Movies
Audrey Tautou stars as Gabrielle Chanel, known as Coco, before she became famous.
ADVERSTISMENT
Disney’s lavish A Christmas Carol observes novel’s darker tone
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:45 a.m.
The new Disney A Christmas Carol advances motion-capture animation closer to photo-realism. Dazzling, ornate visuals take us to the snowy London of 1837, swooping over its digital rooftops and down its digital chimneys.
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Posted: November 6, 2009 5:41 a.m.
The Box PG-13 Cameron Diaz plays a teacher faced with a terrible choice: a box with a button that, if pushed, will bring her a million dollars but will also simultaneously take the life of someone she doesn’t know.
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ON FILM NLR hosts Warriors’ ‘World Premiere’
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:41 a.m.
If you missed the brothers Brent and Craig Renaud’s latest documentary Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing at the recent Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, you’ll have another chance Thursday at its theatrical “World Premiere” at the Lakewood 8 Theater in North Little Rock.
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REVIEW: The Men Who Stare at Goats
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:41 a.m.
The Men Who Stare at Goats 79 Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey Director: Grant Heslov Rating: R for language, some drug content and brief nudity Running time: 93 minutes “Wacky” isn’t George Clooney’s strong suit as an actor. But it’s always at least amusing to watch the suave, silky leading man let his freak flag fly.
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REVIEW: Coco Before Chanel
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:40 a.m.
Nobody wants to be Amelie forever. Not even Audrey Tautou, whose film career got vertical lift by portraying a wide-eyed gamine with a unique sense of justice in the 2001 French charmer.
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Box office
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:40 a.m.
The last time one of Michael Jackson’s tours played the United States was 1988. So perhaps it’s no surprise that This Is It, a documentary made from rehearsal footage for Jackson’s planned London concert series, did more than twice as much business internationally in its first five days as it did domestically.
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Film clips
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:39 a.m.
ASTRO BOY, PG A young robot with incredible powers, created by a brilliant scientist, learns the joys and emotions of being human and gains the strength to embrace his destiny. Animated. With voices of Freddie Highmore, Charlize Theron, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane; directed by David Bowers.
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HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:38 a.m.
Happy birthday. You have the remarkable and rare talent called “common sense.“ You’ll use it to grow rich and powerful. It’s a comfort to be needed and wanted through December.You’ll also appreciate the freedom you have in January. At work, you show versatility and range. A VIP takes notice and promotes you.
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HELPFUL HINTS
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:37 a.m.
DEAR HELOISE: I recently bought a house, and the linen closet in the hallway has a musty smell and damp feeling. I placed baking soda in it to absorb odor and dampness, but it’s not working. Help!
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Check your knowledge
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:37 a.m.
1. In the final race of horse racing’s Triple Crown, Afleet Alex won the Belmont by how many lengths, within two? 2. Identify the four words often printed on matchbook covers. 3. What leading sport originated in Springfield, Mass.? 4. What do most species of the lungfish do during the dry season?
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Screen gems
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:37 a.m.
Channel surfers can warm to some Gallic sizzle with French Gigolo, available on IFC’s video-on-demand platform. It stars Nathalie Baye as a cool, elegant TV personality.
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REVIEW: More Than a Game
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:36 a.m.
LeBron James was one of the world’s most worshipped 17-year-olds. By the time he was a senior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, he was traveling to games by plane, driving a Hummer to school and playing sold-out games in front of thousands of fans.
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REVIEW: Paris
Posted: November 6, 2009 5:36 a.m.
Overlong and with ambitions of grandeur, Cedric Klapisch’s enjoyable Paris is an attempt at Trollopean social archaeology that’s best received with a shrug and a smile. Just because it isn’t what it’s meant to be doesn’t mean you can’t savor its sun-dappled pictures of the French capital.
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Warrior Champions has theatrical 'World Premiere"
Posted: November 5, 2009 11:18 a.m.
If you missed the brothers Brent and Craig Renaud’s latest documentary Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing at the recent Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, you’ll have another chance Thursday at its theatrical “World Premiere” at the Lakewood 8 Theater in North Little Rock, says Philip Martin in his On Film column in Friday’s Movie Style.
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