Arts & Entertainment
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Art Review: ‘Images of Change: Greater Portland’s Cityscape Since 1960’
The show at the Portland Public Library features 72 photographs by 44 artists.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Movie Preview: Chris Pine’s Jack Ryan is a different kind of patriot-hero
LOS ANGELES — Chris Pine was well aware of his action-hero options. Accepting the lead role in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” – the $60-million thriller that hit theaters Friday – the actor became the fourth man to portray novelist Tom Clancy’s iconic CIA super-spy character over the course of a five-film franchise that has spanned […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Movie Review: ‘Ride Along’ with Hart, Ice Cube is a dull buddy picture
A little Kevin Hart goes a long way in “Ride Along,” a dull buddy picture engineered as a vehicle for the mini-motor mouth Hart and the perma-sneering Ice Cube. It’s mismatched cops on patrol in Atlanta in this “48 Hours” / “Bad Boys” / “Showtime” / “The Hard Way” action comedy where four screenwriters tried […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Movie Review: ‘The Nut Job’ offers animated antics at a manic pace pay off in this cute slapstick comedy
If you’re going to make cartoons about critters, the late Chuck “Looney Toons” Jones used to preach, build them around the animal’s chief concern – survival. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are always avoiding the shotgun and the stew pot. Wile E. Coyote is desperate for a dinner of road runner. That principle pays off […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Book Review: ‘Andrew’s Brain,’ by E.L. Doctorow, explores nature of consciousness
The book is best as a narrative rather than philosophical work.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Book Review: Readers will find ‘Mushroom Hunters’ a lot of fungi
Author Langdon Cook serves up the passion and drama of the ‘mostly legal’ pursuit.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Book Review: Robert Gates gets snarky in compelling memoir
The former secretary of defense we saw doesn’t jive with the one bubbling with fury revealed in ‘Duty.’
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Society Notebook: Alumni art on display at University of Southern Maine
The opening of the ‘Transitions’ exhibit attracts art-loving crowd.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2014
Signings, Etc.: Maine Guide Lou Zambello
'A Night with the Author' is planned for Jan. 21.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2014
Movie Review: Hercules muscles his way back to the big screen
He has been immortalized on film for more than 50 years.
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