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[Tim Burton] is all grown up and getting serious with this wildly scattershot tale of a dying old man and serial liar (Albert Finney) and his estranged son (Billy Crudup), who arrives at his father's deathbed determined to separate fact from fiction in the stories of his father's life. It's all meant to be uplifting and sweet and moralistic, but Burton's wild eye and chilly directing style are muffled here in favor of Forrest Gump-ish melancholy and cheesy, obvious attempts at heartstring-yanking that contrasts with his previous, darker work.
It's as though the iconoclastic director was trying to play to the lowest common denominator, and tosses out his usual weird schtick in favor of cloying folksiness. That's not a good thing for fans of Burton's work, and Big Fish makes Edward Scisso...
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Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove Combines Movie-Quality Film With Interactive Gameplay In a First-of-Its-Kind Casual Game Thriller
SEATTLE -- Big Fish...
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I like to take debate where it's not," Snider explains. "Yeah, I've lectured at Oxford and Cambridge, but I don't really feel they need me to tell them that debate's cool and they should do it. They're all set. But I do like to go to Serbia, Chile and Mongolia. My favorite countries are dictatorships in the process of falling, or where they recently got out of a long period of authoritarian rule, to try to help introduce a culture of creative disagreement.
Ironically, that same culture can be a tough sell to American college students. Being on the debate team eats up a lot of free time -- the season starts in September and ends in early April. During that time, debaters can expect to spend anywhere from five to 20 hours a week researching and honing their skills in various types of de...
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The marquee matchup of the Timesland swimming season occurred almost by accident and a little earlier than might have been ideal.
Sheri Vaughn, embarking on her seventh season as head coach of the Hidden Valley boys and girls swimming teams, said she couldn't remember if the Titans had ever faced Jefferson Forest in a dual meet before they squared off last week in Roanoke.
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Fourth-Largest Magazine in America Partners with Leading Casual Games Company to Bring Digital Entertainment to Readers
SEATTLE -- Woman's Day, the ...
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So is it cold enough for you yet?
If you're a fan of ice fishing, the answer probably is a resounding no. But take heart, because this latest blast of winter chill we've been going through may just be (pardon the pun) the tip of the iceberg.
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The One That Got Away: A memoir By Howell Raines Scribner, $25
Howell Raines, the fallen executive editor of The New York Times, has morphed from no...
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The Results of a Joint Study with NPD Challenge Current Assumptions about the Core and Casual Game Markets
SEATTLE -- Paul Thelen, founder and chief...
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John Dunnigan is proud to say he is not a radio show host, which is hard for some people to understand.
"People ask me what...
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By Kimball Payne
Daily Press