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Matinee Melee: 'Benjamin Button' offers fascinating concept of reverse aging

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

This adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story is anything but, spanning nearly three hours as it traces the bizarre life span of a boy born an infirm geriatric sliding toward death by young age.

Matinee Melee: Hoffman, Streep leave a shadow of a 'Doubt'

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

CASEY PHILLIPS: In our recent review of 2008’s crop of movies, we added the caveat to our list of our 10 favorite movies that they were only current before the slew of movies that arrived Christmas Day. “Doubt” is the reason why.

Pikeville: Sharing cancer

Sisters supporting each other after diagnosis, surgery

Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008

Carol Vanwinkle and Carlene Campbell Mooneyham, like most sisters, share many things. However, cancer was one thing they never intended to share.

Reel picks & pans

Times Free Press film critics look back on the best and worst movies of 2008

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008

Between the two of us, we’ve seen 88 movies this year, 46 in common. At n average of two hours per movie, that’s approximately one full week spent watching the year’s cinematic releases.

On the silver screen

A moviegoer’s guide to Christmas Day at the cinema

Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008

Once the presents have been opened, Christmas dinner eaten and new baby pictures oohed and ahhed over, what else is there to do on Dec. 25?

Matinee Melee: ‘Milk’ full of year’s best

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Casey Phillips: As I walked out of the theater after viewing “Milk,” the first words out of my mouth were “Best Picture, Best Actor, or both?”

Chattanooga: Common ground

Event organizers say Kwanzaa celebrates communal bonds, shared heritage, not religion

Monday, Dec. 22, 2008

Since it follows hot on the heels of Christmas and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa is often misinterpreted as a religious event, but organizers of local Kwanzaa gatherings said the observance celebrates the bonds of family and heritage, not a common faith.

Your chance to make a difference

Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008

For those in the mood for a little giving to balance out the receiving taking place Christmas morning, there are plenty of organizations looking for volunteers and donations in the coming days.

Matinee Melee: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

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Matinee Melee: 'Cadillac Records' plays well

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008

Casey Phillips: Like 2005’s “Walk the Line,” “Cadillac Records” is the kind of biopic whose appeal will transcend music buffs to resonate with those who couldn’t tell the difference between Etta James and Bessie Smith with a gun to their head. More than that, it’s currently tied with “Dark Knight” as my favorite movie of the year.