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Five must-see rock docs that go inside the lives of the iconic music-makers
As "This Is It" shows, the greatest musicians also tend to be the greatest mysteries. Here are five other rock documentaries that pulled back the curtain on the lives of iconic performers - and... [read story]

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin tapped to co-host 2010 Academy Awards
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. [read story]

Rent it: Video verdict
This week's DVD releases range from a Denzel Washington thriller to a documentary film that may forever change the way you think about food. [read story]

Like Elvis and Tupac, Jackson’s still a thriller after death
Like Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Kurt Cobain and Tupac Shakur, Michael Jackson is just beginning his career as Pop Star Who Will Never Really Die. [read story]

Months after his death, Jackson movie out
Not quite a concert film, not quite a documentary, “This Is It” is like nothing that has hit theaters before.


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Rent it: Video verdict
This week's DVD crop has something for everyone. There are two animated films for kids, a new Woody Allen effort for their parents and a first-rate horror film for anyone looking for a Halloween... [read story]

Rent it: Video verdict
This week's DVD releases include an intimate drama starring Michelle Pfeiffer, a charming re-release of a 2001 melodrama by director Mira Nair and a big-budget blockbuster about sentient robots. [read story]

Stumble through Brit history with 'Black Adder'
Long before he became the infantile Mr. Bean, Brit funnyman Rowan Atkinson made TV history as Edmund Blackadder, a singularly self-serving and century-jumping member of the English aristocracy who... [read story]

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'The Box' is a mess, but a curiously haunting one
There are moments in the second half of "The Box," writer-director Richard Kelly's adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1970 tale "Button, Button," during which the film threatens to cave in under the weight of all the disparate elements Kelly has added to pad out the six-page short story. | Read review

Over-the-top characters cool the classic tale of 'Christmas Carol'
Dickens' story is near-perfect, an insanely well-written parable whose brilliance makes film adaptations difficult at best, and almost entirely dependent on their portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Now Carrey takes a turn, in this 3-D animated version, and surprise! | Read review
Review: 'Fourth Kind'
"The Fourth Kind" is a "found footage" horror movie with a few new tweaks, though not enough to escape a certain clunkiness. | Read review

Review: 'Men Who Stare at Goats'
"Wacky" isn't George Clooney's strong suit as an actor. But it's always at least amusing to watch the suave, silky leading man let his freak flag fly. | Read review

Over-the-top characters cool the classic tale of 'Christmas Carol'
Dickens' story is near-perfect, an insanely well-written parable whose brilliance makes film adaptations difficult at best, and almost entirely dependent on their portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Now Carrey takes a turn, in this 3-D animated version, and surprise! | Read review

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DINING
The dish: Michigan Brewing Company
Two things to know when you visit the Michigan Brewing Company's new MBC Pub in downtown Lansing: They are often quite crowded (so get there early if...
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