Thursday, March 29, 2007

Movie review: Sandler solid in 9/11 drama 'Reign Over Me'



Charlie Fineman is a haggard, unstable recluse whose emotions went into a post 9/11 clampdown when his wife and three daughters were killed at the World Trade Center. He rages, pounds the walls with his fists and obsessively shuns human contact. Alan Johnson is a suave, successful dentist who avoids emotional conflict with his wife and his colleagues and feels oppressively isolated. Twenty years ...

Ex-Sutton resident dies in accident
SUTTON - The death of a recently married, 23-year-old former Sutton resident in Utah over the weekend has shocked and saddened the community.

Who Else but an Old Buddy Can Tell How Lost You Are?
?Reign Over Me? uses the rhythms and moods of comedy to explore, and also to contain, overpowering feelings of loss.

Attempted abduction
Police continue their search for a man who they say tried to abduct a child in Cumberland County.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Swim instructor has long history with Albion College



ALBION The Kalamazoo River is a constant in the life of Betty Beese.

Somber return to classes at school that lost 5 students in crash
Still reeling from a bus wreck in Atlanta that killed five college baseball players, students returning from spring break somberly shuffled to classes Monday.

Victim identified in fatal hit-and-run
3:30 p.m. SPOKANE, Wash. - The victim in the fatal crash that occured about 10 p.m. Tuesday, at the intersection of Maxwell and Madison, has been identified as 18-year-old Brandon R. Hansen.

No pain, no 'Reign'
In Reign Over Me, a scruffy Adam Sandler bears a strong resemblance to the midcareer Bob Dylan. His performance as a sad and lost man is occasionally as poignant as one of the heart-wrenching songs on Dylan's seminal 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. Indeed, music from that era plays a big part in the film.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Regional digest



GARDNER -- The city's part-time civil defense director, Paul A. Topolski, will soon be on the job full time.

Man sought for posing as officer
East Pennsboro Twp. police yesterday released surveillance pictures of a man who claimed he was a police officer when he confronted a woman and her granddaughter last week in the Giant Food Store at Pennsboro Commons.

Somber Return To Classes At School That Lost 5 Students In Crash
Still reeling from a bus wreck that killed five college baseball players, students returning from spring break somberly shuffled to classes Monday.

Sandler, Cheadle deliver a moving masterpiece
Last year, some wondered if the based-on-real-life films "United 93" and "World Trade Center" were coming too soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. They worried about the movies opening wounds and causing pain.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Sandler, Cheadle deliver a moving masterpiece



Last year, some wondered if the based-on-real-life films "United 93" and "World Trade Center" were coming too soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. They worried about the movies opening wounds and causing pain.

'Reign' falls a bit short
Adam Sandler's performance in "Reign Over Me" is both as unexpectedly profound as the one he gave in 2002's "Punch Drunk Love" and as warped as a two-bit "Rain Man" impersonation.

Healing Begins At College That Lost 5 Players In Bus Crash
BLUFFTON, Ohio -- Just over a week ago, Ryan Baightel ushered his teammates out of the smoke-filled wreckage of their charter bus.

Provo man killed in scooter accident
A Provo man in his early 20s died Sunday after being hit on his motorized scooter Saturday morning near the campus of Brigham Young University. Police say the driver of a Honda Passport was turning left from University Parkway onto 500 East and didn't see Adam Cox on his scooter traveling in the opposite direction.

Scooter is a cool ride
Its a scooter thats a cooler. Or a cooler thats a scooter. Or just another sign of the apocalypse.