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Bio-Pic about Brilliant Black Brain Surgeon Released on DVD.

World-renowned Dr. Ben Carson has long been considered by his colleagues as the best pediatric neurosurgeon around, so it's no surprise that he remains in such great demand. Unless you've read his autobiography, Gifted Hands, you probably have no idea how many hardships Dr. Carson encountered en route to reaching the pinnacle of his profession. For he and his brother, Curtis (Tajh Bellow) were raised in the slums of Detroit by an overwhelmed, divorced single-mom (Kimberly Elise) who juggled numerous jobs as a housekeeper and babysitter just to keep a roof over their heads.

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The new film by Spike Lee

See the great new movie free! On Sept 9th -13th at the NW Film Center, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland. To qualify you must e- mailto:[email protected] saying that you want tickets for the Spike Lee movie, and your Name, address and ZIP code. Limit 2 Tickets. Limited to supply on hand.


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Christina Milian Stars in 5th Installment in Cheerleading Franchise

"Bring It On" was the surprise hit of the summer of 2000, a gritty ghetto-meets-suburbia cheerleading drama which turned Gabrielle Union and Kirsten Dunst into Hollywood stars.


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Historic Rock Concert Revisited by Bittersweet Bio-Pic

On Aug. 15, 1969, over a half-million young people descended upon the Catskills Mountains in upstate New York for a three-day music festival which would come to define the hippie generation. The renowned rock concert would take place in the tiny town of Bethel on a 600-acre meadow ...


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Quentin Tarantino took over ten years to finish writing the script for "Inglourious Basterds," and fans of his grisly brand of splatter fare will undoubtedly find the film well worth the wait. This gruesome World War II saga stars Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo Raine, a half-breed hillbilly from Tennessee who assembles an all-Jewish unit of American GIs for a Nazi scalp-hunting party across occupied France ...

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Houston is releasing her new album, "I Look to You," on Aug. 31.

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DVD Review: 'Trouble the Water'

On Aug. 28, 2005, with Hurricane Katrina bearing down on the New Orleans, Scott and Kimberly Rivers Roberts made the fateful decision to weather the storm instead of evacuate. Armed with a video camera, Kim started wandering around their Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, interviewing friends and relatives who had also chosen to stay in the city.


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Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun


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It's Aliens vs. Humans in Monster Mockumentary Set in South Africa

In 1999, "The Blair Witch Project" heralded the arrival of a new genre of horror flick…


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Star-Studded Cast Can"t Save Straight-to-DVD Ghetto Greekfest

A spiritually-debilitating descent into depravity.

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The Skanner Foundation's 38th Annual MLK Breakfast