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'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Zap2ItA series of graphic novels comes to life as title hero Scott ( Michael Cera) endures a lot for love in this purposely fantastical comedy-adventure. He has a new romantic interest ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but to win her heart, he literally must...Tags: Superman (fictional character), Brandon Routh, Michael Cera, Chris Evans, Entertainment
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'Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue'
Zap2ItIndeed, Peter Pan's magical companion tries to save others of her kind in this animated, direct-to-video Disney fantasy. Current "Parenthood" co-star Mae Whitman - also heard in "Tinker Bell" and "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" - reprises the voice of...Tags: Raven-Symone, Frost Nixon (movie), Jesse McCartney, Michael Sheen, Lucy Liu
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'The Jungle Book 2'
Times Staff WriterSince its 1967 release, Disney has reissued "The Jungle Book," inspired by Rudyard Kipling's stories, many times and even made a live-action, direct-to-video sequel in 1998. At last it has produced a big-screen, animated sequel, "The Jungle Book 2," a...Tags: Animals, Jim Cummings, Phil Collins, Entertainment, Robert B. Sherman
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The Gingerbread Man
FOR THE TIMESFriday January 23, 1998 If there were a movie god, to whom so many fledgling actors and screenwriters regularly pray, he would not have had Robert Altman direct a John Grisham thriller like "The Gingerbread Man," or had Clint Eastwood direct a...Tags: John Grisham, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Berenger, Embeth Davidtz
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One Fine Day
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday December 20, 1996 Nothing says more about the many ways the American family is disappearing than the zeal with which Hollywood has zeroed in on the results. "First Wives Club" and its revenge of the original spouse scenario touched a nerve,...Tags: George Clooney, Health, Entertainment, Natalie Merchant, Charles Durning
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Hope Floats
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday May 29, 1998 "Hope Floats" has a terrific opening. Tempted by the offer of a free make-over, a Chicago housewife and mother (Sandra Bullock) goes on a Jerry Springer-type TV show (hosted by a deliciously unctuous Kathy Najimy) only to be...Tags: Television, Gena Rowlands, Norman Rockwell, Rosanna Arquette, Entertainment
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'An American Rhapsody'
Times Film Critic"An American Rhapsody" is the most heartfelt of movies, and how could it be otherwise? The emotional, stranger-than-fiction true story it's based on is that of its writer-director, Eva Gardos. Made with care and respect, "American Rhapsody" manages to...Tags: Colleen Camp, Nastassja Kinski, Hungary, Scarlett Johansson, Entertainment
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Movie review, 'The Jungle Book 2'
The statute of limitations on sequels apparently is quite long, for 35 years after releasing "The Jungle Book," Disney has made a follow-up. It's a simple and easily digestible film, one that recalls Disney's roots rather than tending toward the...Tags: Adults, Haley Joel Osment, Children, Entertainment, John Goodman
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'Going Shopping'
Times Staff Writer"Going Shopping" is yet another idiosyncratic comedy collaboration between Henry Jaglom and his wife, star and co-writer Victoria Foyt, and, with "Eating" and "Babyfever" it completes an informal trilogy that treats women's anxieties over food, motherhood...Tags: Lee Grant, Mother's Day, Bruce Davison, Entertainment, Jennifer Grant
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TV Gal Deals with All the Drama
Zap2It.comI'm back from vacation and before I get to today's column, I would like to have a little tete-a-tete with the world of television. It's nice that you missed me. Really it is. But do you really need to be so dramatic every time I go away? Let's take a...Tags: Lost (tv program), Television, Literature, 90210 (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company
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TV Gal Heals Old Wounds
Zap2It.comLet the healing begin. Allow me to tell you a story: It's a simple tale of girl meets TV show. Girl falls in love with TV show. Girl feels betrayed by TV show. Girl forgives TV show and decides to give show another chance. Once upon a time there was a...Tags: Television, 90210 (tv program), Taye Diggs, Prison Break (tv program), Arrested Development (tv program)
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'Arrested' Actress 'Not Like Everyone Else'
Zap2It.comOn FOX's critically acclaimed but sadly departed "Arrested Development," Alia Shawkat enchanted fans and critics alike with her smart, funny performance as Maeby Funke, a scarily precocious teenager who often was the most level-headed member of the...Tags: Television, Police Arrests, Fox Broadcasting Company, Entertainment, JAG (tv program)
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