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Missy Elliott
Under Construction (Elektra)
By Todd Levin
Published: December 12, 2002
Trailblazing partners Missy Elliott and Timbaland function as musical time travelers, teleporting in every few years to show hip-hop what its future looks like. With their...
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Known Alias
This book adaptation has a grand capacity for compassion and complexity
By Gregory Weinkauf
Published: December 12, 2002
The blood disease porphyria sparked madness in England's King George III, so its impact on manic Margot (Nicole Garcia) and her hapless daughter Betty (cucumber-cool Sandrine...
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Sucker Punch
Plus: Kissing Up to Belo
Published: December 12, 2002
Sucker PunchKick ass she did: Wrong title--looking at the picture, it should have been called "A Boy Named Sue." Having finally gotten past the pic, I discovered what a farce...
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The Roots
Phrenology (MCA)
By Zac Crain
Published: December 12, 2002
Near the end of The Roots' sixth album is a song (the 10-minute-plus "Water") that underlines, italicizes and bold faces the problem that has always plagued the group: They are...
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On Trek
Nemesis goes where many have gone before
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: December 12, 2002
The 10th Trek film, ostensibly the last featuring the Next Generation crew (or any other, c'mon), plays like a greatest-hits remix; like Die Another Day, it's bent on...
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Richard Buckner
Impasse (Overcoat)
By Lawrence Kay
Published: December 12, 2002
In the early 1990s, Richard Buckner detached himself from his longtime band, the Buckets, to become one of alt-country's rising stars. Although steeped in traditional country...
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Hot? Not
Rob Schneider jerks around with his feminine side
By Gregory Weinkauf
Published: December 12, 2002
Rob Schneider's latest look-at-me-I'm-so-cute comedy features the star bumbling around half-clad in Christina Aguilera's Goodwill donations. He plays a revolting petty thief...
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Various Artists
Maybe This Christmas (Nettwerk)
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: December 12, 2002
There are but a handful of Christmas comps worthy of being stuffed into a stocking; most deserve having a sock stuck in 'em, as they're usually little more than label...
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Christina Aguilera
Stripped (RCA)
By Jason Bracelin
Published: December 12, 2002
Christina Aguilera's problem has always been overcompensation. On her debut, the young waif was so eager to show off her pipes she mostly sounded horribly overwrought and...
