The Reviews Are In
The reviews of "Blade" are in and they just might surprise you. Check them out for yourself in this week's Film & TV section.

Gritty in Pink
Hollywood has redefined young girls in film to suit the market. This summer, even Madeline kicked ass.
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Bomb Sheltered
A look at what Chicago can do to avoid da bomb.
Shelly Ridenour

The Reviews Are In
The reviews of "Blade" are in and they just might surprise you. Check them out for yourself in this week's Film & TV section.

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Volume II, Issue 10 August 31 - September 8, 1998

	News & Opinion
	Terrorist attacks may come from anywhere, but what makes a target attractive? Oil Baron W.A. "Tex" Moncrief might want to make the argument that the IRS is a group of terrorists. Objectors of conscience may hold the opinion that the U.S. is lending its own weight to training terrorists at the Pentagon's School of the Americas. And more... News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

Wesley Snipes is back on the big screen in "Blade." Wear your leather over to our special Bloody Good section. Also in the spotlight are "Your Friends and Neighbors" with reviews from FW Weekly and The Boston Phoenix, and "The Slums of Beverly Hills" from director Tamara Jenkins. The Boston Phoenix gives us a review, while Newcity provides an interview with the director. Plus more reviews... This week in Film & TV The Avengers Blade (1) Blade (2) Blade (3) Blade (4) The Chambermaid Kurt and Courtney Next Stop Wonderland Polish Wedding Slums of Beverly Hills (1) Slums of Beverly Hills (2) Your Friends & Neighbors PLUS Girl Power War Movies Hope Davis Tamara Jenkins Stanley Kubrick Classics Mini Reviews Video Reviews and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

Releasing their compilation "Swing This, Baby," Tucson, Arizona's Slimstyle Records is poised to give swing an identity much as Sub Pop did for grunge. Has Garth Brooks spoiled the Capitol Records country music pot? It's starting to look that way. Reviews, profiles, and more in the Music section. This week in Music Bob Mould Elliott Smith Lauryn Hill Long John Hunter Lucinda Williams Mary Cutrufello Mr. Airplane Man Stumptone World Saxophone Quartet PLUS Capitol Records Radio Sterotypes Mini Reviews and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Jim Murray, Legendary Sportswriter The Color of My Parachute Girls With Attitude: The WNBA Art Fights the Power and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

Books

This week's fiction takes a look at Tony Hillerman's latest, "The First Eagle ," Rick Moody's "Purple America," Geoff Ryman's "253," and Peter Craig's "The Martini Shot." Non-fiction offerings begin with "The Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through The Outer Reaches Of Belief," by Mick Brown, an anthology on photographer Francesca Woodman, and a pair of books involving Mary Butts. Mini reviews and more in the Books section. Much more on the Books contents page

	Comics
	Come down from your Staggering Heights and get to the Red Meat of the matter with this swell set of cartoons that also includes Mueller, Eye of the Beholder, K. Rat and Random Shots. Comics contents page Visit the official Red Meat site

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