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Vol XXXIIII No. 57

Monday, November 22, 1999

  Student director helps 'Engine' drive well
By BRIAN SEAMAN
Scene Theater Critic

The last time a student directed a mainstage production at Notre Dame, the result was one of the most highly inventive and entertaining evenings of theater seen on this campus for a very long time. This past weekend's production of David ... [more]


Monk's 'View' sheds light on higher education
By CHARLES SKRINER
Scene Book Critic

"Monk's Reflections: A View from the Dome" is an outstanding book comprised of Notre Dame President Father Edward "Monk" Malloy's views on certain issues in higher education, as seen through his own experiences, primarily those at Notre Dame. In other words, ... [more]


Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' loses its head
By MATT NANIA
Scene Movie Critic

With the foggy fable "Sleepy Hollow," director Tim Burton builds a typically dark yet delightful fantasy, only to decapitate his creation with anticlimactic exposition and a drawn-out, action-heavy finale. Part "Nightmare on Elm Street" and part "Murder, She Wrote," this macabre ... [more]


Never say never to Bond
By JEFFREY Q. IRISH
Scene Movie Critic

"The World Is Not Enough" is the 19th and newest film starring James Bond in the longest running film series in history. It is hardly different from any other 007 film, but that didn't disappoint anyone who saw it in the ... [more]