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'Wild Hogs' plot trails off like chopper exhaust
Zap2It.com"Wild Hogs" is nuthin' but fumes, plus a roadside-urination montage. Is this the best we can do in the realm of star-driven commercial comedy? If so, I'll take "Norbit." I'll take "Because I Said So." I'll take "I'll Take Sweden." Two compliments can...Tags: William H. Macy, Chicago Tribune, Motorcycling, Marisa Tomei, Entertainment
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Hollister, Calif., is at odds with Abercrombie over name
In the lush farmlands east of Monterey Bay, the day opens with the sound of big-rig trucks hauling lettuce, apricots and other produce through this quiet agricultural town of about 36,000 people.
At Jerry's coffee shop, locals exchange gossip over...Tags: Nike, Inc., Stanford University, Motorcycling, Marlon Brando, Lettuce
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Iowa Wine Trail
Special to the Chicago TribuneDaly Creek Winery, Anamosa On a June weekday afternoon, a bride-to-be, her mother and her future maid of honor picked several bottles of wine to take home to consider for her September wedding in Iowa. One was Penitentiary Red, named for the Iowa prison a...Tags: Fishing, Grapes, Music Industry, Iowa, Hotels and Accommodations
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Show time at the Wilder
Times Staff WriterThe UCLA Film & Television Archive's new venue, the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, officially opens Friday with a screening of the Oscar-winning 1960 Wilder classic "The Apartment." Two days later, the archive kicks off its "Art of Light"...Tags: Sicilian Mafia, Drama (genre), Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Los Angeles, Theft
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'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'
Special to The Times"Meat's meat and bone is bone," proclaims Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) as he prepares a particularly gory repast. The makers of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" take a similarly elemental approach to the revived franchise's latest installment. There'...Tags: Movies, Massacres, Entertainment, Jordana Brewster, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Earth's warm, but he's hot
Times Staff WriterAftermath I: Forget Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Daniel Craig, Leonardo DiCaprio and even Borat. Winner of the hottest male presence this year in a film is none other than former Vice President Al Gore In "An Inconvenient Truth," his documentary on global...Tags: Global Change, Roger Corman, Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Television
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Hit Iowa's Wine Trail
Special to the TribuneEagles Landing Winery, Marquette In 1993, Roger and Connie Halvorson opened a bed-and-breakfast in Marquette as a retirement hedge. Roger, an amateur winemaker since the 1950s, provided complimentary bottles for guests. It wasn't long before they went...Tags: Fishing, Music Industry, Grapes, Iowa, Hotels and Accommodations
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In honor of haunting visuals
Conrad L. Hall, one of the giants of Hollywood filmmaking whose death from cancer in January at age 76 was mourned throughout the world of cinema, posthumously won the Academy Award on Sunday evening for best cinematography for his dark and gritty...Tags: Sam Mendes, Conrad L Hall, Cinema Industry, Music Industry, Photography
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'A Decade Under the Influence'
Times Staff WriterThroughout Richard LaGravenese and the late Ted Demme's stirring survey of American movies of the '70s, "A Decade Under the Influence," filmmakers and stars remark how their movies couldn't have been made in an earlier era. Some add wistfully that they...Tags: Roger Corman, Ellen Burstyn, Los Angeles, Paul Schrader, Paul Mazursky
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Screen Hogs
The Hartford CourantAt one time or another, most modern male movie stars climb aboard a Harley or a Ducati to look cool, with maybe a touch of the outlaw about them. But apart from the obvious titles, there is not a great selection of true biker sagas of value out there...Tags: Thriller (genre), Roger Corman, Mickey Rourke, John Woo, Marlon Brando
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'About Schmidt'
Times Staff Writer"About Schmidt" opens with a 66-year-old man staring at a second hand sweep toward the last 5 o'clock of his working life. After years as an executive in what he calls the "insurance game," Warren Schmidt has reached the age of retirement and, like the...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Cinema Industry, Weddings, Restaurants
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Cafe puts out the bienvenue mat
Times Staff WriterThe "Mad Hatter," a regular at the Bagdad Cafe, is hanging out at the worn Formica counter talking about his latest creation — a hand-knitted Easter bonnet. River Bottom Dan, the cook at this funky desert diner off Route 66, is taking orders for...Tags: Travel, Railway Transportation, Basketball, American Legion, Transportation
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