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Going for the cheap laugh
The new season is barely underway, and already prime time needs a cold shower. Penis jokes arrive in a pair of grating new series, "Tucker" on NBC and "Yes, Dear" on CBS, which air at kid-friendly 8:30 p.m. (7:30 Central time). This groinspeak...Tags: ABC (tv network), Katey Sagal, Television, Comedy (genre), Personal Service
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Movie review, 'White Oleander'
"White Oleander," a polyurethane blossom from modern Los Angeles, is a movie that really nags your conscience. It's a faithful, well-produced, well-cast version of an often moving and perceptive novel by Janet Fitch about a young girl's painful odyssey...Tags: Trout, Bette Midler, Todd Haynes, Peter Kosminsky, Drama (genre)
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'White Oleander'
Times Staff WriterA double sense of loss runs through the film version of Janet Fitch's bestselling novel, "White Oleander," a feeling of absence that is partly appropriate and partly not. What's intended is the loss felt by young Astrid Magnussen, suddenly thrust into...Tags: Billy Connolly, Peter Kosminsky, Janet Fitch, Cole Hauser, Celebrity Parents
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Fall back into your seats
Tribune Staff ReportersNow that the summer of sequels finally has ended, Hollywood has a message for adults: It's safe to get back in the theaters again. The fall always looks great from a Labor Day perspective as the studios and indie distributors prepare to unveil their...Tags: Sanaa Lathan, John Malkovich, Ron Eldard, Colin Firth, Salma Hayek
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Movie review: 'Big Fish'
Tribune Movie Critic3-1/2 stars (out of 4) Sometimes the stuff of pathos is better conveyed through lightness and fantasy than through the grim, hard facts. In the whimsical "Big Fish," that beguiling fantasist Tim Burton takes a painful subject -- an estranged son's...Tags: Steve Buscemi, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito
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Summer of same
Tribune movie reporterThe sequels and franchise flicks scored big last summer, so what do we get? More of the same this year. Check out the titles, and you might conclude that this is the year of the colon. But don't be fooled by the amount of noise generated by the highest-...Tags: John Malkovich, Sexual Assault, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Jennifer Aniston, Harrison Ford
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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: Sanaa Lathan, John Malkovich, Salma Hayek, Ron Eldard, Susan Sarandon
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True knockouts need an emotional punch
Special to The TimesBeware any movie that wears its art on its sleeve. That advice, however, is rarely heeded by Oscar voters, who are all too easily impressed by vaulting ambition and precious, highfalutin technique. It's understandable that they might be inclined to...Tags: Ralph Fiennes, Sam Mendes, Drama (genre), Children, Literature
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