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25. DUSTIN PEDROIA AND KEVIN YOUKILIS

INFIELD NOT-SO-FLY RULE
We love us some Sox — we can see the majestic green of Fenway’s stadium walls from all our Phoenix restrooms, and it just gets our hearts afluttering. That is, until we contemplate the mugs of the one-two combo of Youkilis and Pedroia. Don’t misunderstand us — they’re good guys (though Youk seems to have an eensy-weensy anger-management issue) — but their visages are perhaps better suited to a sport like football, where one’s entire face is sheathed in a helmet.
By Boston Phoenix Staff | March 25, 2009

Our superheroes, ourselves

What the current crop of comic-book action movies tells us about America's identity crisis
Is there a breed of person more tenderly optimistic, more winsomely hopeful for the best, more loyal to the possibility of good, than the American summer moviegoer?
By JAMES PARKER | July 09, 2008

Triumphant Returns

Bryan Singer’s Superman soars
Does the world need Superman? Super vision: Bryan Singer on casting the Man of Steel . By Peter Keough
By PETER KEOUGH | February 20, 2007

Lex marks the spot

Kevin Spacey sets his sight on Superman Returns
What makes Lex Luthor tick? ThePhoenix.com interviews Superman’s newest enemy. Reinventing the steel: A behind-the-scenes report from Superman Returns. By Mike Cotton
By MIKE COTTON | June 14, 2006

Reinventing the steel

A behind-the-scenes report from Superman Returns
Lex Luthor, dressed like a pimp, is chasing Superman around in a golf cart — and they aren’t even on the set yet. Lex marks the spot: Kevin Spacey sets his sight on Superman Returns. By Mike Cotton
By MIKE COTTON | June 14, 2006

Apocalypse now and then

Doom, damnation, and other summer fun
With Snakes on a Plane and World Trade Center opening on the same day, this summer won’t be offering the usual escapist fare.
By PETER KEOUGH | May 03, 2006

Polite and brave and honest?

DC’s hit-and-miss attempt to make its superheroes inspiring again
Monthly comic-book sales have been dribbling downward for years, as the economy of the comics industry shifts to book collections and manga.
By DOUGLAS WOLK | April 27, 2006