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TBS’ turkey spoils season of giving with stupidity

Libby Fry • November 20, 2003

Granted there's not a lot of high expectations for a made-for-TV, low-budget, holiday-themed movie, but when "Reunion" manages to fail on the levels of both simply providing one genuine laugh and managing to spend 10 minutes on the holiday mentioned in...

Stone revisits theories in ‘JFK’ update

Libby Fry • November 20, 2003

It's quite possible to disagree with his politics or his theories, but the presentation of Garrison and Stone's beliefs are absolutely mesmerizing and get an even more detailed explanation with a just-released two-disc director's cut that adds in even...

Area venues provide late night diversions

November 20, 2003

Frequently, showings of cult classics bring the same audiences back to midnight movies over and over.
The people of Milwaukee have embraced midnight movies with open arms. Showings at the Oriental Theatre and Times Cinema have brought audiences out in...

Salt Creek adds flavor

[email protected] • November 20, 2003

If you had to classify Salt Creek's music, bluegrass would be the tag that fits best. However, the "new-fangled" aspect comes into play with Salt Creek's incorporation of drums, electric instruments and funk elements to the normal bluegrass sound.
Salt...

Reformers of past get due at MAM

Heather Leszczewicz • November 20, 2003

"The design reform movement is of the late 1800s to early 1900s, which was a time in history where art had been subjected to machines as industrialism rose," said Nonie Gadsden, the curator of the exhibit and associate curator of decorative arts for the...

Hip-hop shakes negative views with lessons, dance

Bridget Thoreson • November 18, 2003

Most people wouldn't expect lectures and workshops at a hip-hop event. But these were the focus of "Hip-hop for Social Change: Demystifying the Movement." The conference, held Nov. 16, featured education about hip-hop during the afternoon and a hip-hop...

‘Nemo’ swims into success

Lydia Cox • November 13, 2003

After an early separation in the film, "Nemo" follows two divergent storylines. The young Nemo (Alexander Gould) has been hauled off from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office where he is destined to become the next gift/victim for the...

Sundance darling succeeds

Tim Lowery • November 13, 2003

Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage, "Living in Oblivion"), a pensive, introverted dwarf, inherits a train depot from his recently deceased model train shop coworker. Herein the story takes off, with Fin, the ultimate outsider, entering a desolate town and all...

Ferrell brings charm to entertaining ‘Elf’

[email protected] • November 13, 2003

Like most children's movies, logic must be suspended to enjoy "Elf's" story and humor. There are plot holes, yes, but kids aren't looking for flaws in the script — they're looking for burp jokes and gags about revolving doors and midgets, all of...

DVD collection praises Jonze

Kyle Carritt • November 13, 2003

Volume 1 of Palm Pictures' "Directors Label" doesn't pinpoint the origin of this innovative and influential talent, admittedly a difficult task given how enigmatic and soft-spoken the director is during interviews.
The collection, however, surveys an...

Works in progress

[email protected] • November 13, 2003

"Open Canvas," sponsored by the William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising and Design, is an event that allows art collectors and people who just love art to watch artists — mainly painters — create works on 36-inch by 54-inch sections of canvas....

‘Calling’ rings false for ‘Buffy’ refugee

[email protected] • November 13, 2003

Dushku, the former Faith from "Buffy," manages to look great and not do much else on "Calling," and with the muddled plots and set-ups of the show, it's hard to blame Dushku for not knowing what exactly her character's supposed to do.
That character is...

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