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		<title>Missed the Academy Award Challenge by That Much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, they are announcing the Oscar nominees for last year&#8217;s slate of movies. For the last two years, I&#8217;ve tried to watch all the movies nominated for major awards from one set of nominations before the next set came out. I made it last year. I&#8217;m going to fall short this year by one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie: Blue Valentine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some movies tell the fall-in-love part. Some movies tell the fall-out-of-love part. Blue Valentine does both. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play Cindy and Dean, a couple we see at two points in their relationship. The getting together and the coming apart cut back and forth throughout the movie. From a technical standpoint, I felt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4265</link>
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		<title>Movie: Rabbit Hole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the type of movie that I&#8217;m used to seeing only with indie treatments nowadays. But, Rabbit Hole actually gets the full on Hollywood-movie glamour, and that makes it a really pleasant surprise. Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart play a couple who are eight months removed from the accidental death of their son. You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4253</link>
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		<title>Book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went into the read thinking that this was going to be an action novel for some reason. The title is very provocative and the movie promos feature a very dynamic-looking female character. I&#8217;ve done my best to stay away from details about this book so I really wasn&#8217;t prepared for what I encountered. Spoilers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4248</link>
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		<title>Theater: Ask Aunt Susan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask Aunt Susan by Seth BockleyDirected by Joanie SchultzGoodman Theatre, Owen Theatre This post is two months late. Ask Aunt Susan played in November as a part of the Goodman&#8217;s New Stages Amplified series, which is such an interesting idea. Three playwrights were given the opportunity to workshop brand new plays in front of live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4237</link>
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		<title>Movie: The King&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am at a loss about the acclaim received by The King&#8217;s Speech. To me, it felt like a BBC television production. I did see this on my television instead of on the big screen but this only served to emphasize the appropriateness of the film to live as a television miniseries. The &#8220;smallness&#8221; of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4221</link>
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		<title>Movie: Bridesmaids (15-word Review)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not as hilarious as expected but very funny. Warmth in &#8220;can they do that?&#8221; raunch.]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4215</link>
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		<title>Movie: True Grit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[True Grit is my pick for Best Picture of the past Oscar year. Those Coen brothers sure know filmmaking. It is interesting that the classically Coen traits of quirkiness and dark comedy are less noticeably different within a Western. The HBO TV series Deadwood already used interesting cadences and presentations of language within a Western, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4199</link>
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		<title>Movie: 127 Hours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the story of 127 Hours. Aron Ralston goes hiking alone. His arm gets stuck and he has to cut it off to escape. I knew the story. I just had no idea how they were going to tell it as a movie. It was a huge surprise to actually spend the majority of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ms.smartypantsknowitall.com/archives/4185</link>
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		<title>Theater: Fiddler on the Roof</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I caught the traveling company of Fiddler on the Roof in Chicago&#8217;s Auditorium Theater last week. I have seen the movie before, but I have never seen this musical come to life on the stage. I had almost forgotten what musical theater used to be like. I&#8217;ve gotten so used to the more modern productions [...]]]></description>
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