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Convicted Pussy Riot members receive delay in appeal
The three members of Pussy Riot who were convicted in August of "hooliganism" received a delay in their appeal after one of the members fired her lawyers...
´Real World: Sesame Street´
A few weeks ago, I reviewed The Book of Mormon. Most people probably think that that musical’s profane, hilariously irreverent worldview sprang solely from the warped minds of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. And while Parker and Stone certainly ...
Too many Ds
When you remake a movie that originally starred Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider, it’s not a challenge to clear the bar that was set. Limbo-ing beneath it, however, would require a shrink-ray gun. So it is the faintest of all possible praises to say that Dredd 3D...
Heart and soul
Next to “Chopsticks,” “Heart and Soul” is probably the most recognizable and easily played piano tune in the Western world. You may remember it from its appearance in the movie Big when Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia danced it on the giant keyboard in the Manhattan FAO ...
Brand Xenu man
Writer/director/demigod of modern American cinema Paul Thomas Anderson — or PTA, as his peeps call him — has a filmography so stunning that merely making a very good movie means it’s his worst one yet. So, with a heavy heart comes the news that The Master isn’t ...
Colin Meloy’s dark, wild fantasy
When you think the name Colin Meloy, you think The Decemberists, the Grammy-nominated indie-rock band he has fronted for a decade. You think catchy, theatrically crafted songs and folk-rock that actually has an edge...
Large happenings for Big Gigantic
What sort of huge, raucous event could warrant switching the moniker of one the most iconic stages on the planet? Something Big Gigantic...
Why ‘Won’t Back Down’ should go back to school
The 34th richest person in the country, a conservative Christian and oil man, went and made a movie. Spoiler alert: It pushes conservative values and themes at the expense of depicting anything realistic...
Lingerie Football League: We fired some current NFL refs
Monday night's officiating by replacement NFL referees was quite possibly the worst of a bad three weeks. The refs' last-minute waffling and ultimately poor call handed the game to the Seattle Seahawks...
Emmy recap: Forget the awards. What about the show itself?
If the Broncos' performance Sunday afternoon wasn't painful enough, TV patted itself on the back for three hours last night in the annual Emmy awards...
Review: Lovable cops and terrifying cartels in ‘End of Watch’
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena are a new breed of L.A. cops in End of Watch, writes Alison Willmore for MovieLine, and they're facing a new breed of enemy...
