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They neve tence of a single nurse on the low­ |t they weren er west side of New York when a enior outsic chance encounter with romance flrea^aS' place on tbr opens her eyes to the rest of the dlls. She als< Af./ world including Pat, the elevator PHOTO COURTESY OF TOUCHSTONE feshman 01 operator in her building who she Will Smith stars as a man on the run from a government agency in the action-thriller Enemy of the Sk Iking the sec had previously never noticed. 'r;..o with his own style. the f< (A'T ' Judith and Pat form a friend­ staying at home and watching the covered up by the conspirators, a ship based on late-night talks and ball game. (Grade: B +) lone video tape made by an envi­ Tony Scott, who directecm J?L ', lots of laughs. They discover that ronmentalist (Jason Lee) is the son Tide, tries to make a v ' J V1 what they have been looking for — Michael Taglienti only evidence of the cover up. -edging ev has always been there; they just Now the National Security of Enemy of the State. [Nebraska co, needed someone to help them Enemy of the State Agency is being used to track Too much shaky earner; 1037 S. Texas Axe., across from TAMU open their eyes to its existence. down the tape using whatever ment litters the filmaswel Although the plot drags at Starring: Will Smith, Gene means possible. The tape is fetched computer and com] 694-9740 some points, the movie is a witty Hackman passed on to Will Smith in a lin­ tions technology that appei: look at life after divorce. The act­ gerie shop and suddenly Smith’s the general conspiracy par; Aggie ing is exceptional, and the sound­ Directed by: Tony Scott life is turned upside down. which seems to be becomii* track will have you tapping your Rating: R Smith gives his usual boring popular in Hollywood. feet in the aisles. Showing at Hollywood 16 performance of pointing the gun Still the movie keeps Women will enjoy this movie at the bad guys while cracking pense and action enoughte» 11 f | CLASS OF 2000 with a group of their closest With the safety of our nation at some one-liners. Hackman, on teresting and entertaining. |T friends. But unless guys are trying stake due to a political scandal, the other hand, gives a great per­ (Grade; B) BY JAS to show their girlfriends their sen­ leave it to Will Smith to save the formance, making a stereotypical The E - WA L K sitive sides, they will be better off day. When a senator’s murder is character interesting and original iThe Texas A& Looking for a few dead elephants. gjfcessful year d< eriod of rebut! ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Inin the Big 1. Rugrats, The Waterboy The Disney thriller Enemy of the State scored keting machine and the quality of the pm^oniydid tl by attracting the nearly forgotten older audience, That’s the reason why we wanted to fc«ghest schedul( do well over the weekend opening in second with $20.3 million. said Rob Friedman, vice chairman oftyhe first time in pi Disney’s A Bug’s Life opened to packed hous­ businessmount Motion with them.Picture” Group. "Well s Brnament.advanced nast A&K the LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a youth-powered es in its exclusive early run in Hollywood’s El Cap- weekend at the movies, the big-screen adaptation itan Theater. That set the stage for an animation This is shaping up to be a banner year ! yo record in th< of Nickelodeon’s Rugrats cartoon amassed $28 battle next week when Bug's Life goes nationwide mation. Although Warner Bros.’ The (te®8 overall. million in its debut and “The Waterboy” crossed against Paramount’s surprisingly strong The Ru­ Camelot was a disappointment, audiencesMTheteam man. the $100 million mark after just three weeks, in­ grats Movie and the resilient Antz. responded to Disney’s Mulan with $120®ients by overp dustry estimates showed Sunday. “You’ve always got to respect the Disney mar- and DreamWorks’ Antz with $84.2 million. ^ offensive atta Sunday. 5:00-9:00 p.m. Restaurant Night at Outback Steakhouse oonents 377-2. Each Class of 2000 table gets FREE Blooming Onion 131 during the 2 We’ll always i we might not Monday Beginning at 10:30 at Bonfire Site Party Pics with ELEPHANTS ion we had thi Free Games (bungee run, moonwalk, obstacle course) schedule Free Cotton Candy Free Entertainment m,” A&M coac TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY 3PM yers grew fron r00 Minutes after noon Walk to Kyle Field to hear speaker wwvtt.aggiBcentral.com llenges that t Fred McClure -Mr. McClure currently serves as an A&M Regent t will help us i MON TUES WED IHUF The Aggies v and was an advisor to President Bush t a u a n t Ded Nov 30 Dec 1 Dec 2 homore Nicky Is and had sev 4:00-6:00 Catered BBQ at Spence Park, $5 CHEM 4-6 Part Part Part PRA[ This placed \ lOI PM Fin^ :ord books for 9:30 Cory Monow Band at Hurricane Harry’s, $5 I II III shirt freshman Crawfish § Beer CHEM 6-8 Part Part Part PRAt BBQ Tickets MUST be purchased now at table in MSC Hallway 107 PM I II III Finaj Drink Specials 504; Drafts § 994 Margaritas PHYS 8-10 PRA( We will sell E-Walk T-shiits and Sweatshirts in the MSC until Fri., Nov. 2011 Part Part Part for 218 PM I II III Finj Monday Nite Football (big screen TV) PHYS 10PM- Part Part Part Thursday Night Crawfish Festival 201 1AM I II III CHEM 6-8 Part Part Part prac Any of these for $3.99 101 Soriaga PM I II III Final Catfish with ettouffee Sm. 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