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SMU-CMEST- —ms areas ' V Movie review HURT ANOCUNBV 1 nodung at once Quentin Tarantino’s first film in six years is an unabashed celebration of style over substance of carefully choreographed fight sequences that result in cartoonishly crude violence — all edited with the relentless pacing of a music video '?- it MUM-NEM- Y Y ’ It’s both an homage to die film genres the : loves (Japanese amine Chinese martial-ar- ts movies Italian spaghetti Westerns’ Uma Thurman stars as The Bride'ln Quentin: 1 ' Tarantino’s “Kill Bi Vbl 1 vs Y-- writer-direct- v AP Photo :?y Y fK or get to see Thurman in all her athletic authori- - l blaxploitation flicks) and to himself : tative glory as a character known only as The m die The uniform that Japanese gangsters Bride who hunts down her former colleagues wear — black suit white shirt black tie — is straight out of “Reservoir Dogs” which turned from die Deadly Viper Assassination Squad After lying in a coma for four yean The Tarantino into a god among film geeks in 1992 C Bride suddenly awakens in die hospital real- And die melancholy surf guitar in the film’s izes the baby she was carrying is gone and Ht 'opening song brings to mind Dick Dale’s the “Miseriou” which famously punctuated puts herself through rigorous training in order i to exact her revenge :Y V 7 :Y : 1994 Fiction” in credits “Pulp opening r and then She of her list a makes "“Kill Bill’’ is yet another opportunity for goes targets j i after them— Tarantino her depicts though Tarantino to show off his pathologically obsesi duels in his trademarked sive eye for detail — and another opportunity ' to showcase “Pulp Fiction” star Uma Thur- - : fi order style:-- " First diere’s Vernita Green (Vivica A Fox) man here playing an assassin who seeks revenge on the forma comrades who tried to C who gets it in her suburban kitchen in a barrage of blood and breakfast cereal unfortunately kill her on her wedding day witnessed by her daughter The yellow track suit Thurman wears when Ishit (Liu) die petite Then there’s she takes on 100 samurai-swor- d wielding thugs feminine yet fearless feada of the Japanese V is an exact rmilica of the outfit Bruce Lee wore v C- in “Game Of Death? And during die climactic' underground charisso character makes Lm her showdown between Thurman’s diameter and sexyand ' matic it’s hard not to root for her to win Her : Lucy Liu’s in a Japanese garden die snow H seems to fall in perfect time to die music: VC bodyguard a teenager in a schoolgirl uniform ' Then just when “Kill Bill? really getsCC: Jwith the fantastic name of Go GoYubari (Chia- the resultofMira- Kuriyama) is equally mtrigumgand doesn’t going it abruptly ends eMUril SCTeeil tiyC'Cv thf maya maAtwiing dwririmi tin And that’s about all there is to say for now f The “Bill” of the title (David Carradine) isV¥v 7 V It’s insulting to suggest that audiences can’t heard in voiceovers but won’t appear on screen sit still that long to watch such an enthralling until die second half Daryl Hannah shows up: meticulously crafted film: Then again cutting briefly in a naughty nurse get-u- p as another ’it into two halves is probably just a marketing: member of the assassin crew presumably her J' to to twice::' ploy get filmgoers pay role will be enumded toO And they will die film is enormously C7' All we can do is guess —just entertaining a sensory ovoload with some : : ' V Miramax and Tarantino can only guess and moments of tree inspiration and dark humor amid the carnage The clifflianger ending is a hope thitt killing Bill twice will pay off: R for strong ! r l' “Kill Bill yoL l” is doozy and it’ll make you want to come back 7 bloody violencre language and some sexu for “Kill Bill— Vol 2“ in FdmaryC C C stars out of four and half Two a content Soifyouchooretobemanipulatedyou’ll BEETLE BAILEY -- - fT' ' O-R- en j f fi : ‘ nrigi-'M&B- Ct - :C ti ! I ’ : i : s Z Vvt red FORESHOW AND TELL SOME PEOPLE THINK THE SAPOEST TIME TOW I UMEN LEAVES OF YEARS CHRISTMAS IJHEN WU PONT 6ET ANY0FTHETHIN6S HAVE BROUGHT 5APPE5T TIME Of '' -- TEAOSYREUIMNG Shoshone Trail if A novel by David J Hawkes outline of a figure lying next to a clump of sage drew her attention As she drew closer pproaching the first wagon a Sarah recognized die slashed and broken body grass drew as that of her husband Her chest heaving with sprawled figure in die her attention: Mutilated' the body bore no sobs' Sarah could no longer stand' Overcome: : resemblance to the person ithadbeen with grief she fell into the frosted grassHow Choking back an attack of nausea Sarah she had been lying there Sarah didn’t said in a whisper' “Well Henry Cobb you: long know The weak November sun was beginning 7 were wrong about the Indian troubles dead to melt the frost and give a bit of warmth when : wrong”Slowly Sarah walked past the savaged she heard a small voice that she recognized as body then she began to see die others of the her son Slowly rising to her feet Sarah looked party There lay Mrs Cobb and about and saw her young son standing at the her son Ben both scalped mutilated and very crest of the rise Starting to run toward him' dead: Taking a few more steps she saw the she could see that Sam was staring intently at Potters Russell the father shot several times the torn body of Henry Cobb “Oh Samuel” ishe cried as she stumbled scalped and his right hand missing his wife 7 and two small children lying near thrir wagon up to him Gathering him into her arms they ' and left much in the same shape as their husboth began to sob V band and fatherHands gripped tightly in front After a few minutes Sam asked “Ma of her Sarah slowly walked toward die wagon did the Injuns git Daddy?” Unable to speak that had been hers and Nils’ tears running down ha face Sarah could only l':v Pausing for a moment she closed her nod Eyes streaming with tears Sam then eyes and thought back over the last few years She and Nils had been married when she was said solemnly Then Daddy is all right he is with Jesus” only sixteen He had come from a Nordic backMarveling at die faith that her son was ground as had she With her slender build pale blue eyes and blonde hair that nearly readied ' displaying Sarah answered “Yes he will be had made a all right now” Sarah knew that she had to get ha waist all had agreed that she ' control of ha emotions and try to gain some lovely bride this — Nils handsome what a And groom he of the faith that ha son was displaying at and dressed in a time had been—tall and gray suit Everyone said they had made the perfect pair Now all of that was gone Taking a Sea tomorrow's Herald Journal for the next Instalment deep breath she walked forwardThe vague pf this story ’ ’ MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM frbst-cqver- : ed - : ed FOX TROT FETES PASS THE CEREAL M PMU I'M OVER : ON YOUR HERE FoRElCADF ' fair-hair-ed REAL LIFE ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME Win at bridge By Phillip Alder hearts raffing the last in hand If they split 3 you will end with an overtrick but that break is against the odds And when you come up against a 2 division you da not have the dummy entries both to establish the 13th heart and to get back to the dummy to cash lead minor-su- it CNEA2003 North 3-- In some deals like this one if you lose at the right moment you win But if you lose at the wrong moment you lose Will you be a winner aYou are South a loser? the declarer in six spades West leads a tramp What would be your approach? 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