ENTERTAINMENTpage 21 Technique • Friday, September 29, 2000 • 21 Björk crosses the gulf Here she is, Miss Illinois ENTERTAINMENT An artist who can successfully jump Minnie Driver takes a turn as a beauty from music to movies is rare, but Björk queen who finds what really matters in Technique • Friday, September 29, 2000 has truly done it in style. Page 23 life in her quest for the crown. Page 27 ‘Remember the Titans’ sticks to the old Disney format By Daniel Weksler beating out the decidedly Cau- which the second boy considers You will run a mile! casian Coach Yoast (Will Pat- pure torture. Another equally ton) at a time when racial tensions funny scene occurs between the MPAA Rating: PG are at a maximum. The film fol- two sides and involves a round Starring: Denzel Washington, lows the trials and tribulations of jokes about each other’s moth- Will Patton that each coach goes through in ers having sex with them the Director: Boaz Yakin their efforts to previous Studio: Walt Disney Pictures peacefully co- night. Running Time: 113 minutes exist while Though they succeed While the Rating: yy trying to build movie didn’t a winning in sticking to the have a great Remember the Titans is a per- football team. Disney standard, plot, it did fect movie if you’re looking for The play- demonstrate the basic Disney plot of some- ers on the Titans still lacks some some of the one overcoming large downfalls team come character that it strengths of to achieve greatness. However, both races— the actors fea- if you’re looking for an adven- meaning that deserved. tured. Wash- ture or action movie, this movie they also have ington does isn’t for you. trouble get- the best job Denzel Washington follows ting along with each other—but possible playing a role that could up his award-winning perfor- the coaches involve the athletes easily have been played by some- mance in The Hurricane with a in activities that end up provid- one of lesser caliber. This was decent role as Coach Boone, a ing the funny moments in the too mediocre a role for someone African-American coach who is film. who’s played in so many great By Tracy Bennett / WALT DISNEY PICTURES appointed to the head coaching One of the boys annoys an- Denzel Washington’s immense talent is somewhat squandered in his role as head position at the local football team, other by playing country music, See Titans, page 29 coach of an interracial football team in Remember the Titans, a formulaic Disney film. Hey Mr. DJ, think twice before turning up this ‘Music’ By Alan Back opening cut. It’s funky, it’s catchy, the Moon and sounds much Brain needs new spark plugs it’s almost insanely fun to groove cleaner than the tracks that come to. Still, it wears a little thin by before it. Artist: Madonna the end, as do several other cuts. It’s just about impossible to Title: Music Relying too heavily on a bag convey anything meaningful in Label: Warner Brothers of electronic tricks has always a club context, but “What It Genre: Pop been a problem for club/techno Feels Like for a Girl” gets the job Tracks: 10 artists, and Madonna falls victim done reasonably well. This one Rating: yyy to it a few times. She picks up an feels very mellow, but carries a irritating stutter and hiccup on hidden urgency that nicely com- You have to give Madonna “Impressive Instant,” then lifts plements Madonna’s reflections credit for constantly reinvent- a trick from Cher (circa “Believe”) on how young women are ex- ing herself and trying to stretch for the soupy, melancholy pected to behave in today’s world. out into new areas. On her new “Nobody’s Perfect.” The worst “Selling out is not my thing,” album Music, she continues to of the bunch is the coma-inducing she sings near the end of the explore the club/dance territory “Paradise (Not for Me),” which disc. It’s a little strange, hearing she entered with 1998’s Ray of nearly abandons any semblance this line from somebody who Light. She gets points for effort, of a beat and drags on for more has nearly two dozen gold- and but the actual product doesn’t than six minutes. platinum-selling albums and quite measure up as well. The songs that connect most singles to her credit. It’s even A good deal of the disc bears solidly are the ones that go easy stranger, considering how many a strong European dance flavor on the special effects. Listen for times the woman has changed thanks to production work by hints of Dido and Sarah her public image to keep people William Ørbit and French club McLachlan to bubble up when interested in her. Music almost performer/remixer Mirwais Ah- Madonna has little more than seems