Pregnant Pause

May 8, 2008 by

The newest edition to the recent slew of pregnancy comedies, "Baby Mama" stars Tina Fey as Kate Holbrook, a career woman who (much like real life) occupies a position of power in a business run mainly...
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Like Eating Glass

March 6, 2008 by

As Philip Glass took the stage Sunday night, Campbell Hall was packed and the body heat of the hushed audience was rising. Glass, a soft-spoken man with an absent-minded professor appeal, emerged to a...
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All That Glitters

February 14, 2008 by

Sometimes watching a really awful movie can provoke an audience member to ask deep, philosophical questions. After watching 10 minutes of a Jheri-curled, orange, shirtless Matthew McConaughey in the u...
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Oh, Angie

February 7, 2008 by

In the bitter cold outside the Arlington on Saturday night, a mob of reporters, onlookers, film festival attendees and random bystanders verged on hysteria. It was 7:40 p.m. and Angelina Jolie was now...
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The Real Ryan

January 31, 2008 by

It is a scientific fact that the astonishingly talented actor Ryan Gosling causes one of two reactions in females: He either renders them speechless or makes them shriek uncontrollably. Waiting in the...
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Oh, Stevie!

October 18, 2007 by

Before last Thursday night's performance at Campbell Hall, I thought that Steve Tyrell might be a good jazz singer.
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Wild West

October 11, 2007 by

Kanye West is back with his third album in four years, and he wastes no time announcing, "This is my dissertation / Homie this shit is basic / Welcome to graduation." And so we descend into one of the...
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God Save the King

October 4, 2007 by

In "King Of California," a bug-eyed, grubby Michael Douglas tries and fails to channel Don Quijote, succeeding only at creating a misguided, self-conscious attempt at quirky indie comedy. .
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Magnetic Mariane

June 27, 2007 by

The latest depressing pseudo-documentary about current affairs, the Angelina Jolie vehicle, "A Mighty Heart," opens with shots of a sprawling, overwhelming cityscape.
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Guy Meets Girl

May 31, 2007 by

In "Once Upon a Time," one of the most sincere and moving films to be released this year, two characters - simply called Guy and Girl - discover their mutual musical abilities in a guitar and piano sh...
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Big Jazz From The Big Easy

May 3, 2007 by

When Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra took the stage last Friday, the normally stodgy Campbell Hall crowd got a little funky.
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Against the Grind

April 26, 2007 by

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double feature, "Grindhouse," an exuberant tribute to the lowbrow exploitation cinema of the seventies, begins with a preview of a kitten in neon colors and a ...
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Powerful Poetry

April 26, 2007 by

Internationally acclaimed poet Mary Oliver exuded her trademark quiet spirituality when she sat down for a question-and-answer session in the Multicultural Center after her sold-out reading at Campbel...
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