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'Hancock': Will Smith's charisma can't save this movie
Chicago Tribune criticThe idea sounds ripe: Will Smith, one of the screen's most engaging movie stars, playing a surly wino of a superhero, making a mess of Los Angeles as he comes to the occasional aid of those in need. But not even Smith's charisma can mitigate the chaos...Tags: Los Angeles, Charlize Theron, Will Smith, Michael Mann, Movies
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Officials no-shows at talk on Nassau fiscal outlook
NASSAU OUTLOOK No-shows for MIFA meeting With the economy slowing and consumers reeling, Nassau faces one of its toughest budget years since it nearly went bankrupt nine years ago. But the only Nassau official to show up last week for the release of...Tags: Long Island, Republican Party, Great South Bay, John McCain, Michael Bloomberg
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Former GOP Chairman Powell reappears on scene
Spin CycleFormer Suffolk Republican chairman John Powell, who helped launch George Pataki???s tenure as governor but later ran afoul of the law, has begun reappearing on the local political circuit, at least at the grassroots level. Powell was spotted on......Tags: Republican Party, Great South Bay
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'Kung Fu Panda' stars the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie
![Everything about "Kung Fu Panda" is a little better, a little sharper, a little funnier than the animated run of the mill. It's one of the few comedies of 2008 in any style or genre that knows what it's doing. Plus, all its jokes actually belong to the same movie, which is set in ancient China by way of Jack Black. In other words, it may have Black fulminating about "[going] blind from overexposure to pure awesomeness!" but nobody slips in a Travis Bickle impersonation or utters some pop-culturally exhausted catchphrase such as "Make my day" simply to amuse the parents.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-06/39623326-05041500.jpg)
Tribune criticEverything about "Kung Fu Panda" is a little better, a little sharper, a little funnier than the animated run of the mill. It's one of the few comedies of 2008 in any style or genre that knows what it's doing. Plus, all its jokes actually belong to the...Tags: Stephen Chow, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Bruce Lee
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Katti Gray: Honoring a plus amid a racial divide
Katti Gray's e-mail address is Katti@KattiGray.com.When Abraham Krasnoff's name is proclaimed during a June 4 affair spotlighting race-based strides, strongholds and setbacks in what was his own proverbial backyard, the proclamation will have several aims. For one, it will again hail Krasnoff, a white CEO...Tags: Economic Policy, Real Estate Agents, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Groups
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'Stop-Loss' (pro-soldier look at controversial military retention policy)
Tribune staff reporterChances are you don't want to see this movie. Chalk it up to war fatigue or a general malaise--whatever the reason, Iraq-themed movies just aren't getting a lot of love at the box office. In the case of "Stop-Loss," Kimberly Peirce's unsettling, uneven...Tags: Heath Ledger, Labor Legislation, Movies, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Ryan Phillippe
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Horton hears an 'eh'
Tribune criticSomeday, if we're all good little boys and girls, the world will hand us a Dr. Seuss film half as wonderful as one of the books. Meantime we have the competent, clinical computer animation and relative inoffensiveness of "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!"...Tags: Bruce Anderson, Chuck Jones, Books and Magazines, Movies, Mel Gibson
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Mixing it up with recent soundtracks
Special to the TribuneWith the advent of the iPod and the plethora of other listening devices and formats it's become commonplace to have thousands of music tracks available at the touch of a fingertip or click of the mouse. But there's still a lot to be said for the good...Tags: Media, Film Festivals, Classical Music, Oliver Stone, Federico Fellini
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'Jumper' (starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson) -- 1 1/2 stars
Tribune movie criticA subspecies of humans known as "jumpers" can teleport themselves nearly anywhere just by closing their eyes and thinking the right thoughts and zzzzzzzzzt, there they are--somewhere else. "Paladins," also hep to the teleportation game, don't like the...Tags: Diane Lane, Samuel L Jackson, New York City, Hayden Christensen, New York
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Perspective readers respond: Guess who tops Tasering list?
So the verdict from Perspective readers is in: The person most suitable for a kick in the pants, if not a mild Tasering, is the Tribune's own Rex W. Huppke! Huppke's satirical piece in Sunday's Perspective section www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-...Tags: Tom Cruise, Richard Durbin, Gang Activity, Celebrity, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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