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</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/03/superstar-squirrel/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[If you love Scat, you'll warm up to &quot;Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.&quot; The new film gives us Scrat not just chasing a nut, but fighting for it with another squirrel. It gives us Scrat in love. It gives us Scrat in 3D. Manny the mammoth may be &quot;the biggest thing on Earth,&quot; but this is almost Scrat's movie.
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</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/03/taking-aim-at-dillinger/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[Anyone doubting the role &quot;charisma&quot; plays in the movies need look no further than &quot;Public Enemies,&quot; an old fashioned gangster picture built on simple star power. Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis make this retelling of an oft-told tale from &quot;the Golden Age of Bank Robbery&quot; riveting, rousing entertainment.   ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-116533-733591</guid><category>entertainment/movies</category><apcm:ContentMetadata><apcm:ByLine>By Roger Moore</apcm:ByLine><apcm:DateLine>Ventura, CA</apcm:DateLine><apcm:HeadLine>Film takes aim at Dillinger</apcm:HeadLine><apcm:Characteristics MediaType="Text"></apcm:Characteristics><apcm:Source Url="http://venturacountystar.com" City="Ventura" CountryArea="CA">Ventura County Star</apcm:Source><apcm:SlugLine>taking-aim-at-dillinger</apcm:SlugLine></apcm:ContentMetadata><apnm:NewsManagement><apnm:ManagementId>urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-116533-733591</apnm:ManagementId><apnm:ManagementType>Change</apnm:ManagementType><apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber>0</apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber><apnm:PublishingStatus>Usable</apnm:PublishingStatus></apnm:NewsManagement></item><item><title>Warmed-over 'Whatever'
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/03/warmed-over-whatever/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[Woody Allen covers overly familiar ground in his latest film, &quot;Whatever Works.&quot; 
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</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/26/smashing-fun/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[Do not try to comprehend the audiovisual blitzkrieg that is &quot;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.&quot; The film, which lacks logic, substance and character development, exists as a pure sensory event, a pummeling, thrilling, bewildering, demented exercise in computer-generated shock and awe.
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</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/26/cheri-captures-era-but-it-lacks-romance/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[&#191;Cheri,&#191; based on a novel by the French writer Colette, is a sumptuous but only rarely romantic romance set in France during the belle epoque just before World War I. Despite having Michelle Pfeiffer playing Lea, a fading beauty in all her self-aware glory, director Stephen Frears (&quot;Dangerous Liaisons&quot;) loses himself in the dazzling dresses and stunning hats and winds up with a film in which the settings are fab, but the liaisons aren&#191;t dangerous.
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</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/26/keeper-a-weeper-that-earns-it/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[&#191;My Sister&#191;s Keeper&#191; is a horror movie for parents and a righteous weeper that earns its tears. Directed with a sure, sensitive hand by Nick Cassavetes (&#191;The Notebook&#191;), it is an actors&#191; showcase built on a moral dilemma. But at its most basic, it&#191;s just a good cry.   ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-115688-733584</guid><category>entertainment/movies</category><apcm:ContentMetadata><apcm:ByLine>By Roger Moore</apcm:ByLine><apcm:DateLine>Ventura, CA</apcm:DateLine><apcm:HeadLine>Taut acting, direction yield an affecting film experience</apcm:HeadLine><apcm:Characteristics MediaType="Text"></apcm:Characteristics><apcm:Source Url="http://venturacountystar.com" City="Ventura" CountryArea="CA">Ventura County Star</apcm:Source><apcm:SlugLine>keeper-a-weeper-that-earns-it</apcm:SlugLine></apcm:ContentMetadata><apnm:NewsManagement><apnm:ManagementId>urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-115688-733584</apnm:ManagementId><apnm:ManagementType>Change</apnm:ManagementType><apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber>0</apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber><apnm:PublishingStatus>Usable</apnm:PublishingStatus></apnm:NewsManagement></item><item><title>Movie Reviews
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/26/no-headline---g33vgofilmrecent26/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-115698-733584</guid><category>entertainment/movies</category><apcm:ContentMetadata><apcm:DateLine>Ventura, CA</apcm:DateLine><apcm:HeadLine>Movie Reviews</apcm:HeadLine><apcm:Characteristics MediaType="Text"></apcm:Characteristics><apcm:Source Url="http://venturacountystar.com" City="Ventura" CountryArea="CA">Ventura County Star</apcm:Source><apcm:SlugLine>no-headline---g33vgofilmrecent26</apcm:SlugLine></apcm:ContentMetadata><apnm:NewsManagement><apnm:ManagementId>urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-115698-733584</apnm:ManagementId><apnm:ManagementType>Change</apnm:ManagementType><apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber>0</apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber><apnm:PublishingStatus>Usable</apnm:PublishingStatus></apnm:NewsManagement></item><item><title>A bit warped itself, National Lampoon's 'Endless Bummer' goes on summer tour
