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    Dave Matthews digs into his dark inner child
    Although Dave Matthews' face is never seen in the new movie "Joshua," he plays a crucial role in the spooky film, writing the song the demented...
    Hi, I'm Frank and I'm an alcoholic hitman in "You Kill Me"
    This week at the movies, Ben Kingsley is funnier than Robin Williams. Does this mean that the world has gone all topsy-turvy, and next we'll...
    Actors work hard for first-time scripter in "Snow Cake"
    Popular at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival, where it was the Golden Space Needle runner-up for best actress (Sigourney Weaver...
    "Fido" is a dog of another kind
    Even as an insatiable zombiephile, I wanted to chew my own arm off well before the end credits for "Fido" rolled. Andrew Currie's spoof is...
    Wizard's other job: Driving Miss Evie
    "Driving Lessons" Sony: We've watched Ron Weasley grow up from gangly, geeky kid to gangly, geeky teen as one of boy wizard Harry Potter's...
    No bells for this "License to Wed"
    "Marriage is like sticking your tongue on a frozen flagpole," explains Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) at the start of the limp comedy "License...
    Opened Netflix envelopes, broken bonds
    Kurt Rieschick can't stop cheating on his boyfriend. He knows it's wrong, but sometimes David works odd hours. And Rieschick gets lonely...
    Travel costs Nepal goddess a title
    A 10-year-old Nepalese girl was stripped of her title as a living goddess because she traveled overseas to promote a documentary about the...
    Hollywood's big summer turns ho-hum as movie attendance drags
    While the three May blockbusters have combined for nearly $1 billion in domestic revenue, overall business and movie attendance are well below the record pace many show business types had expected.
    Cars are the stars of "Transformers" movie
    It's more than meets the eye for GM and its 4 "Transformers"
    "Transformers" morphs from action to humor
    You can see the fingerprints of both director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg all over "Transformers," an often-mesmerizing...
    Illuminating the dark side of human nature
    In the living room of his cozy home in the hills above Los Angeles, Werner Herzog has a quiver of brightly colored arrows from a tribe of...
    Die hardheaded? Aging action-hero stars hang on
    "I'm too old to jump out of cars," laments John McClane in "Live Free or Die Hard. " He kind of had to get out, what with the assault of...
    Movie critic Siegel noted for wit, spirit
    Joel Siegel, a longtime movie critic for WABC-TV and "Good Morning America," died Friday after a long battle against colon cancer, ABC said...
    Actor doesn't feel the magic of Harry Potter's first on-screen kiss
    First kisses can be tricky. Even for Harry Potter. Daniel Radcliffe ...e star of the Harry Potter series — said Friday while...
    "Walking to Werner" could use a better sense of direction
    As "Walking to Werner" begins, Seattle-based filmmaker Linas Phillips readily admits that he can't fully envision the film he's trying to...
    "Sicko" may raise your blood pressure
    Of course: Michael Moore opens "Sicko" with one of George W. Bush's most hilarious bon mots—the one about OB/GYNs not being able to...
    The drama behind Broadway in "ShowBusiness"
    The 2003-'04 Broadway theater season was bustling, unpredictable. It had song and dance, hope and heartbreak. It had Rosie O'Donnell. So what else is...
    Pixar cooks up the perfect "Ratatouille"
    How good, and how much fun, is "Ratatouille"? So good that when it was over, all I wanted to do was watch it again. And how rare is this...
    Redgrave, Streep star with daughters: "It's natural. It's just them"
    Lajos Koltai's "Evening" boasts a powerhouse cast—appropriately fitting the movie's theme of families and generations, two...
    Bright "Evening" stars shine in uneven drama
    There's a rambling poetry to Susan Minot's novel "Evening," in which Ann Lord, a 65-year-old woman in the last stages of cancer, looks back...
    Why Marky Mark is now Mr. Wahlberg
    "Shooter" (Paramount): Mark Wahlberg continues his decent run, following up on last year's solid sports hit "The Invincible" and his Academy...
    Another loverly series with "My Fair Audrey"
    Those who enjoyed last summer's delightful Audrey Hepburn film series have another treat in store: Seattle Art Museum begins another Hepburn...
    Tom Cruise's new role raises ire in Berlin
    Two hot-button issues in Germany ...e Nazi era and Scientology — are being pushed simultaneously by a new film in which Tom...
    Actor Tom Sizemore gets a break with sentence reduction
    Tom Sizemore's prison sentence for violating probation was cut dramatically from 16 months, although he still faces a possible 6-year term.
    Casting of Scientologist Tom Cruise as German resistance hero raising ire in Berlin
    Two hot-button issues in Germany — the Nazi era and Scientology — are being pushed simultaneously by a new film...
    "Mighty Heart" casting stirs debate over race
    In "A Mighty Heart," we've got Angelina Jolie, American, pale of skin and plump of lip, playing the part of the real-life Mariane Pearl...

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