Entertainment Columns
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'Stone' a hard drama to embraceOct 15, 2010 12:00 am - To watch Robert De Niro and Edward Norton arguably two of the best film actors of their respective generations play characters verbally wrestling each other for contro...
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Arresting performances give 'Conviction' its powerOct 15, 2010 12:00 am - The performances are better than the material in Tony Goldwyn's fact-based drama “Conviction, and the material was pretty good to begin with. “Conviction (a great title ...
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Action comedy 'RED' blasts aging stereotypesOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I walked into Robert Schwentke's “RED" thinking I would see a silly, geriatric revisiting of “The A-Team" or “Mission: Impossible." I got a crazy, off-the-charts, action...
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Norton, director Curran didn't aim to make 'Stone' an easy filmOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton and director John Curran were in Chicago to promote “Stone," the opening feature in the Chicago International Film Festival and a new...
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Popcorn OK on Gott dietOct 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I started your diet six days ago. I have lost one pound and am thrilled. I wonder if I can eat popcorn as a snack while on your diet. I pop it in olive oil and do...
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'Kind of a Funny Story' a low-key comedyOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It's kind of funny, yes. Kind of serious, too. Kind of sad as well. Mostly, it's kind of restrained and keeps its characters at an elbow's length, just enough for us not...
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Dann in reel life: 'Paranormal' inactivityOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Oh, oh. Things don't look so optimistic for the anxiously awaited sequel to the 2007 horror sleeper “Paranormal Activity. Paramount Pictures will only screen the sequel ...
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'Grave' unleashes rabid revenge fantasyOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I cannot defend Steven Monroe's remake of the 1978 exploitation horror benchmark “I Spit on Your Grave as a great work of art, or barely a work of art at all. But at lea...
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Lame 'Secretariat' deserves to be shotOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - If this movie were a horse, it would be shot. You know, for being lame. Randall Wallace's hokey, worshipful horse operetta “Secretariat comes to the big screen practical...
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New on DVD: Bogart, 'Planet of the Apes'Oct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - “Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection Humphrey Bogart was a Hollywood legend, whose roles ranged from gangsters to rich playboys. He appeared in more than 80 f...