Movies
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Plenty of challenges going from screen to stageOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's do a price check. The 20th anniversary DVD edition of the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing" has a list price of $14.98 (or $9.49 if you buy now from Amazon.com). "Dirty D...
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'Secret Life of Bees' not typical HollywoodOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - This sanitized 1964-set drama centers around three fascinating, educated, cultured black women running their own honey business during the Civil Rights movement in South...
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Marsden not your typical leading man
Oct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Hollywood's leading men are usually perfect physical specimens. Those who aren't become character actors. Except James Marsden. He's pursued quirky characters despite hi...
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'What Just Happened' talent-laden but inertOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Top-notch talent both behind and in front of the camera can't save "What Just Happened," a surprisingly inert dark comedy about two weeks in the life of a Hollywood prod...
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Wahlberg's vengeful cop Max truly 'Payne'-fulOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Mark Wahlberg deserves better than "Max Payne," and so do we. This dour but visually gaudy neo-noir thriller, adapted from the popular video game, stars Wahlberg as veng...
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Indiana Jones' latest adventure still delivers action, effectsOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" It's been 19 years since the last Indiana Jones film, and this one delivers. It has all the action and adventur...
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Star Trek director: I was a Star Wars guy
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'Sex Drive' coasts on cheap laughsOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In the mood for a raunchy, gross-out road comedy about sex-crazed nerds and nervous virgins on the loose? Or a movie that tries to make amends for its dumb-but-calculate...
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Bush-league: 'W.' a provocative, premature presidential dramaOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In one of its sillier sports metaphors, Oliver Stone's "W." casts George W. Bush as a star baseball player performing to the roaring approval of an invisible stadium cro...
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Who's leading the Oscar race?Oct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It happens pretty much every year, usually right about now: Hollywood insiders grumble that they haven't seen any Oscar-worthy movies yet and fret that there might not b...