Entertainment Columns
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Franco riveting in '127 Hours'Nov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - ="breakhead">Reel Life review: #8216;127 Hours' Several viewers keeled over while watching Danny Boyle's fact-based drama at its Telluride Film Festival premiere ea...
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'Unstoppable' a heart-pounding rideNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Seriously, how threatening and scary can a big, unmanned choo-choo be? Let yardmaster Connie Hooper answer that one. “A missile the size of the Chrysler Building!” she s...
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“The Elia Kazan Collection” new on DVDNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - “The Elia Kazan Collection” Elia Kazan was one of Hollywood's great directors, a man with a rare gift for bringing out the best performances from his actors. Many o...
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Spontaneous gagging can have many causesNov 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Thank you for your balanced, sensible and unbiased information. It is a breath of fresh air. My husband has a problem with spontaneous gagging. It does not seem ...
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Go guide: Cooking show, 'White Christmas', 'Winter Pageant'Nov 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago • Want fries with that? Nearly 150 exhibitors are ready to introduce your taste buds to the latest in main courses, sides dishes, desserts, wine, beer and s...
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'Megamind' blends farce and fantasyNov 04, 2010 1:00 am - “Megamind” is both farce and fantasy, a vivid 3-D animated comedy filled with zany characters, switched identities, reversing roles and surprise plot entanglements. Then...
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'Due Date' delivers crass comedy, kooky charactersNov 04, 2010 1:00 am - Call it “Planes, Trains and Automobiles -- Without the Planes and Trains.” “Due Date” stars Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis as two clashing, feuding strangers w...
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Perry blunts powerful 'For Colored Girls'Nov 04, 2010 1:00 am - When a Tyler Perry movie actually gets screened for critics, you know it must be something special. “For Colored Girls” is special, especially for a Tyler Perry movie. I...
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More on 'Entertaining' vs. 'Good'Nov 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Right on, Dann! Dann: I think your column “Entertaining doesn't always equal good” (Oct. 29) hits it right on. Many a bad movie can be very entertaining, and that's...
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New on DVD: Cher collectionNov 03, 2010 11:00 pm - New on DVD: Cher collection