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Commercially successful groups, including Slayer, Anthrax and Sacred Reich, have cited D.R.I. (short for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) as hardcore/metal crossover pioneers – innovators of the “crossover thrash genre” and an array of time signatures. The Houston-born outfit’s hodgepodge of heavy me…

Directed by Oren Moverman • Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan • Rated R •120 min.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Beware of feeling sorry for sharks that yell for help. Beware of trusting coyotes that act like sheep and sheep that act like coyotes. Beware of nibbling food from jars whose contents are different from what their labels suggest. But wait! “Beware” is not my only m…