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Gorgeous 'Sky' has limits
Dazzling to watch, difficult to give in to, "Sky Captain and the
World of Tomorrow" uses newfangled technology in the service of
old-fashioned Saturday-morning serials with decidedly mixed results. The
movie has no sets, no locations, just actors against blue screen, with
more than 2,000 effects shots simulating the fantastic worlds around
them. The sepia-toned fruits of this ambitious labor sometimes feel like
"Flash Gordon" by way of Guy Maddin - visually arresting, but also chilly and off-putting....[MORE]
• 'Mr. 3000' bats about .300
• 'Ghost in the Shell' a bit cracked
September 17 releases
Diff'rent Strokes: The First Season
(Columbia/TriStar; $29.95 DVD; three-disc set) Whatchoo talkin' 'bout,
Willis? Remember Gary Coleman? With audio commentary from Charlotte Rae, Todd Bridges and Conrad Bain.
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete
First Season
(HBO Home Video; $44.92 VHS; $44.98 DVD; five-disc set)
Catch the first 22 episodes of the award-winning comedy that made Ray Romano a household name.
The Ladykillers
(Buena
Vista Home Entertainment; $22.99 VHS; $29.99 DVD) The Coen brothers' mossy
remake of the mordant 1955 black comedy about a gang of crooks who can't
outwit a virtuous old lady ...[MORE]
• 'Star Wars' debuts on DVD
• File 'Angels in America' under definitive
MORE IN ON DVD / VIDEO >>
Aretha's back
Aretha Franklin is still in church.
More than any other performer, Franklin epitomizes the meeting of the sacred and profane. Her gospel-charged voice and astonishing run of late-'60s hits — "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "Think' — helped earn her the uncontested title Lady Soul....[MORE]
• One man, his music and his marketing
• Tickets On Sale this Weekend
CD Reviews | Music News | MORE IN MUSIC >>
Twyla Tharp challenges dancers and audiences alike with 'Movin' Out'
Count on this — the silver-haired, petite and utterly no-nonsense Twyla Tharp will make you work.
Just ask the marathon-trained dancers who kick their way through four performances a week of Tharp's "Movin" Out." The Tony award-winning dance/music hybrid tells its story through the songs of Billy Joel. ...[MORE]
• It all fits perfectly in 'Ariadne'
• Big shot
• Friedkin connects with L.A. Opera's 'Ariadne'
Theater Reviews | MORE IN STAGE >>
Bravo to air Bobby Brown reality TV show
ATLANTA (AP) -- "Being Bobby Brown," a reality show that will focus on Brown and his family as the singer seeks to distance himself from his legal troubles and revive his recording career, will air next year on the Bravo network.
Brown left the R&B group New Edition in the late 1980s for a solo career. His hits include "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step," but he has also become famous for his numerous brushes with the law and his turbulent marriage to pop songtress Whitney Houston. ...[MORE]
Affleck set to host 'SNL' season opener
He's not former President Bill Clinton, but Ben Affleck will do.
Although Clinton was invited, Affleck will host the 30th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" with musical guest Nelly on Oct. 2, NBC announced Wednesday.
Clinton had been invited to host the not-ready-for-prime-time show but turned down the offer, NBC said last month. No reason was given for Clinton rejecting the offer. ...[MORE]
• "Listen Up"
• Trump fires Bradford; Brook off 'Survivor'
• "Second Time Around"
• Barbara Walters leaves '20/20'
Watch-o-rama | TV Fall Season Preview | MORE IN TV >>
A new picture of Iran
For someone who didn't grow up with comic books, Marjane Satrapi has
proven a quick learn. Satrapi, who has followed up her best-selling,
critically acclaimed "Persepolis" with "Persepolis 2: The Story of a
Return" (Pantheon; $17.95), has essayed her youth in Iran - and, in her
latest book, her years of rudderless rebellion in Vienna, followed by a
return to an Iran that, despite the end of a revolution and a war against
Iraq, is no less oppressive - with two graphic novels that are by turns chilling, heartbreaking and caustically funny....[MORE]
• Book paints picture of Jimmy Hoffa's demise
• 'Supernumerary' describes life aboard a container ship
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