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December 16, 2010

Oscar-worthy performances keep ‘The Fighter’ on its feet

Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale’s “The Fighter” is a punch-drunk tale whose fitful ramble from Jerry Springer-style family seaminess to “Rocky”-like triumph is elevated enormously by knockout performances. Less a boxing drama than a drama with some boxing in it, “The Fighter” turns Bale loose in a supporting role that dominates director David O. Russell’s […]
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December 16, 2010

Music and Nightlife: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill

• HOT TICKET Rockapella lands at Landing ROCKAPELLA will bring its annual show of holiday tunes to The Landing this week. It’s geared toward families, but if you plan to bring children younger than 9, let the box office know. WHEN: 5 p.m. Sunday WHERE: The Landing at Pine Point, 353 Pine Point Road, Scarborough HOW […]
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December 16, 2010

Show offers celestial perspective on season

This month’s “Season of Light” show in the star dome at Southworth Planetarium explores the history of the holiday season — from a celestial perspective. A celebration of light is part of many cultures. No matter your beliefs — from the candles on the menorah to the lights on the Christmas tree to the winter […]
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December 16, 2010

Face the Music: Sip eggnog to The English Beat, a dreamy voice and a cool kid

I decided to go fake this year, but don’t think less of me. It was with great pleasure that I pulled the vintage silver aluminum Christmas tree out of storage along with the electric color wheel and spinning stand that plays a rickety old version of “Silent Night.” Throw in a little Sinatra, Martin, Mathis, […]
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December 16, 2010

The Movies: ‘Tron: Legend’

As eye candy, 'Tron: Legacy' is in a league of its own, but it takes itself, and particularly its looks, a little too seriously.

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December 16, 2010

Et Cetera: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill

• HOT TICKET Wassail, air guitar — now that’s a party GET IN the holiday spirit at the Third Annual PortSports Social Club Wassailing Party, where you’ll enjoy hard cider samples, a wassail toast and an air guitar contest. Yes, an air guitar contest. WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. today WHERE: Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson […]
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December 16, 2010

Art and Theater: Watershed Downes

A new Rackstraw Downes exhibit contains many works he made in Maine, where his painting took a critical turn from abstract to realism.
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December 16, 2010

‘How Do You Know’ can’t seem to reach an answer

Too cute, too star-studded and entirely too long, “How Do You Know” is a jocks’ romance that offers more proof that James L. Brooks has lost his fastball. The director of “Broadcast News” and “Terms of Endearment” serves up an immensely quotable, scene-by-scene adorable love triangle that never amounts to anything more than a sweet […]
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December 16, 2010

At the Movies

OPENING FRIDAY “TRON: LEGACY” (2:05) (PG) Stars Jeff Bridges, Garret Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 20 years. […]
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December 16, 2010

From the Editor: You rub Santa’s back, he’ll get you that G.I. Joe with the Kung Fu grip

We’ve been watching a lot of holiday videos at my house lately. And to be honest with you, I never realized before just how much Santa Claus is a cranky old man who’s virtually forced to keep doing his job. Watching the animated Rankin-Bass classics from the ’60s and ’70s really brings this into focus. […]

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