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<title><![CDATA[Some known films miss Oscar cut]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's <i>Capitalism: A Love Story</i> wasn't one of them.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's A Scrub: Planet 51's commonplace imagery can't save the lackluster story line]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[It's been a big year for animation, with a great variety of styles represented by <i>Up, Monsters vs. Aliens, Fantastic Mr. Fox</i> and the coming <i>The Princess and the Frog</i>.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vampy, Yet Boring: Second movie in Twilight series is nothing to sink your teeth into]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Night Out: Salem students get a first taste of New Moon]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[This weekend, fans of the <i>Twilight</i> series are getting their first taste of <i>New Moon</i>, the second film based on the popular book series.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Star Trek full of  action and plenty  of extras]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[<b>Star Trek</b> (PG-13): J.J. Abrams' reboot of the <i>Star Trek</i> franchise was a risky venture, aiming to draw in new fans while not alienating the show's current fan base. For the most part, it succeeded, though there will of course always be fans able to find nits to pick.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Famous Birthdays]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[<b>Today:</b> Actor Alan Young (<i>Mr. Ed</i>) is 90. Talk-show host Larry King is 76. Talk-show host Dick Cavett is 73. Media mogul Ted Turner is 71. Newsman Garrick Utley is 70. Actor Dan Haggerty is 68. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 67. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 60. Actor Robert Beltran (<i>Star Trek: Voyager</i>) is 56. Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 55. Journalist Ann Curry is 53. Actress Allison Janney (<i>The West Wing</i>) is 50. Actress Meg Ryan is 48. Actress Jodie Foster is 47. Actress Terry Farrell (<i>Becker</i>) is 46. Singer Tony Rich is 38. Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is 36. Singer Tamika Scott of Xscape is 34. Rapper Lil' Mo is 32.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Precious turns gritty reality into work of art]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[As Hollywood closed specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, as studios focus more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters, cinema fans have rightly wondered, who's left to make great American movies?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Now Showing]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In Movie Theaters Now]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feel-good sports story falls short of touchdown]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The redemption-minded sports flick <i>The Blind Side</i> serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film Brief: Food, Inc. to be shown in Lewisville]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Winston Salem Documentary Club will present Robert Kenner's <i>Food, Inc.,</i> at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Lewisville Library Branch auditorium, 6490 Shallowford Road in Lewisville. The documentary discusses the ripple effect of our food consumption on the environment and social scenery of today.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Music: Pirate Radio's stars are the well-chosen songs]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[No movie can be all bad when juiced up with a soundtrack of more than 50 classic rock tunes.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bridges is no stranger to the guru leader of New Earth Army in 'Goats'  HOLLYWOOD]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Actor Jeff Bridges says he had a bit of a flashback while filming <i>The Men Who Stare at Goats</i>, which fictionalizes the oddball odyssey of a U.S. military program that tried to train soldiers to use mental powers as a weapon (and, yes, to snuff out farm animals by glaring at them).]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The end doesn't come soon enough in 2012]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Cataclysmic disaster and apocalyptic doom, as foretold by Hollywood, have a way of bringing together broken families, revealing the unseen heroism of deadbeat dads and neatly disposing of their rivals.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Now Playing]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In Movie Theaters Now]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Characters even better  than the animation in smart Up]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[<b>Up</b> (G): Pixar continues its tradition of fantastic, family-oriented films with this smart, poignant and imaginative fable. Ed Asner provides the voice of a grumpy widower whose sole joy in life was his wife. Determined to live out her last dream, he tethers thousands of balloons to the home they shared and sets sail by air to a jungle retreat she had hoped to visit. But he has an unwitting stowaway, an eager young Wilderness Explorer who tags along on the journey. Joining them along the way is Dug, an eager, goofy dog who steals any scene he is in. The computer-animation is beautiful, but it is the characters who matter most.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methodist Man - Winston-Salem landmarks came in handy when the Rev. John Jackman was directing his latest film, Wesley.]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Old Salem and Bethabara play prominent roles in the film, as did sites including Salem College and Academy, The Children's Home on Reynolda Road, and St. Paul's Episcopal and Centenary Methodist churches in downtown Winston-Salem.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:35:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Relish Spins]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Reviews of recently released musical albums]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:45:03 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film Briefs: Temple Emanuel to show the movie Fresh]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Temple Emanuel will present the film <i>Fresh</i> as part of its environmental-movie-night series at Temple Emanuel, 201 Oakwood Drive. The film features farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are challenging the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model and confronting its consequences, including food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources and obesity.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film Briefs: John Wesley film to be shown]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[<i>Wesley</i>, a locally produced feature film about the life of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, will premiere at the Stevens Center of the UNC School of the Arts. The film focuses on Wesley's early life, and the personal struggles that led to his spiritual transformation and, ultimately, to revolutionary changes in England in ministry to the poor and outcast.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:40:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Goats' falls short of the great war satires]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's <i>The Men Who Stare at Goats</i>, and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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