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ISSUE: November 15, 2009

Articles about Joe Guinto

D.c. Dining - 7-15-2007

An Inside LookWashington, D.C., definitely puts its politics before its penne con zucca. But we locals who prefer it the other way around still know where to find an...

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...or, in this case, seven. — Joe Guinto

Early-Bird...

Puppet Master - 9-1-2007

Ben Harper and his backing band find a Lifeline to a simpler time.

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... Dolls. That’s it. — Joe Guinto
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Movies - 8-1-2003

GIGLI Some Italians say “gli” is the hardest sound in their language for Americans to pronounce, so it’s hard to figure why you’d name a U.S. movie Gigli. Stranger still is why you’d cast Ben Affleck as a hit man, or put him in the same m...

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...cheesy mustache. Opens August 8. — Joe Guinto...

Movies - 11-1-2003

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS was originally planned to be part of The Matrix Reloaded, this past summer’s sequel to the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix. But, when Reloaded got too long, producers split the movie into two. So, if you saw <...

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...would have loved it. November 21. — Joe Guinto...

A Thrilling Success - 8-1-2004

James Patterson is getting a lot of work done. The bestselling author, whose two thriller series have been blockbuster hits, has released at least two books a year on average since 1997. This year, hell beat that average with four, including his fir...

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...not a small room of critics. — Joe Guinto What’s on the night table of one of...

Black On Black - 5-15-2008

Jack Black, the star of the new movie Kung Fu Panda, talks about his role as a chubby, furry animal; what its like to be a funny person; and how being an actor is like being a chef.

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...I’m still trying to do.” Joe Guinto imagined himself as a black-and-white furry...

Movies - 9-1-2003

UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN You, my friend, have had a tough week. Maybe worse. So quit. Empty your bank account. Buy a villa in Tuscany. Move. Meet a sexy Italian. Fall in love. Only in the movies, right? Nope, this happened for real —...

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...all around. Opens September 26. — Joe Guinto...

Movies - 10-1-2003

RUNAWAY JURY How do you make the mind-numbingly dull subject of jury selection interesting? Adapt a recent John Grisham bestseller to tell the story of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that seeks to hold a gun-maker liable for a shooting death....

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...Now go watch his movie, punk. October 10. - Joe Guinto...

Movies - 12-1-2003

BIG FISH Director Tim Burton applies his, uh, unique visual style to the story of William Bloom and his attempt to reconstruct the life of his dying father, Edward. A traveling salesman, Edward’s journeys were way more interesting than, s...

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...the powers that be. December 19 — Joe Guinto...

Movies - 1-1-2004

THE BIG BOUNCE The 1969 film The Big Bounce, based on an Elmore Leonard novel, was a stinker starring Ryan O’Neal. This remake tries to improve that predictable con-man caper by casting the funnier Owen Wilson in the lead, and the alw...

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...on in a coffee shop. January 16. — Joe Guinto...

Movies - 2-1-2004

Movie reviews for 50 First Dates and Kill Bill Vol 2

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...in the editing room. February 20 — Joe Guinto...

Movies - 3-1-2004

HIDALGO Disney bills this as the true story of history’s greatest long-distance horseman, Frank Hopkins. But the angry Long Riders’ Guild is calling it bupkis. They say Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) was never invited to take his mixed-...

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...least, nice to look at. March 19 — Joe Guinto...

Movies - 4-1-2004

Mean Girls Unlike the standard movie starring Saturday Night Live cast members, this one is unrelated to any of the show’s goofball characters. Its genesis is a New York Times article about a mean streak in today’s teenage g...

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... under? — par. April 30 — Joe Guinto ...

Movies - 5-1-2004

SHREK 2 Antonio Banderas has a host of tough-guy roles to his credit — El Mariachi, Zorro, even Benito Mussolini — and now he’s playing Puss in Boots. Yes, seriously. And though the name may not seem very Antonioish, the character is: Pus...

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...Greeks would be proud. May 14 — Joe Guinto ...

Movies - 6-1-2004

Garfield How does Bill Murray follow a groundbreaking role that scored him an unlikely Oscar nomination? He does the voice of a cartoon cat. Murray is Garfield, the Sunday-funnies feline, who is brought to life as a computer-generated charac...

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...wacky mate. June 11 — Joe Guinto...