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y2\ M presents j LIGHTS! CAMERA REACTION! APT PUPIL ' (out of five stars) Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) is a typical Ame ican 16-year-old ? until he uncovers a deadly s< cret. Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander (Ian Mcl ellen) has been quietly hiding out in Todd hometown. Todd blackmails the old man, and i exchange for the teenager's silence, Dussandt must reveal his evil past. Starring Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen and Davi Schwimmer. Directed by Bryan Singer. Writte by Brandon Boyce and based on the novella t Stephen King. gamecock critic KATIE ROWEN "Apt Pupil" made me think like a movie h? not made me think in a long time. The movie SOUND ADVICE staff writer MARCUS AMAKER ^ SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK ^er 1 Sheryl Crow. The Globe Sessions Hoc Sheryl Crow has always been a fan p0^ of country music. Traces of this can be \ heard on many of the songs on her first album, Tuesday Night Music Club. t Crow returns to her roots on her newest CD, The Globe Sessions. r"My Favorite Mistake" is the best song on the album, but the rest of The Globe Sessions is just as good, with a few minor mistakes. "Riverwide" is a ^ powerful ballad that leans more toTwii mKL M mm jit Take control of Myrt your future. FourPom Aruba Fto lii Km ?ver2?? available VJARDENS ? WILLIAMSBURG, VA Busch G< For More Information call: performa AUDITION HOTLINE seven 1-800-253-3302 musifan: variety ar visit our website: competit www.talentsearchbgw.com special p< or write: AUDITIONS ? Sp?rtS . _ Coordinat c/o Busch Gardens . .. ^ m i ^ , and mile? One Busch Gardens Blvd., . wppkpnn Williamsburg, VA 23187-8785 , 3 free acce 4 An equal opportunity employer Water Co J I chilling, engrossing, and sometim * possible to watch. Director Bryan Sii a powerful film that keeps the aud tion. The story opens in 1984 withr riding on a bus. With a jolt, he reali; man sitting a few rows behind hii e. Nazi commander, Kurt Dussander ?_ Bowden has been obsessed with >g since learning about it in his hist lh blackmails Dussander into telling 1 5r tails of the Holocaust. "The stuff tht in school," he says, id Although at first doing it reluctar (n pass, Dussander seems to enjoy te ,y about the Holocaust and a relation between them. Slowly it seen sander's evil is being passed on to we see the boy as an example of how ? be, and was, to program people to 1S Nowhere is this more evident than i js Dussander and Bowden both takii Is folk music. "The Difficult Kind" heart-wrenching time in which Woj t goes deep within to add some- firs I new to the usual "I love you but rea lon't love me" subject matter. Two stri 3 other country-inspired songs are bad as powerful. Crow vents with the ^as ; of them on "Am I Getting *s b ugh," a song that's sure to be ap-" Mil ated by anyone who's ever felt isol from love. are he Globe Sessions would have been m" i better without "There Goes the [hborhood" or "Member's Only," ?J* songs that would have served bet- n s obscure B-sides. Still, The Globe jQ| ions is a solid disc from Sheryl f, and should once again establish ^ presence on the radio. Rating: B anc sverphonic. Blue Wonder ^ rer Milk ^ Whenever a new band comes out aj]3 a sound based in electronic mu- yea hey usually get compared to For- die ;ad, especially when they have a sou lie lead singer. This is what hapid to Hooverphonic when they de- tec! d two years ago with A New Stereo- if s ic Sound Spectacular, even though the r sound resembles the Cocteau this is more than any trip-hop group, hai rr nesday v"" I 4th n - 4 pm leston, SC . et Theatre, 135 Church Street sday imber 5th ri - 4 pm le Beach, SC ts Hotel - Oceanfront om, 2701 S. Ocean Blvd. performance positions are for singers, dancers, actors, s, variety artists, stage s and technicians. irdens offers a variety of nee possibilities including iinstage shows, strolling 3, character actors and tists. Amenities include: ive salaries, free classes, srformance opportunities, Medicine Program, Housing (r, relocation reimbursement ige per diem for spring commuting performers, and ss to Busch Gardens and untry USA. { NO es nearly im- death of a homeless mg lger has made come an "apt pupil." lience's atten- One of the movie's performances. McKella fodd Bowden former Nazi general. ( jes the elderly scenes in the movie is v m is a former sander to try on a Naz: first, Dussander grudgir the Holocaust down, but then, as if pos ory class and and it is like he is back um all the de- Reich. Renfro also does i ;y don't tell us makes the audience ha is actually the worse i itly, as months sander. illing Bowden Some might criticis ship develops cusing more on the tor is that Dus- Holocaust. In fact, the i Bowden and to watch is the scene inv r easy it would Instead, "Apt Pupil" is i do evil deeds, and shows the results of n a scene with breaking scene, Dussai lg part in the Hooverphonic's second disc, Blue ider Power Milk is a lot like their !