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DVD Review: Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Season One, Part One Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:02AMA nice edition to your Batman collection. brave and the bold - DVD - Arts - Movies - Batman
Film Review: The Switch Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:34PMAt one point, The Switch may have been a darkly humorous romantic comedy, but it’s had so much plastic surgery you can only look at the too-smooth lines and imagine the wrinkles that used to add character and nuance to its features.
Micmacs—Aug. 30 and 31, at 7:30 and 10:15 p.m. and Sept. 1, at 10:15 p.m. Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:07AMAfter a brief foray into drama, award-winning director of Amélie and Delicatessen Jean-Pierre Jeunet returns to his unique, slapstick-inspired style.
Vietnam culture Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:12PMVietnam has an age-old and special culture that is closely attached to the history of the formation and development of the nation.
Commentary: Indigenization Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:17PMIn a very small (and humorous) way, the "Enchantment Under the Sea" scene exemplifies the challenge of creating an indigenous expression in a foreign environment - sometimes our expressions just don't fit.
Delightful return of 'Nanny McPhee' but not so for 'Vampires' Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:09AMFive years have elapsed since Emma Thompson made her mark as the flipside of Mary Poppins, a caretaker of the young who only emerges when she is needed and not wanted.
Change of Plans (2009) Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:07PMThe most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. Quite a lot happens in “Change of Plans,” Danièle Thompson’s crowded comedy about a Paris dinner party and its aftermath.
David Finkel finds 'The Good Soldiers' in Iraq: New in Paperback Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:09AMFinkel does much more than write incisively about how soldiers worked in Iraq's "suspicion in 360 degrees." He captures the frustrations at home and lays out the devastating individual stories behind Pentagon-prepared news releases.
OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview: Aug. 27-29 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:08AMYou've made it through another week, Milwaukee. As a reward for gutting it out, treat yourself to a night on the town. Need ideas? We've got 'em.
8/27 Steppin' Out Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:04PMAMERICUS — Editor’s Note: Every Friday a list of local and area upcoming entertainment and cultural events will be published on the Steppin’ Out page in the Times-Recorder.
Chaffetz: Mobile scanners invade privacy Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:51PMNot content to keep security employees from ogling naked pictures of air travelers, Rep. Jason Chaffetz is going after similar technology driving down the road.
Anthony Doerr, Marisa Silver and Aryn Kyle write stellar short stories Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:24AMWhether you are trapped at home by the heat or stuck in the middle seat in coach, five story collections, including two stellar books by writers originally from Cleveland, offer plenty of welcome escape.
365 Degrees and Rising | The city's arts seasons are heating up as seasons change. And one project, Art 365 just gets ... Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 6:38AMAll the City's A-Stage In spite of the recent, great success story that our one-time, cow-town state capital, OKC, has become, the big dome down the 'pike can't touch us when it comes to celebrating, supporting and producing the arts. From world class original music, to ballet, opera, classics and... By Libby Williams.
A New Mouse Voice In Town Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:18AMWade remembers the men who voiced Mickey and introduces the newest member of the club.
DVD/Blu-ray Breakdown: August 24th, 2010 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 1:33PMThis week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases feature Lost: The Complete Collection and...well not much else. We break down the week’s top home video releases.
SAHS grad hits Hollywood with 'Valentine's Day' Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:35AMCyrus Moslemi still holds the 50-meter freestyle record for the Stillwater Area High School swim team.
Shafi titles his latest movie as Marykkundru Kunjaadu Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:55AMAugust 24, 2010 : Renowned Malayalam movie director Shafi has come up with a tentative title of his latest movie starring Dileep as Marykkundoru Kunjaadu.
Exeter's Boston Post Cane awarded to Ottie E. Lowther Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 1:19AMEXETER — In 1909 Joan of Arc was declared a saint, Lincoln head pennies were minted and issued, the Wright brothers delivered the first military plane to the Army, and colored moving pictures were demonstrated at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Media: Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives! Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:19AMAustralia's censors will soon decide whether a graphic new film starring violent femmes on a rampage can get a local screening.
