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Wednesday,
September 6,
2006
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Top 10
In Theaters
1. Invincible (PG) Mark
Wahlberg
2. Crank (R) Jason
Stathani
3. The Wicker Man (PR
-13) Nicholas Cage
4. Little Miss Sunshine
(R) Steve Carrel I
5. The Illusionist (PG-13)
Edward Norton
6. Talladega Nigts: The
Ballad of Ricky Bobby
(PG-13) Will Farrell
7. Barny ard: The Origi
nal Party Animals (PG)
Danny Glover
8. Accepted (PG-13)
Justin Long
9. World Trade Center
(PG-13) Nicholas Cage
10. Step Up (PG-13)
Channing Tatum
Top 10
Independent
Albums
1. Crunk Hits Vol. 2-
various artists
2. The Champions: the
North Meets the South-
DJ Kayslay & Greg Street
3. High and Mighty-
Gov’t Mule
4. The Road to Here-
Little Big Town
5. Snakes on a Plane: the
Album- ost
6. Zombies! Aliens!
Vampires! Dinosaurs!-
Hellogoodbye
7. Retaliation- Dane
Cook
8. Happy Hollow-
Cursive
9. The Shining- J Dilla
and Jay Dee
10. The Eraser- Thom
Yorke
Hot Modem
Tracks
1. Animal I Have Be
come - Three Days Grace
2. Miss Murder - AFI
3. When You Were
Young - The Killers
4. The Kill (Bury Me)
- 30 Seconds to Mars
5. Tell Me Baby - Red
Hot Chili Peppers
6. Original Fire - Audio
slave
7. The Diary of Jane
- Breaking Benjamin
8. Through Glass
-Stone Sour
9. Call Me Wher* You’re
Sober- Evanescence
10. Dani California - Red
Hot Chili Peppers
This week's charts are
courtesy of Yahoo Movies
and Billboard.com.
Arti&. entojnment
Reel
deal
WITH GEOROE HAWKINS
"Invincible ”
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: IOR minutes
Starring: Mark Wahlberg,
Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth
Banks,
Kirk Acevedo and Lola
Glaudini
There probably
will never be an end to
supposedly “based on a
true story” inspirational
sports movies. Although
there are many quality
films made about
particularly unique
athletes or teams,
Disney’s new film
“Invincible,” is simply
another lukewarm entry
into this genre of films.
In the sweltering
summer of 1976, with
the Philadelphia Eagles
looking down the barrel of
another losing season and
the city of brotherly love
in economic turmoil, new
head coach Dick Vermeil
(Greg Kinnear) arrives
fresh from a championship
season at UCLA.
His first order of
business is to jolt the
team and fans from their
collective funk with the
team’s first ever open
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Before punk rock, there
was the New York Dolls.
They were both
influential and inventive.
While they did not fully
invent their own sound, it
was the attitude that they
brought to the party that
helped change the course of
popular music in America.
They were a hard
-rocking band with a
sense of humor. They
took earlier influences
including all-girl groups
from the 1960’s and mixed
them with glam rock.
The band formed in
1971 and would record
two albums during their
original run, 1973’s self
titled debut and 1974’s
“Too Much Too Soon.”
They were pre-punk
before that ridiculous
term existed, but the post-
Dolls world was not too
glamorous. The deaths of
guitarist Johnny Thunders
and Jerry Nolan in the 1990’s
seemingly ensured that one
of the most influential acts
outside of The Sex Pistols
would not be able to reunite.
tryouts. “Invincible” tells
the story, or at least outlines
a few events, of the rise
to fame of Vince Papale
(Mark Wahlberg), the only
person to ever walk onto
the Philadelphia Eagles
football team.
Papale is an average
guy who, after being laid off
from his sporadic substitute
teaching job, starts to work
even more sporadic hours
as a bartender in a friend’s
establishment. A seemingly
natural athlete, Papale
and his friends spend the
majority of their free time
playing extremely brutal
vacant lot football.
Since her husband
never really looks for a
job and thus leading her to
believe that he will never
make anything of himself,
his wife of five years leaves
him with possibly one of
the most crushing “Dear
John” letters ever written.
But Papale doesn’t waste
any time...quickly fostering
a relationship with Janet
Cantrell (Elizabeth Banks),
who works with him at her
cousin’s bar.
With nothing to lose
and most of his friends
supporting him, Papale
joins the hundreds of
Fast forward to 2004,
and the band was back
together with longtime
members Arthur “Killer”
Kane, David Johansen and
Sylvan Sylvan partially
due to the insistence of
Morrissey. In spite of the
sudden death of Kane a few
months later, the reunion
tour took off. With several
new members, including
former Hanoi Rocks bassist
Sammi Yaffa, the Dolls
joined groups like The
Damned on the dinosaurs
that can still rock circuit.
