Go to the movies - Emily Listfield

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Read, watch, relax
M ay
22,
2009
Watch and enjoy
at home
LAST
CHANCE
HARVEY
In this heartwarming
tale about new
beginnings, Dustin
Hoffman and Emma
Thompson sparkle as lonely middle-aged
strangers who meet in an airport bar and
fall for each other. (PG-13)
Go to the movies
YES MAN
Jim Carrey
plays Carl Allen, a
regular guy who
decides to spice up
his humdrum life by
agreeing to do
everything that is asked of him for an
entire year. Hilarious problems ensue as a
result of his master plan. (PG-13)
MY LIFE IN RUINS
ANGELS & DEMONS
In this compelling prequel to
Dan Brown’s best-selling book
The Da Vinci Code, Harvard
symbologist Robert Langdon
(Tom Hanks, above) speeds
around Rome trying to
prevent a secret society
known as the Illuminati from
pulling off a terrorist act that
could destroy the Vatican.
(Not yet rated)
EARTH
If you loved the BBC’s
captivating, globe-spanning
documentary Planet Earth,
check out this latest
offering from Disneynature.
Narrated by James Earl
Jones, the film—an
off-shoot of the original
TV series—follows three
animal families along their
migratory paths. (G)
THE SOLOIST
A Los Angeles newspaper
reporter (Robert Downey Jr.,
above, right) meets a
homeless Juilliard-educated
musician (Jamie Foxx, left) and
decides to help him achieve
his dream of performing in a
local concert hall. The moving
drama, based on a true story,
also stars Catherine Keener
and Tom Hollander. (PG-13)
By Nicholas Fonseca, senior editor at Entertainment Weekly
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Living
Proof
This Lifetime movie
tells the true story of
Dr. Dennis Slamon
(Harry Connick Jr.),
who developed an
experimental breast cancer drug and
continued to fight to save lives even after
he lost his funding. With Angie Harmon,
Amanda Bynes and Regina King. (Not rated)
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entertainment, Jaime Trueblood, Francois Duhamel, BBC Worldwide, Zade Rosenthal
Nia Vardalos (above, left) of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame
stars in this uplifting romantic comedy as a travel guide who
discovers love in an unlikely place when she leads a group of
quirky tourists around historic sites in Greece. Alexis Georgoulis
(right), Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss and SNL alum Rachel
Dratch also appear. (PG-13)
HOTEL
FOR
DOGS
In this hilarious
comedy, two
kids secretly turn an old hotel into a
home for stray dogs. The results? A
bunch of cute canines and a whole
lot of laughs! From picking a favorite
pup to watching the mission unfold,
the entire family will have a blast.
Check it out (er, check in) now! (PG)
Read, watch, relax
MARIA TAYLOR
BOOKER T.
The legendary soul
icon returns with
Potato Hole, his
first solo album in
20 years. Neil Young
appears on guitar, and
the Drive-By Truckers play backup on this
eclectic, 10-track release.
ELLIOTT YAMIN
The beloved American
Idol alum—whose
debut album was a
critical and commercial
success—cowrote
several songs on his
second album, Fight for Love, which features a
mix of R&B and pop songs.
COLLIN RAYE
The country mainstay
pays tribute to Southern
California country rock
of the mid-‘70s with
Never Going Back,
which features such
high-energy tunes as “Mid Life Chrysler” and
a remake of the Nilsson classic “Without You.”
Curl up with a book
BEST INTENTIONS
By Emily Listfield
In this gripping page-turner, Lisa
suspects that her husband is
having an affair with her friend
Deirdre. Her hurt turns to shock
when Deirdre turns up dead,
entangling Lisa in a mystery with
no alibi and no one to trust.
I hold out my
hand, and she slides
the necklace slowly into it. The light catches
the diamonds. I bring it closer. Staining just a
quarter inch of the delicate chain I see what
I am certain is dried blood.
—from Best Intentions
VISION IN WHITE
By Nora Roberts
The first of four novels in Roberts’ new Bride Quartet
series follows four best friends—Parker, Mackenzie,
Laurel and Emmaline—who run one of Connecticut’s
premier wedding-planning companies out of the
historic small-town home that Parker inherited.
This installment focuses on a photographer who falls for the
bride-to-be’s brother at a wedding she has been hired to shoot.
WATER, STONE, HEART
By Will North
After his wife leaves him, an architecture professor
travels to the English seaside, where he enrolls in a
course on building stone walls. Once there, he starts
to feel at home and soon catches the eye of a local
artist with a troubled childhood and an abusive
ex-husband. The new couple’s strength is tested when a catastrophic
storm hits the village where she lives.
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Turn on the music
Taylor’s third disc,
LadyLuck, was
written as the
Alabama-born
singer prepared
to move to L.A.
“Time Lapse
Lifeline,” the title
track and other
songs focus on life’s
constant changes,
and she collaborates
with R.E.M.’s Michael
Stipe on the final
number, “Cartoons
and Forever Plans.”