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Movies | Thursday, March 15,2007
{after 1st article on article listing} Killer classics
Grim genre, beginning with M, includes classics to die for
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I had a premonition about Sandra Bullock’s
latest film, which just happens to be called Premonition. I sensed that this was going to be another misguided
Movies | Wednesday, March 7,2007
Real space
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According to Les Nessman, the news director from the
’70s sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, the world’s oldest profession is farmer. He’s
probably ri
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, February 28,2007
Romantic rogue
Give Hugh Grant a decent script, and he’ll deliver
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One usually knows what to expect from a Hugh Grant
movie, and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He guarantees the
perfect date movie, or two hours of de
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, February 21,2007
Movie campaigns
Hollywood could do a better job of taking down the process
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Politics is definitely in the air in Springfield. The
Barack Obama campaign staged the first major presidential event to hit
Springfield in many years on Feb. 1
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, February 14,2007
The dearth of good comedy
With some exceptions, Hollywood humor has missed the mark
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Has anyone else noticed the dramatic slide in the
quality of movie comedy in recent years? The outlook is a bit bleak but not
hopeless. The major success of two
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, February 7,2007
School movies with bite
Entertaining ways to get an education
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Mrs. Hart (Cate Blanchett), the new art teacher,
inspires one of her teenage male students in Notes
on a Scandal, but not in a good way. Female
teachers wh
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, January 31,2007
He’s paid his dues
Whitaker shines as despot, but he’s been stellar all along
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Forest Whitaker just received his first Oscar
nomination for Best Actor for his role as the evil dictator Idi Amin, who
ruled the nation of Uganda during the 19
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, January 24,2007
Three of the year's best
This month, skip the cineplex and rent these great flicks from ’06
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January is traditionally the worst month for movies.
Hollywood releases its best product at the end of the year, then dumps the
junk in January. With awards sea
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, January 17,2007
Children of the future
The sun may come up tomorrow, but it won’t be pretty
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Children of Men shows us a
future in which all women have become infertile. It also shows us a future
without maids and janitors. Will the world in the year 202
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Wednesday, January 10,2007
Broadway’s best and worst
Few musicals make a graceful transition to the big screen
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What has happened to the musical genre? We used to
get peppy children singing and dancing on mountains, or women trying to
wash men out of their hair. Now it
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