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MovieStyle: Deja vu all over again
posted: 02/13/2014 11:34 a.m. Discuss
Yes, Robocop, Endless Love and About Last Night are all opening in Arkansas theaters this weekend. So are ’80s touchstones better the second time around?
Sid Caesar, TV comedy pioneer, dies at 91
posted: 02/13/2014 5:40 a.m. Discuss
Sid Caesar, the pioneer of TV comedy who paired with Imogene Coca in sketches that became classics and who inspired a generation of famous writers, died Wednesday. He was 91.
Shirley Temple, adored little star, dies at 85
posted: 02/12/2014 5:35 a.m. Discuss
Shirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide fame that no other child has reached, died Monday night at her home in Woodside, Calif.
PREVIEWS
posted: 02/07/2014 2:07 a.m. Discuss
New this week The Lego Movie 89 PG An ordinary, rules following, perfectly average Lego mini-figure (voice of Chris Pratt), mistakenly identified as the key to saving the world, joins a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
posted: 02/07/2014 2:06 a.m. Discuss
(opening dates are tentative) RoboCop, PG-13 Joel Kinnaman plays the title character in this remake: A loving husband, father and good cop in Detroit, circa 2028, who, when felled in the line of duty, is resurrected as a cyborg crime fighter with new abilities — and plenty of issues.
REVIEW: The Monuments Men
posted: 02/07/2014 2:05 a.m. Discuss
The real-life mission described in The Monuments Men is so fascinating that it’s easy to forgive the movie for some jarring shifts in tone and a sense that there’s a greater tale yet to be told.
HOME MOVIES
posted: 02/07/2014 2:03 a.m. Discuss
About Time, directed by Richard Curtis (R, 123 minutes) This snappy, self-deprecating and ultimately sentimental fantasy from the director of 1999’s Notting Hill and 2003’s Love, Actually concerns Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson, son of Irish actor Brendan Gleeson) who, at the age of 21, learns he has inherited a trait shared by the men in his British family: the ability to travel through time.
REVIEW: The Lego Movie
posted: 02/07/2014 2:02 a.m. Discuss
It’s oddly refreshing when a movie intended to sell toys winds up being thoroughly delightful on its own. The folks behind The Lego Movie have apparently forgotten that they’re supposed to be making a 90-minute commercial for the Danish plastic-brick maker, and no one’s complaining.
ON FILM: Woody as MONSTER
posted: 02/07/2014 2 a.m. Discuss
Woody Allen has been much in the news lately — over last weekend, conflicting statements were issued.
No slowdown for Ride Along
posted: 02/07/2014 1:57 a.m. Discuss
Ride Along, the buddy comedy with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, led the U.S. and Canadian box office for a third weekend, collecting about $12 million in sales for Universal Pictures on the traditionally slow Super Bowl weekend.
ON CHRISTIANITY
posted: 02/07/2014 1:55 a.m. Discuss
DEAR REV. GRAHAM: I’m really scared because I’m due to get out of jail in a couple of months, and I know I don’t have what it takes to stay out of trouble.
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
posted: 02/07/2014 1:54 a.m. Discuss
Happy birthday. This is the month when you are in your power, so ask for what you want. Your manner of dealing with stress changes this year, and the new, healthier coping mechanisms lead to a happy event in March.
Film clips
posted: 02/07/2014 1:53 a.m. Discuss
At area theaters 89 AMERICAN HUSTLE, R A rogue FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) forces a brilliant con man (Christian Bale) and his equally cunning and seductive “British” partner (Amy Adams) into an enchanting but dangerous world of Jersey power brokers and mobsters. (138 minutes )
Public and private views of Philip Seymour Hoffman
posted: 02/07/2014 1:52 a.m. Discuss
Six years ago, Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for a supporting actor Academy Award for Charlie Wilson’s War.
HELPFUL HINTS
posted: 02/07/2014 1:51 a.m. Discuss
DEAR READER: We all know that children in cars can be a potential hazard if we don’t take care and think about safety. Here are just a few hints to help you make it safer for you and your children : Always buckle up every passenger in the car, every time.