caught in that split, trying By Jean-Baptiste Mondino / WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS madzaï. That feel comes through an acoustic guitar to back her. to be different things at once Madonna has changed her image and music almost as often as other pop artists right from the start of the title Also pay attention to “Runaway and never quite succeeding at change their socks. She returns to the dance floor with the ambitious but uneven Music. track, also the first single and Lover,” which echoes Rabbit in any of them. Branagh blends music and Shakespeare in ‘Labour Lost’ By Casey Fiesler three of his friends vow to de- ployed fit in perfectly with the Lovin’ the entertainment section vote themselves to study, away story, and they mirror the emo- from war, worldly possessions, tions of the characters. MPAA Rating: PG and—most importantly—wom- When Berowne (Branagh) Starring: Kenneth Branagh, en. says “And when love speaks, the Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Their plans may be in jeop- voice of all the gods/ Make heaven Silverstone ardy, however, when visitors ar- drowsy with the harmony” he Director: Kenneth Branagh rive at the court of Naverre in continues to express himself in Studio: Miramax Films the form of the Princess of France song with “Cheek to Cheek,” Rating: yyyy (Alicia Silverstone) and three lady which begins with the line “Heav- companions. All eight become en...I’m in Heaven / and my Combining the eloquent lyr- victim to love at first sight, and heart beats so that I can hardly icism of Shakespeare and the mag- the mens’ efforts to hide their speak.” ical elegance of 1930s musicals, feelings from each other prove The players in the comedy Kenneth Branagh brings a de- both humorous and hopeless. are not professional singers and lightful adaptation of one of the The play remains in the orig- dancers, but actors. They un- Bard’s entertaining and endear- inal Shakespeare, with the ex- derwent exhaustive training in ing comedies to the big screen ception of the musical numbers. order to make the film, and the this week in Love’s Labour’s Lost. The score consists of classic songs result is impressive. Set in Europe during the pre- from ‘30s and ‘40s musicals and The acting, particularly that carious time between World War features such composers as the of Silverstone, may come off as I and World War II, this film Gershwins and Cole Porter. exaggerated and overdone, but By Laurie Sparham / MIRAMAX FILMS follows the King of Naverre Though the two genres may seem The combination of 1930s music and Shakespearan language works surprisingly (Alessandro Nivola) as he and at opposite ends, the songs em- See Labour, page 29 well in Love’s Labour Lost, Kenneth Branagh’s latest directorial (and acting) outing. 22 • Friday, September 29, 2000 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT This week on the Georgia Tech Self toys around in Nashville with ‘Gizmodgery’ Cable Network By Jonathan Purvis blend together well. Wonders why Weezer passed Atlanta Another highlight is the Prince- By Rebekah Bardwell like “Pattycake.” Mahaffey show- GTCN Correspondant Artist: Self cases the vocal range he possesses. Album: Gizmodgery The underlying drum and some- This week on Flava 101, Label: Spongebath Records kind-of-toy-keyboard really carry the Guccione (Platinum World Running Time: 42:01 song. The only song on the album Entertainment’s first signed Rating: yyyy that does not appeal to me is “Cha- rap artist) kicks it with Jama- Live Show: yyyyy meleon.” Then again, nothing can ra. He describes his new al- be perfect, and the song sounded bum Status Quo as a mix of Self never ceases to amaze me. much better live. both Southern and North- Two weeks ago at the Exit/In in The Nashville show was noth- ern hip-hop. Guccione also Nashville, Self held a CD release ing short of awe-inspiring. The open- defines the hot tracks “Right show for their latest offering, Giz- ing band was a local mariachi group. Now” and “Tricked Out” modgery. The entire album is com- The novelty wore off after a few from his upcoming album. posed of nothing songs, yet they Kara spends time hang- more than toys. were as good as ing out at Georgia Tech’s an- They range from one could ex- nual Football Fan Photo Day the Hal Leonard Self’s talent to create pect. Self finally on this week’s episode of Phat Piano Fun to the complex yet poppy came out to a Videos. Tech fans, young and Talk Whiz Kid stage filled with By Jonathan Purvis / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Matt Mahaffey belts out lyrics at a recent Self show in Nashville.