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“Expelled” Promotes Intriguing Intelligent Design Dialogue
(Friday, April 18, 2008)
Christa Banister
If those who write off intelligent design as nothing more than conservative, right-wing rhetoric would...
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Chan and Li Unite in an Action-Packed “Forbidden Kingdom”
(Friday, April 18, 2008)
Lisa Rice
The Forbidden Kingdom brings together for the first time ever, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Despite...
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"88 Minutes" Stops Short of Satisfaction
(Friday, April 18, 2008)
Christian Hamaker
88 Minutes doesn’t offer much to recommend. Like the Diane Lane thriller Untraceable from...
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Faith Plays a Part in “The Life Before Her Eyes”
(Friday, April 18, 2008)
Christian Hamaker
The Life Before Her Eyes suggests potent themes, but settles for a surface resolution that feels...
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Formulaic "Prom Night" Provides More Laughs Than Terror
(Friday, April 11, 2008)
Christa Banister
If you’re squeamish about blood, there’s little to worry about there in Prom Night, a remake of...
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You Wouldn’t Think "Smart People" Could Be So Dumb
(Friday, April 11, 2008)
Stephen McGarvey
With the success of quirky, independent comedies like Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, expect...
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"Street Kings" Is a Royal Waste of Time
(Friday, April 11, 2008)
Christian Hamaker
Based on a screenplay co-written by James Ellroy, Street Kings is a punishing film that wastes...
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"Speed Racer" Has Low Impact Despite Spectacular Effects
(Friday, May 09, 2008)
Directed by the Wachowski brothers—the duo behind the Matrix trilogy—Speed Racer is another visual wonder, but it’s doubtful its impact on future films will come anywhere close to that of the Matrix films.
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"What Happens in Vegas" Should've Stayed in Vegas
(Friday, May 09, 2008)
With a threadbare plot straight out of a sitcom, What Happens in Vegas is not only the worst commercial for Sin City in a while, but the comedy is so insipid and low-brow you would’ve thought the script was penned by a junior-high boy.
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Better Luck Next Time for “Iron Man”
(Friday, May 02, 2008)
During a preview screening, squeals upon the first full look at Iron Man were a resounding signal as to what the audience had come to see—not Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. No, this man of steel—"titanium alloy" Stark specifies—is the star of the show.
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“Made of Honor” Glamorizes Sex without Commitment
(Friday, May 02, 2008)
Made of Honor is basically the equivalent of 1997’s My Best Friend’s Wedding. But instead of Julia Roberts doing all the scheming, we’ve got Patrick Dempsey as the single guy who doesn’t realize what he’s got until it’s (almost) gone.
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Big Laughs but Troubling Morality in “Baby Mama”
(Friday, April 25, 2008)
Former Saturday Night Live star and screenwriter (of Mean Girls) Tina Fey has perfected the role of a successful working woman who longs for a baby in her role as Liz Lemon on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. Now Fey finds similar success with Baby Mama.
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“The Visitor” Certainly Doesn’t Overstay Its Welcome
(Friday, April 25, 2008)
Instead of opting for the oh-so-informative documentary or an intense political thriller to address the hot-button topic of illegal immigration, The Visitor goes straight for the heart with an emotionally compelling drama.
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Piano Man by Billy Joel. It is about people with broken pasts and no future. They're sharing a...
5/16/2008 9:58:45 PM
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Sergio Mendes--Timeless Long live Samba
5/16/2008 7:13:35 PM
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I know this is a long shot, but was it possibly from a youth holiday musical called I Was A Teen...
5/16/2008 6:54:43 PM
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Not too many CCMers have done it in its purest form. But yeah, the first 2 Starflyer 59 records a...
5/16/2008 6:14:50 PM
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No, however I thought that the OP was looking for current artists instead. The OP said that he li...
5/16/2008 5:43:07 PM
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