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SERIES The IFC Media Project: In the series premiere, "Taboos," political commentator Tucker Carlson leads discussion of news taboos and issues the media cannot stop discussing. (5 and 8 p.m. IFC). The Biggest Loser: Families: The contestants participate...Tags: Lawrence Kasdan, Sam Peckinpah, Dick van Dyke, CBS Corp., NBC
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'The Spiderwick Chronicles' (a fantasy adventure) -- 3 stars
Special to the TribuneWarping popular books into nearly unrecognizable forms is a grand old tradition in Hollywood, where few novels make it to the screen even remotely intact. But while Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's best-selling series, "The Spiderwick Chronicles," hasn't...Tags: James Horner, Movies, Books and Magazines, Nick Nolte, John Sayles
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The week's best bets for kids
"Big Fat Liar": Jason (Frankie Muniz) and his best friend (Amanda Bynes) travel to Los Angeles after sleazy producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) turns Jason's school story into a movie. Jason told his parents about Wolf, but they didn't believe him --...Tags: Tom Arnold, Amanda Bynes, Selena, Drew Barrymore, Dick van Dyke
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'The Spiderwick Chronicles'
gene.seymour@newsday.comAs movie fantasies go, "The Spiderwick Chronicles" has a modest, almost ramshackle aggressiveness that, against all odds, manages to enchant, if not exactly transport. The movie nicely appropriates the unassuming, yet companionable tone of the series of...Tags: Movies, Martin Short, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, John Sayles
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Movie Review: 'The Spiderwick Chronicles'
Motion picture studios are always looking for the next great film franchise. It is one thing to have a movie that generates big bucks. But, movies with sequels are money in the bank again and again.
The search has ended for Paramount. The studio has...Tags: Movies, Illnesses, Mary-Louise Parker, Paramount, Mental Illness
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Made in Maryland
Absolute Power (1997)
Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...Tags: Tom Arnold, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Lee Tamahori, Denzel Washington
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'Spiderwick' Web Snares Four
Zap2It.comAn assortment of familiar faces are making their way to Paramount's adaptation of "The Spiderwick Chronicles." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Martin Short and Joan Plowright are in negotiations to give the Mark...Tags: Andrew McCarthy, Martin Short, Mary-Louise Parker, Paramount, Nick Nolte
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Movie review: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont'
Tribune movie critic2 stars (out of four) Joan Plowright got through "Last Action Hero" and "Dennis the Menace" without smudging her reputation, and in a near fatally genteel mode "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" won't dent it, either. In this adaptation of the 1971 novel,...Tags: Wilmette, Movies
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Movie review: Curious George'
Tribune arts criticmmx-060210-movies-review-george You can say several things in favor of "Curious George," a mild off-season cinematic bid for the young and the restless. The movie, a G-rated, 86-minute affair, isn't glib or assaultive in the "Shrek" vein, though Joe...Tags: Jack Johnson, Movies, Drew Barrymore, Dick van Dyke, Ron Howard
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George is curiously unfunny
STAFF WRITER"I have to confess," said the woman seated to my right, with apparent discomfort, "I never really liked 'Curious George' as a kid." Harrumph. Only a curmudgeon or a prematurely jaded kindergartner could dislike "Curious George." When I was a kid, he...Tags: Jack Johnson, Movies, Universal Orlando, Macy's, Drew Barrymore
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Warmth that goes on and on
STAFF WRITERYou can't assess the true value to its audience of a movie like "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont," in cinematic terms. Rather, it should be appraised for its ability to make people's insides all gooey and warm like cocoa and gingerbread on a cold, stormy...Tags: Movies, Elizabeth Taylor
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'Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont'
Times Staff WriterIn "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont," Joan Plowright plays an elderly widow who moves to London in search of culture, like minds and the company of her only grandson, Desmond. But the elegant hotel she anticipated turns out to be a shabby pensioners home,...Tags: Virginia, Movies, Jean-Paul Sartre, International Business Machines Corporation, Elizabeth Taylor
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