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Westword | October 15, 2004

What's most impressive about Shall We Dance? is how Peter Chelsom wipes the glitter and glamour off his stars and makes them seem like ordinary people.

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Tags: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Peter Chelsom, Shall We Dance?, Audrey Wells, screenplay by Masayuki Suo, Susan Sarandon and Bobbie Cannavale

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Fortunate Sonnew

This film directed by the son of Michael Eisner is a stunning piece of work -- stunningly inept, stunningly incoherent, stunningly awful in every way imaginable.

Westword | Robert Wilonsky | 04-12-2005 | Reviews

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Cruel, Vapid and Unfunny, This Shark Bitesnew

There's nothing at all sweet or endearing about Shark Tale, no warmth compensating for the clinically cold computer-generated animation.

Westword | Robert Wilonsky | 10-04-2004 | Reviews

Tags: Renée Zellweger, animation, Shark Tale, children's movie, Jack Black and Robert De Niro, Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman, voices of Will Smith

Shallow Popnew

Mr. 3000 isn't really about the athletes. It's more about the fans and even the beat writers who adore them and reward them and forgive them, no matter their arrogance or insolence.

Westword | Robert Wilonsky | 09-22-2004 | Reviews

Tags: Angela Bassett, Charles Stone III, Mr. 3000, Bernie Mac, Eric Champnella & Keith Mitchell and Howard Michael Gould, Michael Rispoli and Brian White

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Denver's Channel 2 Drops the Deucenew

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Digital TV Conversion Will Leave Some Coloradans in the Darknew

Because of the impending transition from analog to digital broadcasting, some television sets will go dark on February 17, and unless they pay a satellite provider, they'll stay that way.

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If your wife can kick your ass, you might be an American Gladiator.

Westword | Adam Cayton-Holland | 02-12-2008 | TV

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'Once' Wasn't Enough for Marketa Irglova & Glen Hansardnew

Not long ago, Dublin's Glen Hansard was a little-known quantity in the entertainment industry. Now, however, everything's changed thanks to Hansard's co-starring role in director John Carney's Once, 2007's most unexpected, and well-deserved, independent-film success story.

Westword | Michael Roberts | 11-12-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: John Carney, Once

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Dave Navarro's chat show is part of a new ManiaTV! strategy to let the pros, not the people, program the site.

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