by Jeff Coll

The Messenger (4) Directed by Luc Besson

French director Luc Besson gives us his slant on the story of Joan of Arc. Most of the movie depicts Joan (Milla Jovovich) in poorly- executed battles peppered with lame humour. Jovovich is not convincing at all as a woman called upon by God to lead men into battle. Perhaps that is what she was trying to convey, since the

final half hour suggests that Joan

was just a crazy woman seeking

voices in her head

scenes with her conscience (Dustin Hoffman) are intriguing (and sometimes funny),

historical epic.

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Pokémon: The First Movie (3) Directed by Kunihiko

Yuyama

The whole Pokémon phenomenon is perhaps a little too complex for me to comprehend. What I do understand is that it is a sort of reverse- engineered art, which

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Pokémon movie isa ~ well-animated series

of battles in which — strange-looking creatures beat each other up. The film

revenge and that the makes a lame attempt

at moralizing by

were not God’s. Her speaking out against

violence and slavery with the subtlety of a foghorn and then negates it completely in the end. Of course,

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Best of the 1990s

by Ryan O’Connor

In no particular order...

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John Prine: The Missing Years

The album that re-established Prine as one of the top pong Wiese around, it’s filled with jewels such as “Picture Show,” “Unlonely” and “‘All The Best.”

Guns NRoses: Use Your illusions Counting these two albums as one, it includes anumber of hits. More impres- sively, it includes epics such as “Es- tranged,” “November Rain,” and “Coma.”

chilling futuristic visions in the title track, the rest of the album follows suit in

AL though it was fol- lowed by a couple of good albums, Sloan’s second album blows them all away.

Pete Seeger: Pete

The latest from this folk-icon is full of new and old classics. According to Pete this will be his final album, which is sad news for folk fans around the world.

The Arregant Worms:

the quality depart- ment.

Sloan: Twice

prime, this features Canada’s foremost comedy trio with

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r= border shopping, patriotism, an insurance sales- man, and bowling. Wow.

The Ramones: Adios Amigos!

The last studio album from the kings of punk, they went out with a bang. It includes the hit “T Don’t Want To Grow Up.” I really miss the Ramones.

Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffied His Feet

Not much has been heard from this group since, but they created one heck of a pop/rock/alternative album here. Brad Roberts and com- pany delivered such memorable ditties as the title track and “Afternoons and Coffeespoons.”

The Kingston Trio: Live At The Crazyhorse

The Trio have continue their high quality music and humour into the nineties, as shown in this live recording. Full of material spanning their fo: year career, this is a must for all fans of the band.

The concert that pot the original lineup ack together, it features acoustic versions of “2000

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“Domino.” a

Emm has created 11 beautiful songs re- corded on 8-track which make a great listen. It’s an album that you can listen to from start to finish repeatedly, a rare find in today’s music. Emm obviously writes from the heart, and wields one of those voices that can send a chill up your spine (“Stardeep’’) or draw a tear to your eye (“Julia’”, “You something to me”). It’s apleasing little rsonal work of art. = dof oa Van ogh’s “Starry Night.” McQuaid

Susan Aglukark Unsung Heroes (7) EMI

Enjoyable and relaxing, Aglukark has made an album melding her soft voice, a dab of trip- hop, and a dose of her native back- ground. Including the single “One Turn Deserves Another,” this album is refresh- ingly positive in an era of doom-and- gloom music. Aglukark comes across as such a likeable person, and in response the album will be played repeatedly in your disc player. O’ Connor.

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