“The Men Who Stare at Goats” is probably the most unlikely film that can justifiably lay claim to the phrase “based on a true story.” The film, which opens Friday and stars George Clooney, …
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I’d like to congratulate the filmmakers responsible for “Paranormal Activity.” You made a bad movie, but you didn’t spend a lot of money doing it.
Normally, someone would have to spend at …
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If I’d been better at math in high school, I probably would have become a scientist.
When I was young, I was obsessed with cosmology and paleontology, which is a fancy way of saying I was really …
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If you’re still trying to come up with the perfect Halloween costume — something that will strike fear into even the hardest hearts — here is a suggestion.
Be a clown.
Franklin …
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People in Alabama understand obsessions, but most people’s obsessions here involve football.
Some dedicate entire rooms to their favorite football teams. They build shrines to the Auburn Tigers …
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As my favorite TV doctor is fond of saying, everybody lies. But what if everybody didn’t lie?
Take that a step further. What if nobody ever lied? That’s the premise of a film opening this …
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What part of “There can be only one” is so difficult to understand?
I’m guessing it’s the “only one” part, otherwise I wouldn’t have read a press release Tuesday announcing a remake …
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I learned a lot from Patrick Swayze, like “It’s my way or the highway,” “Pain don’t hurt,” “Be nice until it’s time to not be nice” and, most importantly, “Nobody puts Baby in a …
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You can’t get better truth in labeling than “Stunt Rock.”
An Australian stuntman comes to Los Angeles and meets a rock band. Lots of stunts and rock ensue. And yes, things blow …
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I awakened Monday morning to a great disturbance, as if millions of fanboys cried out in terror and were suddenly making their displeasure known on a thousand Internet message boards.
That’s …
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