Las Vegas Swinger: MOVIE REVIEW Fantasy or reality? Take your pick The apocolypse nears in real-world `Syriana'
"Syriana." Rated R. At AMC Fenway, Loews Boston Commom, Harvard Square and suburban theaters. Grade: A- Is George Clooney our most important American filmmaker? With "Syriana," a film he co-produced and in which he plays a lead role, and "Good Night, and Good Luck," a film he directed, co-wrote and in which he acts, it looks that way. I'm not sure why Clooney needed to add those...

Las Vegas Swinger: Darin leap makes a splish splash Kevin Spacey follows chameleonlike career from boy to teen idol to crooner in `Beyond the Sea'
THE groove swings from the get-go. A clinking piano evokes ice cubes in a highball glass. Blasts of muted brass seem to cut like a foghorn through the thick nicotine-and-nostalgia haze of a nightclub. Four bars into it, you can picture a tuxedo-sporting Bobby Darin snapping his fingers as he croons: Somewhere, beyond the sea Somewhere, waiting for me My lover stands on golden sands And watches the ships that go sailing. "Beyond the...

Las Vegas Swinger: Darin continues to be defined by single ‘Sea’
The groove swings from the get-go. A clinking piano evokes ice cubes in a highball glass. Blasts of muted brass seem to cut like a foghorn through the thick nicotine-and-nostalgia haze of a nightclub. Four bars into it, you can picture a tuxedo-sporting Bobby Darin snapping his fingers, babe, as he croons: Somewhere, beyond the sea Somewhere, waiting for me My lover stands on golden sands And watches the ships that go sailing. . . .“Beyond the Sea”...

Las Vegas Swinger: Test your trivia powers
As the third installment of the "Austin Powers" films opens in theaters today, it occurs to us that not everyone is "Powers" literate. Yeah, baby!

Las Vegas Swinger: OBITUARIES
Henry Julius Franz Lind, Wash. Service for Henry Julius Franz, 73, is planned for 2 p.m. today at Menno Mennonite Church in Ritzville, Wash. Burial ...

Las Vegas Swinger: Dry Ephraim decides not to take a sip
DENNIS MCCANN Dry Ephraim decides not to take a sip By DENNIS MCCANN of the Journal Sentinel staff Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Friends, we ...