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Not-so-spooky festivities just right for younger crowd
October 16, 2009 – 1:31 pm | Comments
Not-so-spooky festivities just right for younger crowd

DOVER — While older children and adults gear up for the thrills and chills of haunted hayrides and houses, younger children may not be ready for creepy costumes, frightening noises and scary surprises. Parents of …

Also in theaters
October 16, 2009 – 1:29 pm | Comments

Ratings based on four-star system.
‘Couples Retreat’
PG-13
1 1/2 stars
This is what life might have been like if the guys from “Swingers” had grown up, moved to the suburbs and turned into lame, sitcommy cliches. Jon Favreau …

A wondrously wild movie adventure
October 16, 2009 – 1:26 pm | Comments
A wondrously wild movie adventure

It’s a gorgeous film: This may sound contradictory, but it’s intricate and rough-hewn at the same time, dreamlike and earthy. What keeps it from reaching complete excellence is the thinness of the script, which Jonze co-wrote with Dave Eggers.

Pop Farmers promise ‘big sloppy chords’ at Peddler’s Daughter, Saturday, Oct. 17
October 16, 2009 – 1:20 pm | Comments
Pop Farmers promise ‘big sloppy chords’ at Peddler’s Daughter, Saturday, Oct. 17

NASHUA — Pop Farmers will perform at The Peddler’s Daughter on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 9:30 p.m.
After years of slugging it out in the New England bar scene with many different bands, the four members …