COVER STORY
The holiday film season is doling out gifts for everyone
Updated: November 20, 2009 8:59 am
For young to old, funny to serious, our holiday movie guide is stuffed with gifts for all sorts. Here’s a list of movies, grouped by genre, that will be released over the next two months.
CONCERT PREVIEW
Lou Donaldson is a wonder in world of jazz
Updated: November 20, 2009 8:43 am
Jazz resources don’t come much more precious these days than Lou Donaldson. And don’t even think of just consigning him only to status as Soul Jazz Royalty either (though he’s all of that, in the music that once held such sway at places like the Pine Grille and the Bon-Ton).
CHEAP EATS
Mythos: Classy and cheap
Updated: November 20, 2009 9:00 am
I have a confession to make: The decor at Mythos frightened me a little. I am used to Greek restaurants where the decor is an old photo of the Parthenon. In Mythos, the art is large, historic-looking sketches accenting the dark wood. It has been my experience that more upscale decor can hike the price of a meal a buck or two for each plate, but in Mythos, my fears were unfounded. The portions were large, the prices were good, and everything was delicious.
DINING REVIEW
P. F. Chang’s Bistro: Good deals, lots of ambience
Updated: November 20, 2009 10:56 am
Chinese food goes sexy. And successful. P. F. Chang’s China Bistro has been packing them in for about a month now in the Walden Galleria’s ultra-eating section.
MOVIE REVIEW
'The Twilight Saga: New Moon': Second installment in ‘Twilight’ series better than the first
Updated: November 20, 2009 9:08 am
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” also known as “Twilight: The Squeakquel,” is actually pretty good — a tick better than the first “Twilight,” which wasn’t bad either. These are hardly superlatives on the order of “shattering” and “beautiful,” but compared with the film versions of “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons,” the only two movies ever made with less sex than the first two “Twilights,” they’re matchless.
MOVIE REVIEW
'The Blind Side': Inspiring true story follows homeless boy out of poverty
Updated: November 20, 2009 8:49 am
Spike Lee used “Do the Right Thing” for the title of his racially charged 1989 film. But change it to the past tense — “Did the Right Thing” — and it would apply to nearly every character in director John Lee Hancock’s book-based true story “The Blind Side.”
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