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‘Summer Storm’
RATED: R
The hottest place for gay hookups
this year? Gotta be tents. First it was
“Brokeback Mountain,” and now it’s
the German “Summer Storm,” where
teen boys explore their sexuality out
in the woods. It’s pretty predictable stuff: two best
friends — one gay, one straight — have to deal with
their feelings for girls and for each other. They’re also
competing for a rowing trophy, and it just so happens
that an all-gay team shows up to stir things up. What
follows is a pretty cliché coming-out story. But actor
Robert Stadlober does have a few scenes were he
truly captures the agony of loving someone who won’t
love you back.
GRADE
C-
‘Tsotsi’
Miramax Films
‘King Kong’
— A monkey with
moves.
— NINA GARIN
RATED: R
Now an Academy Award winner for Best
Foreign Language Film, this sometimeshaunting, sometimes-melodramatic film depicts
a coming-of-age/redemption story in a township
in Johannesburg. Presley Chweneyagae, as Tsotsi, is
convincingly ruthless and vulnerable in portraying a teenage
thug who carjacks and shoots a woman, then finds her baby
in the back seat. The soundtrack is the secret weapon here.
It’s sparsely scored to reveal the city’s sounds, but featured is
Kwaito music, a sort of tribalistic South African hip-hop that
helps roughen some of the sappier edges.
GRADE
B
‘Memoirs
of a Geisha’
— All the pretty dresses
still won’t make this as
good as the book.
— KYLE PROEHL
Regent Releasing
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‘Colorstrology — What Your Birthday Color Says About You’
BY MICHELE BERNHARDT
If you wore born, say, on Dec. 15, your color is
“Blue Heaven,” and you’re musical, a promoter
and sexy. That’s what it says in this book anyway.
Through very mysterious science, every day of
the year is conveniently assigned a Pantone color
and profile — it even has perforated swatches so
HEARD FROM THE STREET
Hello,
For a few months now, we’ve been
hearing a new voice on 91X. We
investigated the matter and found
Jennifer White, a very cool girl who
spent time on the air in Seattle. Read
all about her in this issue. Also, you
might just want to camp out in Balboa
Park this weekend since all our
‘Get Rich
or Die Tryin’ ’
you can have your birthday color at all times. My
color is “Lilac Snow,” which is strange because I
hate purple. So, I’m not a total believer. Still, the
book is pretty and fun to look at. And it can break
the ice if you’re in an awkward situation.
— aka “The Life and
Times of 50 Cent.”
— NINA GARIN
STREET STAFF
recommended events are going on
over there. Just don’t forget to go see
the Strokes at UCSD. We love them
lots and lots.
Street people
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