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Putting up W’s

Screen depictions beat around the Bush
How is it that the least popular and possibly worst chief executive in American history has inspired no lasting impersonations?
By PETER KEOUGH | October 15, 2008

Crossword: ''You're out!''

Dropped from the world of sports and games in 2008.

By MATT JONES | October 15, 2008

The Express

Football bio-pic offers a reflection on our not-so-proud past
Ernie Davis may be the greatest running back never to play in the NFL.
By TOM MEEK | October 09, 2008

Crossword: ''A little bit of everything''

More random words in a mesh

By MATT JONES | July 09, 2008

Smart People

As expected, smart supporting characters
Stories about addled, self-absorbed middle-aged male professors whose lives are falling apart and — worse yet — who can’t get published don’t mean much to the rest of us.
By MARK BAZER | April 09, 2008

Vantage Point

Unintentional laughs
Vantage Point neither resolves its own mysteries nor says much about the Rashomon effect it’s trying to emulate.
By PETER KEOUGH | February 20, 2008

Primary concerns

2008 releases offer campaign reform
The last thing people are looking for when they go to the movies is a reminder of the political crapola they are trying to escape.
By PETER KEOUGH | December 28, 2007

Zealots seem to eliminate homosexuality in the womb

Early orientation
The same gang that for decades has warred against any invasion of the womb in which a developing fetus resides now hopes to put a fetus on a sure road to heterosexuality.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | April 04, 2007

Off with their heads

Recent polls are giving the GOP the willies. So should the movies.
The signs are getting bleak for the man in the White House and the party in power.
By PETER KEOUGH | October 20, 2006

Oliver's army

History gets Stoned
While he refers to himself as a “dramatist” rather than a historian, Stone has positioned himself as Hollywood’s gatekeeper to America’s post-war past. Feel-good movie of the summer: Oliver Stone: from the Hollywood crackpot of JFK to the Republican sellout of World Trade Center. By Peter Keough Off-Center: Oliver Stone's trite take on 9/11. By Peter Keough
By PAUL BABIN | August 09, 2006

Pie-eyed optimists

American Dreamz needs more nightmare
We’ve come a long way from Dr. Strangelove when softballs like Thank You for Smoking and V for Vendetta pose as political satire.
By PETER KEOUGH | April 19, 2006

Seasonal adjustment

Hollywood springs back
After weeks of tormenting audiences with gems like Failure To Launch and The Shaggy Dog , Hollywood seems ready to shake off the Oscar doldrums and unveil its spring collection.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 07, 2006

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