producer and musician Hawksley Workman — who plays several instruments on the album…

THE GRUDGE**

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in this remake of a Japanese blockbuster about a house possessed by a curse that dooms all who enter it to die in the grip of a violent rage. Takeshi Shimizu directs. Jason Behr costars. (100 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/the_grudge

SHALL WE DANCE?**1/2

Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez are paired for this remake of a 1996 Japanese hit about a man who redeems his troubled marriage by taking ballroom dance lessons. Susan Sarandon costars. Peter Chelsom directs. (95 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/shall_we_dance-tlr.html

RAY***

Taylor (An Officer and a Gentleman) Hackford directs this big-screen bio of Ray Charles featuring Jamie Foxx, Regina King and Kerry Washington. (153 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/ray


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