Topic: Citizen Kane
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'Home Front Girl': 7 stories from a real WWII-era diary
Joan Wehlen Morrison's diary capturing life in Chicago before and during World War II offers insight into the era. Here are 7 of Morrison's stories from "Home Front Girl."
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Carlos Fuentes: 5 best novels
Throughout his decades-long literary career, Carlos Fuentes produced more than 20 books. Here are five of his best.
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The Oscars 2011: How real are the reality-based Best Picture nominees?
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Top Picks: 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Live,' a documentary on William Randolph Hearst, and more
The app Dark Sky lets you keep track of your personal weather, HBO examines the relationship between elephants and people, and more top picks.
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'Home Front Girl': 7 stories from a real WWII-era diary
Joan Wehlen Morrison's diary capturing life in Chicago before and during World War II offers insight into the era. Here are 7 of Morrison's stories from "Home Front Girl."
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The Big Screen
David Thomson's 'The Big Screen' tells the story of the rise and decline of an art form that once played a central role in human life.
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Carlos Fuentes: 5 best novels
Throughout his decades-long literary career, Carlos Fuentes produced more than 20 books. Here are five of his best.
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Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark
Pauline Kael became the voice for a new generation of film-goers.
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Gift ideas for everyone: 'Harry Potter,' Adele, 'Law & Order,' and 'Super Mario 3D'
Your gift list can get long with nieces and nephews, grandparents and friends all needing a present this holiday season. Try a few of these items that are sure to please like 'Winnie the Pooh,' 'Ken Burns: Prohibition,' and the video game 'Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.'
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The Hangover Part II: movie review
'The Hangover Part II' keeps the template of the original movie but adds a darker, scummier tone.
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The Oscars 2011: How real are the reality-based Best Picture nominees?
Oscar has always loved films based on true stories – 100 out of 485 Best Picture nominees since 1927 would qualify – but never more than this year. Four of the 10 features on the Best Picture slate are based on real characters and events: “The King’s Speech,” “The Fighter,” “The Social Network,” and “127 Hours.” Eavesdrop on departing moviegoers and you will inevitably hear, “I’d love to know what really happened.” Here are some facts behind the “true-life” stories contending for this year’s Best Picture Academy Award.
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Oscar night: At the movies, we all get a vote
Best film? Best actor? There are dozens of ways of ranking films besides the Academy Awards. But the most important way is how you rank them.
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Blockbuster edges toward bankruptcy in the age of Netflix
With Americans edging away from video rentals, Blockbuster may declare bankruptcy next month, it reportedly told Hollywood studios Thursday, closing as many as 20 percent of its stores.
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The Last Airbender: movie review
M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Last Airbender' is a fantasy film heavy on effects and light on meaning.
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Breathless: movie review
Jean-Luc Godard's seminal 1960s gangster classic 'Breathless' is newly restored.
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Harry Brown: movie review
Michael Caine plays an an ex-marine gone vigilante in ‘Harry Brown,’ a thriller set in a dank London neighborhood.
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The Perfect Game: movie review
‘The Perfect Game,’ based on the true story of Little League underdogs playing in a World Series, gets bogged down in sentimentality.
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Clash of the Titans: movie review
Sam Worthington plays demigod Perseus in this high-energy 3-D reincarnation of the 1981 ‘Clash of the Titans.’
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Six Picks: Newspaper movies we recommend
Six of our favorite newspaper flicks full of intrepid reporters, romance, and quick-witted repartee.
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Monitor Picks
To commemorate the start of the MLB season, Monitor film critic Peter Rainer recommends the five best baseball movies ever made. ("Field of Dreams" isn't one of them!)
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'Casablanca' star lives in the shadow of his character
Paul Henreid, who played Nazi resistence leader Victor Laszlo, never achieved the fame of some of the movie's other stars and played largely European-type roles.
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