Surviving holiday indulgence takes a game plan
The holiday season can be a caloric minefield for anyone trying to lose weight or just make it into the new year without gaining pounds. Because it is so much...
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3rd act redeems Bosnian war tale ‘Twice Born’ ★★ 1/2
"Twice Born" is an old-fashioned war romance with all the sexing up and complications we expect in newer entries in this genre. Overlong, with stars who don't have a lot...
Blues Traveler is the rare jam band with chart-topping hits
MODESTO, Calif. — Blues Traveler is the rarest of musical acts — a jam band with a major chart hit. Phish never has charted, nor has moe., Widespread Panic or...
Shia LaBeouf shows growth in ‘Charlie Countryman’ ★★ 1/2
Here's what Shia LaBeouf has been up to since finishing his turn in the "Transformers" franchise: He made "The Company You Keep," a high-minded thriller with Robert Redford. There was...
Blues Traveler is the rare jam band with chart-topping hits
MODESTO, Calif. — Blues Traveler is the rarest of musical acts — a jam band with a major chart hit. Phish never has charted, nor has moe., Widespread Panic or...
Story of People’s Princess, ‘Diana,’ may sell better over here ★★ 1/2
There's a myopia to "Diana," the new film about the divorce and last great romance of Princess Diana's life, that fits its subject like one of Diana's signature, custom-tailored gowns....
Turkeys star in no-fun ‘toon, ‘Free Birds’ ★ 1/2
"Free Birds" is more proof, as if 2013 needed it, that Hollywood has almost killed the animated goose that laid the golden egg. No matter that in this case the...
Story of People’s Princess, ‘Diana,’ may sell better over here ★★ 1/2
There's a myopia to "Diana," the new film about the divorce and last great romance of Princess Diana's life, that fits its subject like one of Diana's signature, custom-tailored gowns....
Turkeys star in no-fun ‘toon, ‘Free Birds’ ★ 1/2
"Free Birds" is more proof, as if 2013 needed it, that Hollywood has almost killed the animated goose that laid the golden egg. No matter that in this case the...
‘Defeat’ has a cast with obvious winners ★★ 1/2
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" is a rough-around-the-edges tale of children growing up on the mean streets of the wrong side of Brooklyn. It's a coming-of-age story of...