Entertainment Columns
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Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' goes nowhereDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Sofia Coppola's low-wattage character study “Somewhere” begins with a black Ferrari roaring around on a circular track. Around. Around. Around. Around, until it comes t...
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'Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas' on DVDDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - “Criterion Collection Presents America Lost & Found: The BBS Story” Criterion is a special manufacturer of DVDs that excels in quality and content. They take films...
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Well-acted 'Fighter' goes the distanceDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - David O. Russell's energized domestic drama “The Fighter” would be more accurately titled “The Fighters,” because it's not really about a single pugilist, but an entire ...
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'King's Speech' a rich, royal treatDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Tom Hooper's “The King's Speech” is about many things, but mostly it's about an insecure man who racks up the courage to put aside his pride to simply ask another man fo...
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'The Tempest' offers lavish special effects that diminish dialogueDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Critics noms due Friday Nominees for the annual Chicago Film Critics awards are scheduled to be announced Friday, Dec. 17. Go to dailyherald.com or to chicagofilmcr...
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A Sleepy Hollow woman's classic holiday with JohnnyDec 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Flush with fabulous old TV footage of a gyrating young Ann-Margret selling a song with everything she's got, the interview with Muhammad Ali suggesting he's "pretty good...
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'Night Catches Us' evokes strong memoriesDec 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The title comes from a Jamaican saying, “Don't let the night catch you,” meaning, I suppose, that you shouldn't let the darkness perhaps the dark past overtake you. Ja...
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Con man cons all too well in 'Phillip Morris'Dec 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The extent that Jim Carrey's con man character in “I Love You Phillip Morris” connects with its audience ultimately determines how much we are drawn into this peculiar a...
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New on DVD: ESPN gift set, Bob Hope collectionDec 08, 2010 10:00 pm - “ESPN Films “30 for 30 Gift Set” Sports channel ESPN is celebrating its 30th anniversary on the air by releasing the critically acclaimed series “30 for 30” on DVD ...
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Romantic thriller 'Tourist' nice to look at, but sparks fizzleDec 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Call it “The Tourist” claptrap. Here we have a romantic thriller that should have evoked comparisons with a classic Alfred Hitchcock film starring Cary Grant and Eva Mar...