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Film Is 'Feast' of Melodramatic Nonsense

That Feast of Love is an overstuffed melodrama, better suited for broadcast as a TV movie of the week than a theatrical release is bad enough. That it comes from Robert Benton, a veteran whose output has steadily declined in quality since writing Bonnie and Clyde and writing and directing Kramer vs. Kramer, is just plain sad.

The Rock Is Ready to Get His Comedy Career Rolling

If he hadn't been born with the body of an athlete, there's a good chance that Dwayne Johnson would have become a stand-up comic. Instead, he went into the family business, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather to become a professional wrestler, where he found fame as The Rock. Now 35, retired from the ring and turning his focus on acting, he's finally getting a chance to flex his comic muscles. After a series of stereotypical macho roles in The Mummy, The Scorpion Ki...

Augusta Players Cast Finds Ways to Make 'Grease' a Little Bit Slicker

The cast of the Augusta Players' production of Grease knows that audiences come to the period pop-culture classic with some baggage. Not only has the production been staged repeatedly (it's currently in revival on Broadway), there's a 1978 movie version that ranks as one of the highest grossing musicals ever.

Boats Are Focus of Many Adventures On High Seasflicks

There are two kinds of people in the world: Boat People, and those who are not. Boat People tend not to get seasick, enjoy the feel of cold spray in the face and are more than willing to hoist a mast or shiver a timber.

'In the Valley of Elah,' Emotional Conflicts Overshadow War Issues

David met Goliath "in the Valley of Elah," Hank Deerfield tells a boy in a bedtime story. Picked up five stones, loaded his slingshot and killed him, Hank says. Good defeated evil, the underdog triumphed and it's a true story, he says.