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Roberts carries out roles from title

THE FIRST HALF -- After slogging through the whiny, self-absorbed, navel-gazing, pseudo-profound, self-help seminar "Eat Pray Love," I write in praise of "Thelma & Louise." Those ladies knew ...Read More

August 18, 2010 11:45 AM

Jolie's presence spices up 'Salt'

THE FIRST HALF -- Imagine for a moment if Katherine Hepburn and Lauren Bacall, two tough dames, were to have starred in a 1945 movie called "Kick-Butt Kate." ...Read More

July 28, 2010 11:09 AM

'Inception' makes mind corporate battleground

THE FIRST HALF -- "Inception" is a cool movie, especially for people who like to walk out of the theater and say, "Wow, that was a cool movie." Christopher Nolan, ...Read More

July 21, 2010 1:50 AM

Newest 3-D title leaves its mark

THE FIRST HALF -- I know Pixar, and you're no Pixar. Universal's first stab at 3-D animation - "Despicable Me" -- lacks what the folks at Pixar know ...Read More

July 14, 2010 4:30 AM

'Knight and Day' leans toward action

THE FIRST HALF -- Tom Cruise has played some interesting characters in his career -- Ron Kovic in "Born on the Fourth of July," the Vampire LeStat, the hyper-huckster in ...Read More

June 30, 2010 9:27 AM