Now Showing Holiday Films Mix in Mixed Reviews
A collage of film notes covers Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Quantum of Solace Seven Pounds Slumdog Millionaire Synecdoche New York The Tale of Despereaux Tell No One and Twilight. It critiques Bond’s vague motives Despereaux’s dull tone and Carrey’s flat comedy while praising Shawshank like depth in some stories and star performances across multiple titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Daniel Craig
Will Smith
IRS
L.aj
Danny Boyle
Dev Patel
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Charlie Kaufman
John Malkovich
Movie Runtime Confusion Sparks Timing Debate
A chaotic listing shows inconsistent runtimes: one entry notes 1 hour 58 minutes, another lists 2 hours and 4 minutes, while a separate tag claims 2 hours. The conflicting durations suggest an error in the theater program or catalog, prompting clarification from staff.
Unclear Entry With Mixed Time Lines
Odd OCR fragment lists durations and ratings: “1 hour 34 minutes,” “Unrated,” then “5 minutes,” “PG 13,” and “T hour, 44 minutes.” No clear event, title, or entities to anchor a full summary.
Mouse Tale Flops in Newbery Adaptation Critique
Critics condemn the film for deviating from the Newbery winner’s tone adding a crude framing device and humanoid vegetables. They fault overexplicit narration by Sigourney Weaver and a bleak moral that equates beauty with royalty while depicting humble girls as slovenly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Weaver
Hans Christian Anderson
Nativity caganer figures in Catalonia stir readers and tourists
In northeast Spain Catalonia’s Christmas nativity includes the caganer an icon of defecation reflecting equality and humor artists now sell caganer figurines of religious figures celebrities and sports stars. A Girona family reportedly sells about 25000 annually. Elsewhere a pair in Lincoln Nebraska were arrested for burglary and TV theft after attempting to bribe a neighbor to delay police.
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Spain
Catalonia
Mary
Girona
Germany
der Spiegel
Robert Garrett
Jesse Dyer
Lincoln
Neb
Lawrence arts and entertainment highlights 2008 recap
Lawrence highlights 2008 arts and entertainment from Wakarusa moving sites to Mulberry Mountain in Arkansas to Earthwork filming with Chris Ordal and Stan Herd, Sundance invitation for Only Good Indian, Leamon leading Lawrence Arts Center, gallery openings, Seem-To-Be Players closure, Loneker film roles, KU theatre premieres and notable Kansas creative figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
New York City
Sundance
Haskell Indian Nations University
Wes Studi
Kansas University
Kevin Willmott
Loneker
Hollywood
Keith Loneker
NFL
George Clooney
Neil LaBute
Lakeview Terrace
Samuel L. Jackson
Downtown Lawrence hosts first closed downtown concert event
Lawrence stages an advance ticket concert by Wilco headline drawing 2000 to 3000 fans in the 900 block of New Hampshire Street marking a historic downtown closure for a major public music event. A two day Get Down Town concert series with Ivan Neville and Split Lip Rayfield followed in October with similar success.
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Lawrence
Wilco
New Hampshire Street
Ivan Neville
Split Lip Rayfield
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Synecdoche
New York
Despereaux
Vince Vaughn
Reese Witherspoon
Kate DiCamillo
Harlan Cohen
Guillaume Canet
France
Catherine Hardwicke
Kristen Stewart
Robert Pattinson
Jim Carrey
Carrey
Zooey Deschanel
Australia
Luhrmann
Nicole Kidman
Hugh Jackman
Bolt
John Travolta
Dog
Twilight
By Chuck Shepherd
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Diana Moyer
Beaver Dam
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Edward
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Red Cross
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Arkansas
Lawrence River
Tom Carmody
Willmott
Robert Redford
C.S.A
Confederate States of America
Leamon
DotDotDot
Lawrence Percolator
Wonderfall Art Gallery
School of Fine Arts
Red Door
Crossroads
Kansas City
Mead Hall Players
Lawrence Ensemble
Ric Averill
Poser
Mark Hollmann
Urinetown
Dyskolos
William Inge
Murphy Hall
Midwest
Nicholas Meyer
Robert Papazian
Jeff East
Liberty Hall
Jon Niccum
Synechdoche
Ronald Reagan
ABC
FBI
Southwind
Ali
Australa
Mantercard
Pest Oe
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Tneatr
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Y Wa
Hela Os
Fred
Claus
Ie Sahm
Warstial HD
Sisterhood of the ‘Traveling Pants
the Strangers
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