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SEQUEL WEARS WELL
YOU could call "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" a "Sex and the City" for 'tweens, but truthfully the former is a much better movie, albeit far less raunchy. In the three years since the first "Traveling Pants" was adapted from one of Anne Brashears' novels, two of its little-known ensemble of four have become TV stars - America Ferrara on "Ugly Betty" and Blake Lively on "Gossip Girl." Surprisingly, they're not rewarded with the juiciest of the four intersecting story lines drawn from three other Brashears novels. After a difficult freshman year at Yale, Ferrara's perennial outsider Carmen is looking forward to a...more >
POUR RELATIONS
AS recently as 30 years ago, California wines were considered something of a joke by connoisseurs. Even most Americans were familiar only with gallon jugs of Gallo that sold for $5 or so. Randall Miller's crowd-pleasing "Bottle Shock" tells the incredible but true story of how that abruptly changed in 1976, when a small Napa winery shocked the wine world by winning a major French blind-tasting contest with a 1973 Chardonnay. The Bicentennial-themed tasting is organized by Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), who is trying to promote his faltering wine shop in Paris...more >
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DECANT KEEP A GOOD WINE DOWN
WHEN CALIFORNIA'S SIP CAME IN
By REED TUCKER
August 6, 2008 - THE French are toast. To the list of things that America has over France - ice in drinks, a First Lady who hasn't posed nude - you can add one more. And this one may come as gigantic kick in the...more >
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HERBAL GOODNESS
STONER CLASSICS THAT SMOKE 'PINEAPPLE'
By BEN WALTERS
August 3, 2008 - The bloodshot, grin-wrinkled eyes of Seth Rogen and James Franco have been dopily gazing out from posters all over town lately. The pair star in Friday's "Pineapple Express," a caper...more >
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NOIR, FRENCH STYLE
By V.A. MUSETTO
August 3, 2008 - THE Film Forum is gird ing for a crime wave. A French crime wave. On the big screen. On Friday, the West Houston Street movie mecca will begin a five-week, 39-flick festival of Gallic noir and...more >
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FILM BYTES
August 3, 2008 - Perhaps stung by the belly flop that was "The Love Guru," Mike Myers is returning to what's worked best for him. The actor is currently penning "Austin Powers 4," which...more >
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GORGEOUS, TALL - AND AGE 12
By V.A. MUSETTO
August 1, 2008 - EVER wonder what's behind the fashion industry's obsession with anorexic-thin models? According to "America the Beautiful," an interesting but messy documentary directed by...more >
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ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION
By LOU LUMENICK
August 1, 2008 - 'I am ashamed," says Bud, Kevin Costner's character in the brain-dead political satire/tear-jerker "Swing Vote." While we appreci ate your honesty, Kevin, please don't hog...more >
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MUMMY ACHE
'TOMB' MUCH HOGWASH
By KYLE SMITH
August 1, 2008 - WHICH is the most shocking transformation in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"? Is it when a dead warrior transforms himself into a three-headed dragon? How about when skeletons...more >
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ICE ROAD SUCKERS
BORDER SMUGGLERS SLIP ON HARD TIMES
By LOU LUMENICK
August 1, 2008 - A low-budget triumph for director Courtney Hunt that won the grand jury prize at Sundance, "Frozen River" is a thriller set in upstate New York anchored by an unforgettable performance by...more >
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STEALING AMERICA: VOTE BY VOTE
By V.A. MUSETTO
August 1, 2008 - GEORGE W. Bush and gang stole the 2004 election! That, at least, is the contention made in the documentary "Stealing America: Vote by Vote," directed by Dorothy Fadiman and narrated by...more >
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BAR MITZVAH VS. WORLD CUP: CHOOSE A SIDE
By LOU LUMENICK
August 1, 2008 - BERNIE (Gregg Sulkin), the hero of the Britcom "Sixty Six," is a preteen Job whose lengthy list of miseries - including the failure of his hopelessly square dad's greengrocer business -...more >
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