By Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
Why is everyone giving Tom Cruise such a hard time? Can’t we just forget about what happened on Oprah’s couch? Is that asking too much? Is the movie business so flush …

Ratings based on four-star system.
‘Agora’
Not Rated

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★★
Set in the 4th century in Roman-controlled Alexandria, “Agora” has everything except real drama. While Christian unrest swirls …

‘Date Night’
Rated PG-13
★★1/2

“Date Night” is a product substantially inferior to the material routinely finessed by stars Steve Carell and Tina Fey, on their respective hit TV shows, into comic gold. A married couple leave …

By Alan SculleyCorrespondent
Three years ago, Mary Chapin Carpenter’s life was thrown into question when she suffered a pulmonary embolism.
Today, she is reticent to discuss the health crisis and what she went through to recover from …