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Details Revealed Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:14AMSinger reveals X-Men: First Class details. Plus: More alien Green Lantern characters revealed. Fantastic Four casting rumors...
Classic Flicks: The Coens' No Country for Old Men Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 3:36AMNo Country for Old Men is the 12th studio film by movie-making duo Ethan and Joel Coen, and their first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. The Coen brothers are known for producing intelligent, humorous and stylish films, but No Country for Old Men stands apart from the other films in the Coen brothers' oeuvre.
SFI unveils fall semester series Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 10:50PM“Mid-August Lunch,” an Italian comedy, kicks off the Sonoma Film Institute’s (SFI) fall semester series with screenings Sept. 10 (7...
GOP Divided on Attacking Obama Vacation Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 12:45PMParty HQ attacks "Clark Griswold" Obama, while GOP leaders leave it to press bashing.
DVD Review: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:48AMGertrude Berg and Molly Goldberg were two very different people, but most remember them as one. Goldbergs - Gertrude Berg - Arts - DVD - Movies
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Boobiac Strikes Back! Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 9:24AMWhore Wars: Episode 5: The Boobiac Strikes Back! It is a dark time for The Brigade. Although the Death Showmances have been destroyed, Imperious goofs...
UFC Bad Boy Opens Up To HDNet's Michael Schiavello In The Latest Episode of 'The Voice Vs. Tito Ortiz' Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 8:15AMIn this week's premiere of "The Voice Vs. Tito Ortiz," MMA's controversial bad boy, UFC star Tito Ortiz, goes head-to-head in a humorous and soul-searching interview with the sport's most colorful television personality, Michael Schiavello. Â The program is set to air TONIGHT at 10:00 p.m.
Friday Favorites: Kid Presentable, Concours d'Elegance, Keyboard Kid Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 4:05AM"Up Early In Em" by Mash Hall feat. Tay Sean and Spaceman (Kid Presentable remix; download here )
Movie review: ‘Expendables’ an energetic action movie Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:47PMReviews of the movies "The Expendables," "Eat Pray Love" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World"
Vampires Suck Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:23PMSkip It After their cancerous 2008 effort, "Disaster Movie," I honestly thought that would be the end of filmmakers Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, two poisonously unfunny fellows who personally suffocated the parody genre with lethal features such as "Epic Movie," "Date Movie," and "Meet the Spartans." Because Hollywood is always on the hunt for a fast buck, the prankster pair has returned ...
Film Review: The Switch Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 6:34PMAt one point, The Switch may have been a darkly humorous romantic comedy, but it’s had so much plastic surgery you can only look at the too-smooth lines and imagine the wrinkles that used to add character and nuance to its features.
Piranha 3D: Killer fish, Kelly Brook and wet T-shirts, this schlock has a bit of bite Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 5:50PMTackiest movie of the week? That would be Piranha 3D, a horror comedy about prehistoric killer-fish that delivers gallows humour and nasty shocks by the bucketload.
Theater, Dance and Visual Arts Listings for Aug. 19 Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:02AMTHEATER
Culture Club: Knight and Day (12A) Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 6:22PM"This proves my long-held suspicion that people don't go to see Tom Cruise movies because he is in them, but because they are typically big-budget blockbusters that people would see if a donkey was the leading man."
'Angry Birds:' the next video game movie? Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:44PMThe developer behind the hugely popular "Angry Birds" iPhone game has held talks with Hollywood studios and hopes to turn the iPhone game into a fully fledged entertainment brand like "Toy Story" and "Monsters, Inc." iPhone - Video game - Apple - Handhelds - Smartphones
Former Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars perform in nationwide theater event Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 11:10PMThe Rifftrax crew will mock the 1938 film 'Reefer Madness' on Thursday
All Talk: Eric Rohmer Lives On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:18PMNothing is quite as simple as it seems in the films of Eric Rohmer. Nor, perhaps, as complicated. As John Ford was to Westerns, so Rohmer was to a genre of his own devising—droll comedies in which confused young people hack through the thicket of their (sometimes imagined) romantic entangle...
