http://www.eagletribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:26:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_313002612.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_313002612.html Dear Abby: I need an unbiased opinion. I am the father of a 12-year-old daughter, "Lia." She catches an early morning bus for school, and I leave for work at the same time her bus picks her up, so I'm in charge of getting her ready in the morning. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:26:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_313002645.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_313002645.html Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) and mdash; It's one of those days when you will have to put your full weight behind any goal you hope to accomplish; unless you are committed to going all out, it's extremely likely you won't make it. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:59:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185403.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185403.html Five-time Academy Award winner John Williams wrote the scores for "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and more. But it's the music from the six Star Wars movies for which he is best known. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:54:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185541.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185541.html Chances are, as kids flock to theaters over the course of the next few months to view a motion-captured Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge in Robert Zemeckis' new spin on "A Christmas Carol," it will be their first encounter with the traditional tale of holiday spirit. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:53:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185511.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185511.html Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" is a classic story with as much vivaciousness as a newborn puppy. In Robert Zemeckis's animated take on Dickens's tale, the story arc remains the same, and the puppy's tail continues to wag with imaginative vigor. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:52:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185442.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185442.html Joe Perry says there's still life in Aerosmith, but after an unlikely turn of events, he focused his energy on his latest solo project, "Have Guitar, Will Travel." While the record was in the planning stages, it was the cancellation of Aerosmith's tour because of lead singer Steven Tyler's stage accident that propelled Perry to finish his fifth solo effort. Perry says it came together in record time, using his other band's latest effort as a measuring stick. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185433.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185433.html The title of Taking Back Sunday's latest CD and mdash; "New Again" and mdash; pretty much sums up the feeling within the band as the group tours behind the CD this summer. With the arrival of new guitarist Matt Fazzi, Taking Back Sunday has found new life, both on a musical and personal level, and the band's excitement is evident in both the songs on "New Again" and the vibe that surrounds the band on and off stage as it begins touring in support of the new CD. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311184822.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311184822.html Actress Milla Jovovich approaches the screen and speaks directly to the audience, claiming that everything in "The Fourth Kind" is backed up by actual video and audio, and is a dramatization of something truly real. We are then encouraged to believe what we want to believe, and thus, the most pretentiously tedious "thriller" of the year begins. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185200.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185200.html Ratings based on four-star system. 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' Rated R 2 1/2 stars A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov's romp based on Jon Ronson's amusing nonfiction book about the U.S. military's research into psychic warfare and espionage. First-time director Heslov crafts a hit-and-miss fictional narrative ornamented with some of the brighter anecdotes Ronson uncovered about efforts to create warrior monks who try to walk through walls or glare animals to death. Clooney plays a prodigy of this New Age militarism, with Jeff Bridges as his Dude-like mentor, Kevin Spacey as a psychic rival and Ewan McGregor as a reporter uncovering the story amid the war in Iraq. The movie opens with the promise of a Catch-22 or Strangelove-style satire, but while it maintains much of the book's drolly incredulous spirit, the dots of absurdity just don't connect that well. With "Star Wars" vet McGregor on hand, the repeated Jedi knight references are jarring. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:31:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185132.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185132.html A guide to movies from a family perspective: 'This Is It' Rated: PG. Suitable for: School-age children who can sit attentively through a 112-minute movie and appreciate its subject matter. What you should know: This is a documentary showing rehearsals for Michael Jackson's sold-out tour, canceled after his June 25 death. It celebrates what would have been a spectacular show. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185258.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185258.html NEW YORK and mdash; It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham. The author of "A Time to Kill," ''The Client" and other blockbusters has written his first collection of short fiction, "Ford County," set in the Mississippi community he has used often in his fiction. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185306.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185306.html The turkey's sitting in the freezer, waiting for you to thaw it out. You're using Grandma's recipe for the dressing, and she's bringing a pair of her famous pies. Your uncle is furnishing his homemade wine and you know your sister will make that corn thing everybody likes. The Thanksgiving meal is shaping up to be a genuine family event, right down to the table. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185335.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185335.html HARDCOVER FICTION 1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) 2. THE SCARPETTA FACTOR, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $27.95.) 3. PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.99.) 4. NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185230.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311185230.html 'How to Rule the World from Your Couch' By Laura Day, 288 pages, $24 In her new book, "How to Rule the World from Your Couch", Laura Day teaches you or your company how to create success in any area by using your brain in unique and compelling ways so that your innate intuition can propel you ahead to successful solutions. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311184521.html http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_311184521.html ST. LOUIS and mdash; Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare. But an increasing number of kids can tell you that the Sesame Street character "Elmo" sneezes properly into the crook of his arm, and if they sing the whole "ABCs" song while washing their hands they'll get them really clean. They're also well acquainted with hand sanitizer, anti-bacterial wipes and mdash; and their germ-fighting abilities.