|l t album ? a lot of dreamy, ethe- ??? 1 olrvxir onnera fViof fnofnro a lnf nf I, OIU TV OVllgO VUUV AV'CAKli.AV' U AV/V VI ings and orchestral music in the kground. Even though Hooverphonic a new singer on this CD, nothing ost, because Blue Wonder Power |?| k is just as good as the first album. Some of the highlights on this CD songs that any listener can get lost Hooverphonic is a true listening exience, musically deeper and more llenging than most bands with the ll p-hop" tag. Rating: B+ ii Mitchell, Taming the Tiger bu] More than 30 years in the music ^ai iness, an induction into the Rock j I Roll Hall of Fame and countless er awards would be enough for most sicians to hang it up and end their _ . iers. But not Joni Mitchell. Her 17th 1 um, Taming the Tiger comes four ers after 1994's classic Turbulent Ino, and the 55-year-old Mitchell sor nds as fresh as ever. ^ Mitchell debuts some new guitar Mi iniques on this album, and at times ^01 Viorrl fn Vinr mutor frnm IS ( 11CUU. W UXOtUigUlOll 11C1 gUlMU iiuiil keyboards. The subject matter on en< > album deals mainly with what has ne1 jpened to Mitchell since the last al- lin /sir Onr sr*r hi ^!|f^ Adult Costumes ^y^mashs i Accessories n Mahe-up Treats & Candy decorations R Balloons mm 241 Assembly St. Mon-Sat 8:00-5:30 ^ ^ y v M|L' J THE NEW LIVE 2-CD SE^K|' WIDE^PmEAD 2 HOURS OF MUSIC jre! SPECXAl^ TC ?"Apt Pupil" for not fo- A locaI teenage ^ ^afce, ture mflictedduringthe thoughts in former Nazi war only truly difficult scene Dussander (ian McKellen) olving the homeless man. nore ol a character study ??"?-? LU suu upuu retugmziiug i the holocaust. In a heart- centration camp torturer, ider's hospital roommate "Apt Pupil" is an incredible m be seen. If for any reason, to mai ^ ~~~ 3 A Tribe Called Oues special to th e gamecock are explored in several m, including her encounter with the Other songs show ughter she gave up for adoption a )yrical skj?s rf Q.Tip g time ago. one little moment in "Cot Taming the Tiger would not be the arte at rVirrirp fnr npw Mitrhpll fans doesn t add much to is far from the brilliance of 1976's does show up, like < jira or 1974's Court and Spark. It is Mutty Ranks" and "Fi Les a while to fully appreciate these results are classic A Trib lgs, and as a whole, the album is a other than the abs tie stale when thrown in with The Love Movement i tch^MyofwoAButthenagain M done 11 Mitchell has put m her time and _ , , . lefinitely one of the only true leg- ^ear" 00 a 1 1S e Is the music business has left. This Tribe Called Quest. T] w album is just one of the weaker that they were on top ks in a brilliant career. Rating: C right up until the very thwkBI H SSS Internet Acce: ^ Software Trai Hi S Remote Acces H On-Site Warr H Law Software fl| ||rk mmm For more info p I ' m I Or visit www. j 1 O Capitol Assembly St L?I 1ft I ""r V BB 1 | aA++e>n+ii M I I C1 I I 11 . | TrlOT 500 '"Mexican Masks of the 20th CentuBjliit? ' f| ry: A Living Tradition," through Nov. Site McKissick Museum. For more in HI iormauon, cau vouo; / / i-izoi. lip j||| *Dr. Kary Mullis (South Carolina's Wjf ] third Nobel Prize winner), 7-9 p.m., it ^ w 28, South Carolina State Muse^ *Music! (bands will be playing throughout the museum as part of the iiiMMi; South Carolina Celebration of Blues > the gamecock an(j jazz)} g p.m. -12 a.m., Oct. 30, tes disturbing South Carolina State Museum. For criminal Kurt ticket information call (803) 898-4935. Scarecrow Making for children ages lis former con- ^ and older, 1-3 p.m., Oct. 31, McKissick Museum. $5 per child of ovie and should McKissick Museum members. $7 for :e us think non-members. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," 9 p.m., Oct 29 and 30, Russell House. it. The Love s losing one of "Stellar Jazz," 7:30 p.m., Oct. 28 and nents when A 29 School of Music. Free Jump Little Children (with Mar[sup rthey velous 3), Oct. 29, Music Farm fth album, The (Charleston). For ticket information, ve always been call (803) 577-4500. le of the trend- 5y Hand.f 7;??5 ?' I* 30 and 31; 3 p.m., Nov. 1. Columbia Roots and Music Festival Theatre. $10 general admission, $5 senior citizens and stut is a low-tem- dents. ion that deals '""SC Wind Ensembles," 7:30 p.m., Nov. 2, Roger Center. .. Relationships ?"St. Petersburg State Symphony Orsongs. chestra," 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3, Roger Centhe incredible ter. $22.50 adult, $12.50 student. Phife has only nmon Ground," the song. When "Rocky Horrow Picture Show," 8 p.m. on "His Name Thursday and 2 p.m. Friday, Russell nd a Way," the House Theatre, e Called Quest '"Drowning By Numbers," 8 p.m. . Thursday and 2 p.m. Friday, Russell >ence of Phife, House Theatre, s an excellent ' '"Daughters of the Dust," 8 p.m. of the best this Thursday and 2 p.m. Friday, Russell , , r A House Theatre, last one for A # Daze ? 8 p m Thursday and his CD proves 2 p.m. Friday, Russell House Theatre, of their game end. 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