Sragow Gets Reel: Is Dennis Lehane the luckiest writer of crime fiction? Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:26AMIs Dennis Lehane the luckiest writer of crime fiction? During my recent interview with Laura Lippman on the eve of her first-rate new novel "I'd Know You Anywhere" (click here for the interview), she kept a clear head and a humorous attitude about potential film and TV adaptations of her books.
Ojai’s ‘Inn’ For A Treat Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 10:27AM“To Kill a Mockingbird” trailer By Bill Buchanan For those who are planning to attend the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa’s Aug. 21 screening of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” you are in for a treat. I do not mean just the movie itself, which, of course, is a terrific film — a classic that was far ahead [...]
Steven G. Brant: Progressives Deserve To Be Worried About The Obama Administration Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 8:39PMWhat is the mindset inside the Obama White House these days? I've been wondering about this ever since Robert Gibbs went off on what he...
This Week In Trailers: Que Pena Tu Vida (Fu*k My Life), Tamara Drewe, Yo, Tambien (Me, Too), Who Killed Captain Alex Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 8:10PMTrailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way ...
SAHS grad hits Hollywood with 'Valentine's Day' Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 6:02PMCyrus Moslemi still holds the 50-meter freestyle record for the Stillwater Area High School swim team.
Japanese Filmmaker Takeshi Kitano Makes Artwork for Children (Rated PG-13) Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 4:09PMThe multi-talented filmmaker Takeshi Kitano has received public and critical acclaim in France for his acting and directing, but in his native Japan he is also famous for his comedy: back in 1981, he began his career doing stand-up on television under the name Beat Takeshi. As his acting and directing horizons expanded, he went back to his original name and nabbed awards for his somber movies ...
Simple tips to take the fear out of Halloween planning Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 2:57PMDoes it seem like the kids start talking about Halloween as soon as school starts again? Fun costumes, spooky decor and heaps of candy - no wonder kids love Halloween. And for adults, having a happy Halloween can help set an upbeat tone for all the end-of-year holidays.
Indian film 'Peepli Live' tries to break into U.S. market Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 11:50AMThe new Indian film "Peepli Live" takes moviegoers into a small village that changes after a television show starts covering the news there. Photo: Contributed Photo / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo
EPIX Celebrates the Big 4-0 with Kevin Smith Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 9:49AM“Nearly 2 million Twitter followers would agree with that.” Filmed live on location in New Jerseyâ€™s historic Count Basie Theater, the director of the critically acclaimed Clerks , Chasing Amy , Dogma and, most recently , Cop Out spun humorous, irreverent and revealing tales of his life so far.
A standout new Transformers Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 3:03AMTransformers: War for Cybertron *** Microsoft Xbox 360, also for Sony PlayStation 3 and PC $59.99 ($49.99 for PC) Age rating: Teen.
'A Confederacy of Dunces' staged Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 2:39AMwinning novel that opens Saturday. The Louisiana State University Press, which owns the rights, rarely permits more than staged readings of adaptations of John Kennedy Toole's comic novel, published in 1980, about life in New Orleans in the early 1960s.
Comic-Con: a ride through pop culture, comic books, costumes, zombie chicks, and all things nerdy Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:29PMKarina Ramos photo. Karina Ramos photo. Karina Ramos photo. Comic-Con can’t go wrong with bunny girls. Karina Ramos photo.
Theaters adapt, stage 'A Confederacy of Dunces' Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 12:07PMAtlanta's Theatrical Outfit is taking advantage of an opportunity to stage "A Confederacy of Dunces" with a new adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that opens Saturday.
Matt's Weekend Picks: August 13-15 Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 10:44AMTHE PILLARS OF THE EARTH (Friday, 10/9c, Starz)More scheming, brawling and tragic treachery afoot in the pivotal fifth hour of this sprawling historical melodrama, as Waleran (Ian McShane) plays political games to further his goal to become Archbishop ...