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Between the Lines is an exploration
and articulation of the obvious and the obscure. A cavalcade of
creation and commentary designed to amuse and bemuse.
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Fahrenheit
9/11 Michael Moore views our alien nation through rockets'
red glare and tears for fear. When our misguided youth kill
to a rock 'n' roll soundtrack it's time to recall Willie Nelson's
advice "Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys."
— KMH
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Grandmaster
Flash and Melle Mel What do Brit wit Shaun of the Dead
and the Dorothy Parkeresque Gilmore Girls have in common?
"White Lines (Don't Do It)." In GG, a black
and white indie film within a particularly funny TV episode
showcases town quirk Kirk doing a mean robot to the anti-drug
anthem; in the rom zom com, Shaun and Ed belt it out as they
carouse through a night of the living dead. Just say yes to
both. — KMH
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"Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box." And the
cerebral comic matter of David O. Russell's fun film. Perhaps
he and Edie Brickell would be open to an existential debate?
— KMH
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Sideways
Road trip ruminations lead to hope in a bottle. — KMH
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Sky Captain
and the World of Tomorrow A combo of The Wizard of Oz,
The Maltese Falcon, Star Wars, and definitely
Lost Horizon (the 30s version); not to mention the adventures
of Batman, Spiderman, Superman, Flash
Gordon, and Indiana Jones. Jude and Gwen, reunited
after Ripley, again are stylish, polished, sophisticated,
with quick-witted, snappy dialogue similar to repartee in The
Thin Man series (William Powell and Myrna Loy). Gwen's clothes
exactly like Bow Bow's from 30's —even hat was the same!
— thanks to Stella McCartney. — KRM
Editor's Note: Bow Bow is KRM's mother and John Robert Powers
model in 1930s New York.
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Ray
Charles' canny business sense and seminal singing style is truly
channeled by Jamie "sly as a" Foxx. — KMH
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Team America:
World Police Trey Stone and Matt Parker's puppet movie pokes
fun at real world terrorists: bullies who manufacture war and
bombastic blockbusters. Memorable lyric: "I miss you more
than that movie missed the point — and that's a lot, girl."
— KMH
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Waiting
for Guffman Corky St. Clair dispenses sage back-to-school
advice: "Kids don't like eating lunch at school. But if
they've got a Remains of the Day lunch box, they're a
whole lot happier." — KMH
