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• Our Hospitality

  

  Buster Keaton was one of the great comics of the silent era of the cinema. Known for his stoneface, his deadpan delivery, and his daring stunts done without... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• True Grit

  

  In 1969 John Wayne won his sole Acadamy Award for portraying Rooster Cogburn, a slovenly one-eyed U.S. Marshall in the enormously sucessful True Grit which... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Everything Must Go

  

  Will Ferrell plays an alcoholic salesman who has recently relapsed on a business trip and been fired from his job as a result of it. When he returns to his hous... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Meek's Cutoff

  

  We see the covered wagons pass across the screen in the dry, arid, and unforgiving terrain. It is 1845 and three families are travelling the Oregon Trail led... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Beaver

  

  In a role possibly mirroring his recent well publicized struggles, Mel Gibson plays a once successful and once happy CEO of toy company who now wallows in... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Paul Simon Live at The Chicago Theater

  

  Paul Simon is the quintessential songwriter of the 20th Century, having devised some of the most beautiful and memorable songs over the last six decades. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• Metropolis

  

  All modern sci-fi films, particularly Star Wars and Blade Runner, owe a debt of gratitude to Metropolis, Fritz Lang's silent classic from 1927. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Next Three Days

  

  A couple is out for dinner after the wife has had an argument with her boss. The next day, the police are serving a warrant and arresting her for murdering her... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Studio 42 with Bob Costas: Bob Feller

  

  Bob Feller was a larger than life legend and extremely important to the city of Cleveland. When he died late last year I wanted to write something about him. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wings of Desire

  

  Two angels sit atop of Berlin, where they take in the thoughts of the many walking below. They also walk among them, offering reassurance or maybe some kind of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Amélie

  

  When Amelie was released it was a huge success, especially for an art film, garnering critical and audience praise while being nominated for five Academy... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Great Train Robbery

  

  The opening narration tells us everything we need to know: In 1855, there had never been a robbery of a moving train and the very first one was an extremely... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Exorcist

  

  is a film that puts all modern horror films to shame. Having not seen the movie since grade school, I remembered it as being strictly about the exorcism... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mesrine: Killer Instinct

  

  The infamous French gangster Jacques Mesrine's life can be summarized in the first scene of the film, which acts as a window into the complicated, violent, and... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Thor

  

  This is your usual superhero fodder. In another realm lives a group of warriors who defend the good on earth in their time of need and are currently at peace... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Lady from Shanghai

  

  Orson Welles was an uncompromising creative genius with a distinct visual style and feel for the camera. He often clashed with the studio heads over how his... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Waste Land

  

  Vik Muniz was born in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and was able to rise out of the squalor and establish himself as one of the foremost contemporary artists of... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams

  

  Werner Herzog is an enigmatic and masterful filmmaker who often bemoans the state of film and how movies are devoid of unique and interesting images. So in... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Casino Jack

  

  The movie opens with superlobbyist Jack Abramoff dropping his daughter off at school and receiving a call from his partner that he is about to be arrested on... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Dirty Dozen

  

  When reviewing war films, Roger Ebert often likes to quote Francois Truffaut as a segue into his critique by saying, "it's not possible to make an anti-war... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES