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1. 'People Like Us' movie review, trailer: Not much to like, after all
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Michelle Pfeiffer, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Baker Hall, even Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde can all rightly claim that “People Like Us.” That’s a good ...

2. 'Take This Waltz' movie review, trailer: Semi-autobiopic stunningly shot, eh?
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BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW "Everyone to the square for a public humiliation!" Those are the first words that the audience and Margot, the heroine, hear in the new romantic ...

3. 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World' movie review, trailer: Steve Carell and Keira Knightley go out without a bang
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BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW At the movies, the end is here. Though 2011 was the year of Apocalypse Noir, with dark forebodings in films large and small, “Seeking a Friend ...

4. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' movie review, trailer: More biting action than character
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW After generations of sanctimony about the Civil War, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” finally provides a useful metaphor for the national blood-letting. ...

5. Watergate anniversary: 'Deep Throat' FBI insider Mark Felt gets a closer look
(U.S./Nation)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM To mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal, the FBI invites the public to take a look inside the career of one of its heroic anti-heroes, the bureau ...

6. 'Rock of Ages' movie review, trailer: Tom Cruise shines '80s style
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BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Our past has caught up with us. Many people lived through the decade of the 1980s but have been able to move on, repress their memories of that ...

7. 'Prometheus' movie review, trailer: 'Alien' prequel is scarily boring
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW In space, no one can hear you yawn. More than 30 years ago, director Ridley Scott mixed technology and slime, sweat and acid-for-blood to create ...

8. 'Snow White and the Huntsman' movie review, trailer: Fairy tale with an edge
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Fairy tale endings are becoming more elusive, even in fairy tales. The latest version of a familiar fable, "Snow White and the Huntsman," finds ...

9. Cory Booker vs. Obama: Mitt Romney ads were 'nauseating,' says mayor
(U.S./Nation)

... mentioned as a possible Democratic gubernatorial or senatorial candidate in the near future, Booker also may have opened a door to a job in prospective Romney Administration. —JOE TYRRELL, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ...

10. 'Dark Shadows' movie review, trailer: Johnny Depp gets support in Tim Burton dark comedy
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Vampires may be forever undead in pop culture, but it took Johnny Depp and Tim Burton to bring Barnabas Collins back to life in a big way. Love-besotted ...

11. N.J. failing on smog, ozone safety: DEP calls for change
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM New Jersey is one of only two states in the nation where smog levels exceed a healthy standard everywhere, according to new findings by federal environmental officials. ...

12. 'Chimpanzee' movie review, trailer: Good message outweighs fair cinematography
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW The latest cinematic look at our closest relative, "Chimpanzee" may accomplish more off screen than on. Directors Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield ...

13. 'Pirates! Band of Misfits' movie review, trailer: 3D animation is swashbuckling good time
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Some industries hand out awards left and right; movies and journalism come to mind. Other professions have tougher standards, like piracy. That's ...

14. Tribeca Film Festival recap: Top picks from the experts
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW As the annual Tribeca Film Festival enters its final weekend, when audience favorites are given additional viewings, several of our reviewers have ...

15. New York's Tribeca Film Festival 2012: 'The Five-Year Engagement' kicks off event
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM This year's Tribeca Film Festival opens tonight with the premiere of a mass-market comedy, "The Five-Year Engagement," and wraps up with the launch of a superhero ...

16. 'The Cabin in the Woods' movie review, trailer: Makes stereotypical horror flick look good
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW A jock, a party girl, a more studious jock, a virgin and a nerd go into the woods... Though it sounds like one we've heard — not to mention ...

17. 'The Hunger Games' movie review, trailer: Captures Collins' best-selling novel
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Nothing whitens like Hollywood! Like most of her neighbors in the coal patch of post-Apocalyptic America, Katniss Everdeen is described in Suzanne ...

18. Soda kings Pepsi and Coke to tweak recipes, avoid California 4-MEI cancer warning
(Health/Healthquest)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The deep brown color associated with cola drinks has created a problem for America's two dominant soft drink manufacturers, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, which each decided ...

19. More Americans not paying federal income taxes: Ron Paul ideas challenge Republican government
(Money/Economy)

... Authors Bill Beach and Patrick Tyrrell wrote, “If the citizens’ representatives are elected by an increasing percentage of voters who pay no income tax, how long will it be before these representatives ...

20. 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' movie review, trailer: Swinton conveys strength
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Eva Khatchadourian is caught in a roiling dream at the start of "We Need to Talk about Kevin," a movie about a very tenuous bond between parent and ...