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THE ITHACAN

Gritty film reveals singers’ rock lives

By Lauren Mateer, Staff Writer April 15, 2010
Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift have nothing on singers Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.

‘Last Song’ offers overplayed story

By James Hasson, Staff Writer April 9, 2010
“The Last Song” has a story just as recycled as Miley Cryus’ rebel-without-a-cause persona.

‘Tub’ boils over with vulgarity

By Elisha Male, Contributing Writer April 9, 2010
Brightly colored jackets, towering Afros and campy, synthetic pop songs are just some of the many things that contribute to the nostalgic experience of “Hot Tub Time Machine.”

Titans clash in glorious action scenes

By Quinton Saxby, Staff Writer April 9, 2010
Medusa, the Kraken, an evil ferryman and every important Greek god and goddess: “Clash of the Titans” has it all — well maybe not everything.

‘Repo Men’ script fails to make the cut

By Anne Gould Northgraves, Staff Writer April 1, 2010
“Repo Men” is a film with an identity crisis. It is part hard-core gore extravaganza, part cerebral “the fates have turned” thriller and all confusion, with too many fallacies for the few working elements to shine.

Drama explores evil in society

By Matt Harvey, Staff Writer April 1, 2010
Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon,” is a film set in the past that couldn’t be more important to the present. The German black-and-white movie is an unsettling and timeless commentary on the birth of evil in society.

Animation makes dragon movie fly

By Andrew Stone, Staff Writer April 1, 2010
No one can deny that “How to Train Your Dragon” is a good-looking film, even if people are tired of watching movies with 3-D glasses.

Film’s script fails nerd’s story of love

By Evan Johnson, Staff Writer March 26, 2010
Can a five on the attractive scale nab a hard 10? It may seem impossible, but in “She’s Out of My League,” one can see how it might happen.

Damon returns to action genre

By James Hasson, Staff Writer March 26, 2010
Jason Bourne has dropped his name and jumped ship from his title movie series. In the action thriller “Green Zone,” he may have a new name, Army fatigues and an automatic weapon, but he’s still the same character.

Intense love story begs ‘Remember me’

By Erin Dunphy, Contributing Author March 26, 2010
When Tyler Hawkins made a bet to seduce Ally Craig, the last thing he expected was to fall in love. Instead of a college fling, he is pulled onto a roller-coaster ride of a relationship with a girl who changes his life — in turn changing audiences’ visions of life and love also.

Local organization to collect tents for Haiti victims

By Alexandra Evans, Staff Writer February 10, 2010
Local parents and their children from Ithaca’s Northern Lights Roots and Shoots, a global youth service program that teaches children the importance of making a difference, will be collecting tents and selling baked goods this weekend to contribute to the relief effort in Haiti. The group is asking for lightweight tent models in good condition.…

‘Rendition’ brings national issue to public eyes

By Amanda Cecca, Contributing Writer November 1, 2007
With a powerhouse team of actors, it is very difficult for “Rendition” not to deliver. The gripping melodrama gives faces to the government practice of “extraordinary rendition” — sending people to another county for torture interrogation — and these faces just happen to be such Hollywood A-listers as Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep and…
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