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Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate
- NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash.
- NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash.
Blues Traveler shakes up its routine in the studio: next stop, Baltimore
- The bald and buff Bruce Willis can rap, or the bluesy jam band equivalent of rapping, when he’s getting down with Blues Traveler.
- The bald and buff Bruce Willis can rap, or the bluesy jam band equivalent of rapping, when he’s getting down with Blues Traveler.
When the clothes don’t make the fan
- The fans who wear Redskins jerseys to M&T Bank Stadium when the Ravens are playing the Steelers. The 50-year-old men in business suits who pretend they are Brooks Robinson as they try to snare a foul ball at Camden Yards. The soccer moms who still wear sweatshirts to remind us the Ravens won the AFC North Division in 2003. Some sporting event pet peeves die harder than Bruce Willis.
- The fans who wear Redskins jerseys to M&T Bank Stadium when the Ravens are playing the Steelers. The 50-year-old men in business suits who pretend they are Brooks Robinson as they try to snare a foul ball at Camden Yards. The soccer moms who still wear sweatshirts to remind us the Ravens won the AFC North Division in 2003. Some sporting event pet peeves die harder than Bruce Willis.
Back from the bizarre
- Pardon me. I’m feeling a little woozy — this column is spinning.
- Pardon me. I’m feeling a little woozy — this column is spinning.
Review: The Eye’ lacks any real vision
- Robbed of her sight by a childhood accident, Sydney (Jessica Alba) receives an unexpected boon in the form of a corneal transplant, opening her eyes to a world once shrouded in darkness. She wakes from surgery with a sunny smile and a jolt of optimism, in a scene of such pronounced serenity that one can’t help but sense the undercurrent of disaster. And sure enough, there’s a catch — Sydney’s vision extends beyond the mortal realm, and all around her lurk wandering spirits and the fearsome reapers who usher them into the shadows.
- Robbed of her sight by a childhood accident, Sydney (Jessica Alba) receives an unexpected boon in the form of a corneal transplant, opening her eyes to a world once shrouded in darkness. She wakes from surgery with a sunny smile and a jolt of optimism, in a scene of such pronounced serenity that one can’t help but sense the undercurrent of disaster. And sure enough, there’s a catch — Sydney’s vision extends beyond the mortal realm, and all around her lurk wandering spirits and the fearsome reapers who usher them into the shadows.
Silver screen, golden moments
- Kick the Cannes, it’s French anyhow. Hollywood is out, the writers are on strike. If you wanted movies, then this was the place to be for independent-film freaks, thanks to the Sundance Film Festival, which wrapped up its 11-day run Sunday.
- Kick the Cannes, it’s French anyhow. Hollywood is out, the writers are on strike. If you wanted movies, then this was the place to be for independent-film freaks, thanks to the Sundance Film Festival, which wrapped up its 11-day run Sunday.
Levinson gets Sundance treatment
- Film buffs in this area have faithfully followed Barry Levinson’s career for as long as he has faithfully chronicled Baltimore in his movies. And for the 65-year-old screenwriter, producer and director, that’s been since 1982, when he wrote and directed “Diner” — the first of three films set in his hometown in the early 1960s. The Forest Park High graduate earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for “Diner,” which included in its cast Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon and Daniel Stern.
- Film buffs in this area have faithfully followed Barry Levinson’s career for as long as he has faithfully chronicled Baltimore in his movies. And for the 65-year-old screenwriter, producer and director, that’s been since 1982, when he wrote and directed “Diner” — the first of three films set in his hometown in the early 1960s. The Forest Park High graduate earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for “Diner,” which included in its cast Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon and Daniel Stern.
DIGITAL BREAKDOWN: Everyone should ‘Live Free’
- Some people complained about the fourth installment of the “Die Hard” series because it had a watered-down PG-13 rating, while the previous movies in the franchise were rated R for violence and language. This is where the DVD format is superior to films on the big screen; on this disc, we have “Live Free or Die Hard” in all its foul-mouthed, blood-filled and violence-laden glory.
- Some people complained about the fourth installment of the “Die Hard” series because it had a watered-down PG-13 rating, while the previous movies in the franchise were rated R for violence and language. This is where the DVD format is superior to films on the big screen; on this disc, we have “Live Free or Die Hard” in all its foul-mouthed, blood-filled and violence-laden glory.
Digital Breakdown: Don’t pick up this ‘Stranger’
- “Perfect Stranger” is so unbelievable (not to mention predictable) that any possible ending — surprise or otherwise — would fall flat. Halle Berry plays a reporter investigating the chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 company (Bruce Willis) who has a past of illicit behavior — and who may have killed her childhood pal. It is a tired, repetitive plot that only could have been helped by a cameo by Bronson Pinchot. OK, not even that. What’s worse than the movie? The lousy special features section that includes just one measly making-of featurette.
- “Perfect Stranger” is so unbelievable (not to mention predictable) that any possible ending — surprise or otherwise — would fall flat. Halle Berry plays a reporter investigating the chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 company (Bruce Willis) who has a past of illicit behavior — and who may have killed her childhood pal. It is a tired, repetitive plot that only could have been helped by a cameo by Bronson Pinchot. OK, not even that. What’s worse than the movie? The lousy special features section that includes just one measly making-of featurette.
Police break up Hollywood party at hotel
- Aberdeen police got a taste of Hollywood nightlife Wednesday when officers broke up a hotel party attended by cast and crew of a movie filming this month in Havre de Grace, authorities said.
Trembley manages to survive
- If Orioles manager Dave Trembley was cast for a movie, he’d join the long list of characters whose good intentions led to them meeting their demise.
- If Orioles manager Dave Trembley was cast for a movie, he’d join the long list of characters whose good intentions led to them meeting their demise.
Review: '‘Die Hard’ lives on
- John McClane doesn’t do subtlety, but that’s just part of his charm.
- John McClane doesn’t do subtlety, but that’s just part of his charm.
Bruce Willis: Back with a vengeance
- Never accuse Bruce Willis of holding his tongue. At 52, he is impeccably fit, brimming with confidence and more outspoken than ever before — even when the topic strays from his work as Detective John McClane, the iconic hero of “Live Free or Die Hard,” which opens Wednesday.
- Never accuse Bruce Willis of holding his tongue. At 52, he is impeccably fit, brimming with confidence and more outspoken than ever before — even when the topic strays from his work as Detective John McClane, the iconic hero of “Live Free or Die Hard,” which opens Wednesday.
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