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Too good to win
Imiss Hillary Clinton already. Not her creepy laugh, or the way she tried to bring back the pantsuit, or that point-clap-nod thing she does at rallies as if she's Chris Penn learning to dance in "Footloose." Hillary is fading so fast in the Democratic...Tags: Paul Newman, Facebook, Bill Murray, Elections, Reese Witherspoon
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The witty side of global warming
Daniel Gold and Judith Helfand's lively "Everything's Cool" charts the struggle of environmental activists to get out the message about the dire and increasingly imminent consequences of global warming in the face of a steadfast misinformation policy on...Tags: Paul Revere, Garden Grove, Global Change, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Movies
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Hall Sees Life From 'The Dead Zone'
Zap2It.comFans of USA Network's "The Dead Zone" have had to be very patient people. Eleven episodes aired last summer, and then one new episode aired at Christmastime, but that was it until the show's 11-episode fifth season premieres tonight. "I can't believe it,...Tags: Washington, Sean Penn, Anthony Michael Hall, Patricia Arquette, John Hughes
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Movie review: 'Memory of a Killer'
Tribune movie critic3½ stars (out of four) Jan Decleir—a Belgian actor who has the rugged, bitterly savvy demeanor of great gangster movie stars like Humphrey Bogart or Lee Marvin—plays a hit man afflicted with Alzheimer's disease in the new Belgian thriller "The Memory...Tags: Sony Corp., Tony Bennett, Diseases, Celebrity, Humphrey Bogart
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'GTA' triumphs with few faults
Special to the TribuneNo game has defined this generation of consoles and video gamers -- like the 2001 "Grand Theft Auto 3" for the PlayStation 2. Until its under-the-radar release, most PS2 games came across as updates of earlier software with better visuals. But "GTA"...Tags: Assault, Gang Activity, Samuel L. Jackson, Los Angeles, Chuck D
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'Corky Romano'
Special to The TimesWhile all too many recent "comedies" are so in stated purpose only, "Corky Romano" truly makes you laugh. At its best it recalls the animated antics of a Jerry Lewis escapade, the pratfall follies of a Buster Keaton flick and Rowan Atkinson's outsized...Tags: FBI, Jerry Lewis, Buster Keaton, Lisa Brown, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia)
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'Murder by Numbers'
Times Staff WriterThink of "Murder by Numbers" as a classic 1940s double bill uneasily contained within the confines of a single motion picture. The A-picture at the top of the bill is a fairly standard star vehicle like those that used to be specially tailored for Joan...Tags: Barbara Stanwyck, Crimes, Murder, Celebrity, Juvenile Delinquency
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Fall Movie Preview
The Hartford CourantBetween the end of summer and the edge of winter and the holiday season, the movies shrink. The budgets are lower; the weekend totals dip. As young acolytes await the second coming of Harry Potter on Nov. 15 and older fans count the days until Pierce...Tags: Mark Wahlberg, Cary Grant, Jackie Chan, Brett Ratner, Djimon Hounsou
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'Stealing Harvard'
Times Staff Writer"Stealing Harvard" is an act of grand theft--the way it wastes your time is a crime. It's so bad that you have to wonder whether Tom Green was looking for a project to match last year's "Freddy Got Fingered," which he directed and which ended up on many...Tags: Leslie Mann, Crimes, Jason Lee, Financial Aid, Theft
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Movie review, 'Murder by Numbers'
At long last Sandra Bullock doesn't feel the need to be completely lovable - which makes her eminently more appealing. Bullock's recent roles, whether silly ("Miss Congeniality") or somber ("28 Days," "Hope Floats"), have been undermined by the actress'...Tags: Crimes, Murder, Celebrity, Police, Ryan Gosling
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Killing time
Rockstar Games had a problem: How could it possibly top what had become its most wildly popular title, 2002's millions-selling Grand Theft Auto: Vice City? Well, consider this problem solved. Rockstar has outdone itself with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas....Tags: Minority Groups, Defense, Gang Activity, Samuel L. Jackson, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Boniol puts foot down
Tribune staff reporterIt fluttered toward the uprights in an elapsed time of about 10 minutes, more than enough time for an entire football team's throats to close up, its coaches' hearts to constrict and a beleaguered kicker to watch his life and maybe a few others pass...Tags: San Diego Chargers, Curtis Conway, Bobby Engram, Basketball, Football
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