From TV to concert stage
February 7, 2011 – 8:27 am | View Comments

This time the school of rock is real for Miranda Cosgrove. Having enjoyed a long career in front of the camera, the 17-year-old Nickelodeon star is learning about life in front of a concert crowd.

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‘James Brown on T.A.M.I. Show’ an early, great concert on video
March 10, 2010 – 2:01 pm | View Comments
‘James Brown on T.A.M.I. Show’ an early, great concert on video

By the Writers of Last Word Features
Based on a 5-star rating.

Concert  DVD
Various Artists: “T.A.M.I. Show” (Shout Factory)
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In the Police song, “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around,” Sting …

In Theaters Now…
March 10, 2010 – 1:40 pm | View Comments
In Theaters Now…

Ratings based on four-star system.
‘The Book of Eli’
Rated R
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The latest in a wave of post-apocalyptic films is this sly “Mad Max”-y sort of Western, pitting Denzel Washington as a high plains drifter with God on …

Return to ‘Wonderland’ is anything but wonderful
March 10, 2010 – 1:35 pm | View Comments
Return to ‘Wonderland’ is anything but wonderful

Young Viewer’s TakeGreg Vellante
“Alice in Wonderland” is a dizzying movie painted on a dreadfully dull color palette, with lazy and gratuitous brushstrokes of distracting CGI throughout. Director Tim Burton heaps gobs upon gobs of endlessly …

New DVD releases offer hefty dose of reality
March 10, 2010 – 1:26 pm | View Comments
New DVD releases offer hefty dose of reality

By Jim Carnes
McClatchy Newspapers
Some movies you want to see when they hit DVD — “Up in the Air” and “Precious” from Tuesday’s releases, for example — and some you need to see. “The Stoning of …