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/21/art-imitates-strange-little-slice-of-life/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[John “J.D.” Drury remembers the surfboard that was stolen from his youth almost 30 years ago at Pierpont Beach in Ventura. “It was a special board,” he said. “As a kid, you only ride one. When you got one, it was a prized possession. I remember it like it was yesterday. It could happen to me tomorrow and I’d have the same feeling.”  ]]></description><author>bjohnson@venturacountystar.com (Brett Johnson)</author><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-115033-733579</guid><category>entertainment/movies</category><apcm:ContentMetadata><apcm:ByLine Title="Staff writer">Brett Johnson</apcm:ByLine><apcm:DateLine>Ventura, CA</apcm:DateLine><apcm:HeadLine>A bit warped itself, National Lampoon's 'Endless Bummer' goes on summer tour</apcm:HeadLine><apcm:Characteristics MediaType="Text"></apcm:Characteristics><apcm:Source Url="http://venturacountystar.com" City="Ventura" CountryArea="CA">Ventura County Star</apcm:Source><apcm:SlugLine>art-imitates-strange-little-slice-of-life</apcm:SlugLine></apcm:ContentMetadata><apnm:NewsManagement><apnm:ManagementId>urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-115033-733579</apnm:ManagementId><apnm:ManagementType>Change</apnm:ManagementType><apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber>0</apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber><apnm:PublishingStatus>Usable</apnm:PublishingStatus></apnm:NewsManagement></item><item><title>Return of the queen
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/19/return-of-the-queen/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Sandra Bullock was the queen of romantic comedies during the first part of this decade. Bullock got all kinds of kudos for her comedy skills, but then she abruptly decided to go another route with her career, focusing more on dramatic roles.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-114838-733577</guid><category>entertainment/movies</category><apcm:ContentMetadata><apcm:ByLine>By ANGELA DAWSON, Entertainment News Wire</apcm:ByLine><apcm:DateLine>Ventura, CA</apcm:DateLine><apcm:HeadLine>Return of the queen</apcm:HeadLine><apcm:Characteristics MediaType="Text"></apcm:Characteristics><apcm:Source Url="http://venturacountystar.com" City="Ventura" CountryArea="CA">Ventura County Star</apcm:Source><apcm:SlugLine>return-of-the-queen</apcm:SlugLine></apcm:ContentMetadata><apnm:NewsManagement><apnm:ManagementId>urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-114838-733577</apnm:ManagementId><apnm:ManagementType>Change</apnm:ManagementType><apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber>0</apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber><apnm:PublishingStatus>Usable</apnm:PublishingStatus></apnm:NewsManagement></item><item><title>A decent 'Proposal' from Bullock
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/19/a-decent-proposal-from-bullock/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock may be aging out of her the years when Hollywood sees her as &#191;Miss Congeniality,&#191; but not without one last fling. &#191;The Proposal&#191; has her playing the icy boss who blackmails her younger assistant into a sham marriage to save her green card. It&#191;s a performance with real comic juice by a woman acting her age.   ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-114843-733577</guid><category>entertainment/movies</category><apcm:ContentMetadata><apcm:ByLine>By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel</apcm:ByLine><apcm:DateLine>Ventura, CA</apcm:DateLine><apcm:HeadLine>A decent 'Proposal' from Bullock</apcm:HeadLine><apcm:Characteristics MediaType="Text"></apcm:Characteristics><apcm:Source Url="http://venturacountystar.com" City="Ventura" CountryArea="CA">Ventura County Star</apcm:Source><apcm:SlugLine>a-decent-proposal-from-bullock</apcm:SlugLine></apcm:ContentMetadata><apnm:NewsManagement><apnm:ManagementId>urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-114843-733577</apnm:ManagementId><apnm:ManagementType>Change</apnm:ManagementType><apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber>0</apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber><apnm:PublishingStatus>Usable</apnm:PublishingStatus></apnm:NewsManagement></item><item><title>Armstrong biopic in works
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/14/armstrong-biopic-in-works/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[It looks like the Lance Armstrong biopic is finally moving forward. The Columbia project has brought on a writer well-versed in sports comeback stories and could shoot as early as next year, according to producer Frank Marshall.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-113936-733572</guid><category>entertainment/movies</category><apcm:ContentMetadata><apcm:ByLine>By Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter</apcm:ByLine><apcm:DateLine>Ventura, CA</apcm:DateLine><apcm:HeadLine>Armstrong biopic in works</apcm:HeadLine><apcm:Characteristics MediaType="Text"></apcm:Characteristics><apcm:Source Url="http://venturacountystar.com" City="Ventura" CountryArea="CA">Ventura County Star</apcm:Source><apcm:SlugLine>armstrong-biopic-in-works</apcm:SlugLine></apcm:ContentMetadata><apnm:NewsManagement><apnm:ManagementId>urn:publicid:venturacountystar.com:news-Story-113936-733572</apnm:ManagementId><apnm:ManagementType>Change</apnm:ManagementType><apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber>0</apnm:ManagementSequenceNumber><apnm:PublishingStatus>Usable</apnm:PublishingStatus></apnm:NewsManagement></item></channel></rss>