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  • What Comes Around

    By on July 26, 2006

    For those of us who fell in love with our best friends growing up, Michael Thomas Ford's Full Circle appears to be a dream come...

  • Splish Splash

    By on July 26, 2006

    I'm feeling a little sorry for M. Night Shyamalan right about now. Slam-dunking his movies seems to have become an Olympic sport for critics. In...

  • Independent Spirit

    By on July 19, 2006

    It's always gratifying to watch independent filmmakers -- at least those with talent -- reach a point where they're working within the Hollywood system (meaning...

  • Swishbuckling

    By on July 12, 2006

    When Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl drifted into theaters three summers ago, few -- least of all myself -- expected it...

  • Fashion Statement

    By on July 5, 2006

    I can honestly say that, in all my years in journalism, I've never encountered an editor like Miranda Priestly, the powerful wicked witch at the...

  • Velvet Touch

    By on June 28, 2006

    Here is what Ed Bailey will be doing on Saturday, July 15, the closing night of Velvet Nation, the seven-year, mammoth dance event he created...

  • Hero's Welcome

    By on June 28, 2006

    It's been quite some time, Superman, but now that you're once again among us, let me be among the first to say, welcome back. And...

  • Masked Unmarvel

    By on June 21, 2006

    ''Wrestling is ungodly,'' remarks Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera) to Friar Ignacio (Jack Black). ''It's a sin.'' ''Why?'' asks Nacho. ''Because these men fight...

  • Pride 2006

    By on June 14, 2006

    View more Capital Pride Festival photos As the stormy weather dissipated at dusk on Friday, June 9, it left at least one rainbow over D.C....

  • Bad Omen

    By on June 14, 2006

    When I was a moviegoing teenager, two movies scared the devil out of me: The Exorcist and The Omen -- the first for its unrelenting,...

  • Bosom Buddies

    By on June 7, 2006

    ''Oh, that's too perfect!'' Christine Baranski whooshes into the Kennedy Center's Africa Room, and immediately positions herself next to an elegant bare-breasted sculpture carved from...

  • Christine Baranski

    By on June 7, 2006

    METRO WEEKLY: How did the performing bug bite you? CHRISTINE BARANSKI: It's hard to exactly pinpoint, but the fact is that my paternal grandparents were...

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    Harriet Harris

    By on June 7, 2006

    METRO WEEKLY: Let's begin with what first got you interested in acting. HARRIET HARRIS: I'm from Texas. I grew up in Fort Worth, and there...

  • Broken

    By on June 7, 2006

    Early in The Break-Up, Brooke Meyers (Jennifer Aniston) asks her boyfriend, Gary Grobowski (Vince Vaughn), to help with the dishes after a dinner party. Absorbed...

  • Mutant Fortified

    By on May 31, 2006

    McKellen as 'Magneto' (3rd from left) and Janssen as 'Phoenix' (far right) X-Men: The Last Stand, the third installment in the ultra-popular movie series based...