Finally, 32 years
since their last official
album was released, we
have “One Day It Will
Please Us To Remember
Even This.” It was worth
the wait.
The album begins
strong with “We’re All in
Love.” This song is classic
Dolls, from the sing-along
chorus to the catchy riffs.
It has some clever lyrics,
too, like “Casting our
swine before the pearls.”
The second and third
tracks, “Runnin’ Around”
and “Plenty of Music”
are probably the weakest
tracks on the album and
they might have sounded
better towards the end of
the disc.
After that, the album
goes from good and
nostalgic to great and
fresh. “Dance Like a
Monkey”, which is about
washed-up high school
jocks and diehard Eagles
fans at Veteran’s Stadium
for a shot at scoring a
position at Eagles training
camp and possibly a spot
on the roster. With his
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Photo courtesy of Rottentomaloes.com
Mark “Marky Mark" Wahlberg as an unlikely hometown
hero in the film “Invincible".
speed, stamina and g<x>d
hands, Papale stands out
to Vermeil and the other
coaches and is the only
person selected from the
media stunt to actually be
given the chance to train
I the Creationism debate,
is about as political as
this band is going to get.
It might not line up with
my own personal beliefs,
but it is a clever and
fun song that has gotten
some radio airplay in
some markets.
"Punishing World” is
loud, snotty, glamorous
rock and roll. It’s a
shame that Johansen, the
only remaining original
member, and Sylvan did
not write this song while
Thunders was still alive,
because it is raunchy
enough to have been on
the first two albums.
A rather lovely
ballad called “Maimed
Happiness” shows a
different side of the
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David Johansen (Right) and Sylvan Sylvan (Left) of the New York Dolls performing live
nearly thirty-six years after releasing their self-titled debut album.
Dolls and Johansen, the
lead singer.
After the slower tune,
the regularly scheduled
broadcast is restored in time
with the team.
Papale struggles
through training camp,
feeling the aches and
pains of a forty year-old
rookie and also the scorn
of the veterans and players
who have come through
traditional channels. As
the training comes to an
end and the preseason
begins. Papale (because
of Coach Vermeil’s belief
that Papale could “have a
for “Fishnets & Cigarettes.”
This is another fast-paced
rocker that is similar to the
band’s traditional sound.
“Gotta Get Away
From Tommy” is easily my
favorite song on this album.
It is short and to the point,
like a lot of the songs that
the Dolls have inspired over
the past 30 years.
REM fans will be
happy to know that M ichael
Stipe makes an appearance
on “Dancing on the Lip of
a Volcano”, a song that he
co-wrote. This one starts
out slow and really picks
up the speed in time for the
catchy chorus.
“1 Ain’t Got Nothing”
is good but is nothing
spectacular, and “Rainbow
Store” is another new
favorite. The band has
never been ashamed of their
influences. This song is
obviously influenced by girl
groups from the 1960’5, like
team built around him”)
is granted a spot on the
team and proves himself,
alter a few blown games,
with several stellar plays
against Tom Landry’s
champion Dallas
Cowboys. Papale goes on
to play two more seasons
with the Philadelphia
Eagles and endears
himself to the people of
his city.
“Invincible” is a
moderately entertaining
film that has its own
strong areas and also
elements that are
completely beyond hope.
The cinematography, by
director Ericson Core,
is excellent and pairs
incredibly well with the
soundtrack to create the
setting for the film. As
a note, the soundtrack
is the best part of this
film and uses classic hits
currently not often heard
(Examples: Jim Croce,
James Gang, Ted Nugent
and Rare Earth).
The weak parts of the
film include how it tends to
drag in the middle and also
the acting. Although most
audiences can't get enough
of Marky Mark's acting,
one has to wonder if the
only roles he is able to play
are the rough and tumble
tough guy with the six
pack abs. In relation to this
See REEL page 7
the Shangri-Las. This one
will probably impress the
fashion punks who buy this
CD out of curiosity, because
the drumming is insane.
Iggy Pop makes an
appearance on “Gimme
Luv & Turn On the
Lights.” Like Stipe. Pop
co-wrote the song he
appears on.
“Take a Good Look
At My Good Looks” is
probably the best way to
sum up this band in eight
words, and it is also the
title of the final listed
track. It is slow and has
the blues feel of an early
Rolling Stones song.
The album ends
with a bonus track called
“Seventeen.” As if that is
not enough, the cd, which
Photo courtesy of wavedrumor.hlonspot.com
is the price of a regular
single disc, comes with a
DVD with some footage
See DOLLS page 7