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Mena Suvari stars in 'Stuck.'

Unsettling 'Stuck' cuts close to the bone of human behavior

Rob Thomas

What really scares the director who made the cult horror classic "Re-Animator"? If Stuart Gordon's nasty and corrosive new horror-thriller "Stuck" is any indication, it's not reanimated brain-eating corpses or other fantastical terrors. It's man's casual indifference to his fellow man. read story

American Players Theatre takes on epic Henry IV

Lindsay Christians

William Shakespeare, ever-beloved, constantly produced, feted father of the English language, conceived Henry IV in two parts. read story

'Animation Show' not for the furry critter lover

Rob Thomas

When critics make up their lists of the most influential movies of the last 50 years, the same films come up again and again: "The Godfather." "Pulp Fiction." "Star Wars." read story

Flaws are what make 'Hancock' heroic

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

I have been waiting for this for years: a superhero movie where the actions of the superheroes have consequences in the real world. They always leave a wake of crashed cars, bursting fire hydrants, exploding gas stations and toppling bridges behind them, and never go back to clean up. read story

Get out! Eight ways to enjoy the outdoors this summer

The Capital Times

This is supposed to be the summer of the "stay-cation" (we much prefer "leave-cations," ourselves). And given that the mosquitoes have pretty much taken over the outdoors the past few weeks, one might be tempted to interpret the "stay" part as "stay inside and watch 'America's Got Talent' all summer." read story

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