Al Pacino, forever to be cast in antagonistic roles, has suitably landed perhaps the most evil character possible - The Devil himself - in director Taylor Hackford's "The Devil's Advocate." Ridden with metaphor, imagery and Pacino's raspy voice, "The Devil's Advocate" is so disturbing and thought-provoking that you wish the 2 1/2-hour movie were hours longer to dull the over-stimulated nerves in your brain.
'Advocate' is guilty of devilish fun
Something out of the ordinary has happened to Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) on "Frasier."
Personality-wise, no, his attitude is still intact - ready to fire witticisms at anyone who dares to make a remotely offensive comment. And, no, it doesn't involve his bizarre relationships with his brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce), or his father Martin (John Mahoney), they still remain at times meddlesome and at others wraught with affection.
'Frasier' finds love in its fifth stellar season
The Vietnamese Student Association is currently sponsoring an exhibit of five world renowned Vietnamese American artists, titled "20 Years of Vietnamese Art in America."
The exhibit, running now through Friday, brings together 22 very distinct pieces to present the college and community a window into Vietnamese American culture. 
Exhibit celebrates Vietnamese Art
Often clouded in smoke and mystery, William B. Davis' character has become a favorite among "X-Files" fans across the country. Aptly dubbed "Cancer Man" by the internetters, Cancer Man has served as a giant thorn in the side of chief character Fox Mulder (David Duchovny).'X-Files' Cancer Man lands at EMU
The new Wim Wenders picture "The End of Violence" presents an intriguing, but ultimately unsuccessful, vision of the difficulty of achieving genuine human contact in our increasingly wired world. The film stars Bill Pullman, Andie McDowell and Gabriel Byrne, and is based on a screenplay by Wenders and Nicholas Klein.Overworked themes plague Wenders' fragmented 'Violence'
The ability to read is something that comes to us magically when we are four or five years old. We look at the random symbols in front of us and know why they are there and what they mean. Suddenly, at that moment in time, the world seems to make a little more sense, yet it also expands in a frightening way.
Manguel brings 'History' to Shaman
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