Metro’s weaknesses let Ninja wallop it in review
A tongue in cheek critique of Metro, with Eddie Murphy as hostage negotiator, dominated by action and weak humor. Michael Wincott and Carmen Ejogo deliver but the plot remains familiar. Chris Farley’s Beverly Hills Ninja is highlighted as a superior, self effacing spoof with goofy martial antics.
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Chris Farley
Eddie Murphy
Metro
Murphy
Murphy the Invincible
Michael Rapaport
Michael Wincott
Carmen Ejogo
Thomas Carter
San Francisco
Bullitt
Tom Sizemore
Ejogo
Chris Earley
Farley
Haru
America
Nicoliette Sheridan
Beverly Hills
Rodeo Drive
Huntington Hartford
Pasadena
Chris Rock
Gobei
Gobet
Robin Shou
Shafey Valentine at Syracuse Stage and other events
A listings page notes Shafey Valentine a one act comedy at Syracuse Stage 7:30 p.m. with tickets 12 to 23 at 20 East Genesee Street Syracuse along with other local events: jazz guitar performances free cafe listings film screenings at Landmark Theatre and Riverdale venues, Burns celebration, Beaver Lake Nature Center programs, Burnet Park Zoo hours, and nature center activities with contact numbers.
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Shafey Valentine
Syracuse
Genesee SL
Fred Vine
St. Perfomms
Baress Books
Carousel Center
Landmark ‘Theatre
S. Saira SL
Syranse
Jim
Gant
Elzabeth Taylor
Buck Huxison
James Dean
Ken Burns looks at Thomas Jefferson in new PBS film
Dallas Morning News reports Ken Burns and Clay Jenkinson discuss the four hour documentary Thomas Jefferson airing February 18 and 19 on WCNY TV. Burns notes editing challenges but says the film asks what America is and aims to deepen that question rather than answer it.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ken Burns
Thomas Jefferson
Clay Jenkinson
Jenkinson
Burns
Wcny-Tv
PBS
Television Critics Association
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Frank Lloyd Wright
Elizabeth
Jefferson
Paris
Joseph Ellis
Hamlet
Cosbys Son Ennis Killed in California Slaying
Bill Cosby mourns the murder of his teenage son Ennis William Cosby, shot on a California freeway. The tragedy echoes the family’s long public narratives of fatherhood and humor in Cosby’s career from Fat Albert to Cliff Huxtable.
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Bill Cosby
Cosby
Ennis William Cosby
California
Ennis
Michael Jordan
Weird Harold
Fat Albert
Camille
TV Cosby
Chet Kincaid
America
Cliff Huxtable
Dr. Huxtable
Hilton Lucas
Massachusetts
Knicks
Madison Square Garden
Ennis Cosby
Los Angeles
West Menes On Ice Snow White at Onondaga War Memorial
The venue presents Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at 7 p.m. with additional shows thurs 7 p.m., fri 3:30 and 7 p.m., sat 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., sun 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets range 17.50 to 27.50. Also Escape From LA at Cayuga Community College Theater in Auburn at 7 p.m. with Kurt Russell and others, admission 1. Wise Guys Comedy Club hosts 8:30 and 10:45 p.m. shows in Syracuse with magic after each performance. Plays in Progress runs Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. at the Syracuse Central Library with The First Call by Dan York.
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Menes
Onondaga County War Memorial
South State Street
Syracuse
Ticketiaster
Kurt Russell
Stacy Keach
Peter Fonda
John Carpenter
Central Library
Salina St
Playwrights Unit
Armory Square Mayhouse
Dan York
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Teychston
Qut
Robert Burns
Sholand
Loue Lary
Spingield Road
Beaver Lake Nahe Center
Baldwinsvile
Beaver Lake Nature Center
Mud Lake Road
Baldwinsvlle
Burnet Park Zoo
Gre
Baktwinsvile
North Syracuse Community Center
South Bay Road
Baltimore Woods
Bishop Hil
Marcellus
Onondaga Historical Association
Montgomery St
Onondaga County
New York
Allen Rubensten
Frankin
West Jefferson Streets
Annsar
Rothschid Apothecary
Galson Issues Theater
Story of Earth
Science Connections
Manuel Mendoza
Dallas Morning News
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Way Down South EarthBeat
Mike Mar Shaff
Brasil
Marshall
Griman Quartet
Mark Bialczak
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