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'Death Race': not too swift
Sun movie critic(F) In movies like The Bank Job, Jason Statham has shown the potential to be a British Steve McQueen, but he'll never get the chance if he keeps making gobblers like Death Race. It's strictly a smash-and-grab variation on the campy 1975 cult hit Death...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Medical Specialization, St. George, Movies, Ian McShane
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List of top 10 sports films gets a rewrite
O, by the WayRecently, AOL's Moviefone released another list of "Best Sports Movies." While we have no complaints with their choices - Rocky was No. 1 - such lists almost always include a familiar litany of the usual suspects, The Natural, Field of Dreams, Hoosiers...Tags: Baseball, Twilight, Tom Fears, Chicago White Sox, National Football League
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Helped map out '44 'Great Escape'
LONDON — Eric Dowling, nicknamed "Digger" for helping excavate tunnels used in the breakout from a World War II German prison camp that became known as the "Great Escape," has died. He was 92. Mr. Dowling played a key role in planning the 1944...Tags: Prisons, Richard Attenborough, Adolf Hitler
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Deaths elsewhere
Eric Dowling LONDON -- Eric Dowling, nicknamed "Digger" for helping excavate tunnels used in the breakout from a World War II German prison camp that became known as the "Great Escape," has died. He was 92. Dowling played a key role in planning the...Tags: Prisons, Richard Attenborough, Adolf Hitler
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Lotus Introduces Hybrid External Sound Technology for Improved Pedestrian Safety
Edmunds.comLotus today unveiled technology for electric and hybrid automobiles that mimics the sound of an internal combustion engine to alert pedestrians to the vehicles' presence. Because Lotus hasn't yet unveiled a hybrid of its own, the British automaker... -
Boston's Tinseltown Walk
Courant Staff WriterNow more than ever, we need a break — an occasional respite from our everyday lives. Yes, a "daycation" — a day spent away from the office or job site, and away from chores, just to relax and play. Once again this summer, we are taking one day...Tags: John Kerry, Tour Operations Industry, Massachusetts, Matt Damon, Movies
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'Full Burn' author Kevin Conley on the stuntman subculture
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn a recent afternoon, the writer Kevin Conley sat in a rental car driven by Sean Graham, a tanned, ripped stuntman who hadn't slept for 72 hours. The two spent some time kicking up dirt on a back road in Griffith Park, burning out the car's clutch,...Tags: Robert De Niro, Mark Wahlberg, Motor Racing, Meryl Streep, Health and Safety at School
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Roberts' 'Tribute' is just what you'd expect: A terrific read
McClatchy/Chicago Tribune newspapersBy Lezlie Patterson Warning: Do not begin this book late in the day—unless you plan to pull an all-nighter. Because once you start "Tribute" (Putnam, 464 pages, $26.95), you won't want to put it down. Which, of course, makes it no different...Tags: House M.D., Auto Trends, Superman, Virginia, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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'Gonzo' Thompson's life writ very large
Sun Movie Critic(A) Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is some paradoxical kind of great documentary. Writer-director and co-producer Alex Gibney uses any means at hand to make the rare movie about a journalist that actually takes us into a writer's head....Tags: F Scott Fitzgerald, Jimmy Carter, Firearms, Terry Gilliam, Mental Illness
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Walter Mirisch, his memoir and memories
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch has lived the American dream. He grew up in a poor immigrant family, and despite suffering hardships during the Great Depression, he found his way to Harvard. He later went on to a storied career producing some of the...Tags: Peter Sellers, Government, Hal Ashby, National Government, Norman Jewison
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Mark Rylance breathes life into 'Boeing-Boeing'
Special to The TimesIN THE "Say what?" department, this statement ranks up there: "If Camoletti had written a tragedy of this quality, he'd be up there with Pinter." Few people could get away with comparing Marc Camoletti, the French playwright of the creaky '60s sex...Tags: Art Carney, Boeing Co., William Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, Derek Jacobi
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Film critic, aficionado opens series with an august visitor
'I went out and bought a pair of black loafers after that," Sydney Pollack tells critic and interviewer Elvis Mitchell in the premiere of "Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence." Why the loafers? Because Gene Kelly wore loafers in "An American in Paris,"...Tags: Leslie Caron, Sydney Pollack, Woody Allen, Movies, Cary Grant
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