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This vote can rev up (old guy's) heartbeat Saturday, May 17, 2008 With still another sequel to the "The Fast and the Furious" movies due out any day, the Internet is abuzz with balloting for favorite car movies. |
Salt may limit viable choices for roadside plantings Saturday, May 17, 2008 Gardening season is upon us. The peas and onions are planted in Marjorie’s garden, the raspberries and blueberries are awake, and gardening questions seem to be propagating in the inbox. |
DVD Corner: 'Die Hard Ultimate Collection' Saturday, May 17 2008 Most actors are forgotten, a fraction endures, others are lucky enough to be remembered for portraying one character. |
Frothy 'Vegas' actually a good bet Friday, May 16, 2008 Tom Vaughan’s romantic comedy "What Happens in Vegas" stars Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz as Jack and Joy, two good-looking New Yorkers who know nothing about each other when they meet while on vacation in Las Vegas, and who know only slightly more about each other when they return home as a not-so-happily married couple. |
 Making plans to see 'Speed Racer'? Not so fastMonday, May 12, 2008 The unbearable new Wachowski brothers movie, "Speed Racer," forgot to bring the speed, forgot to bring the fun and forgot to remember that restraint, even in an action movie, can make individual scenes of action more exciting if there are moments of calm to set them off. |
Wayne Reilly: Army of tramps headed through Bangor Monday, May 12, 2008 "Throw out the life line.Pull in the clothes line. For the hoboes are coming to town." |
DVD Corner: 'All You Need is Love' Saturday, May 10, 2008 "All You Need is Love" - That's a nice thought, but truth be told, Tony Palmer's sweeping television series about the history of popular music also suggests it might be good to have a measure of talent, a bit of luck, some rhythm, a voice and the right people behind you so you can share that love with the masses. |
 A less-than-good son gave mother some tales to tellSaturday, May 10, 2008 It's a wonder my mother never threw me out of her house. It's a good thing that my uncles, her brothers, were far worse than I ever was. |
The cast, script of 'Iron Man' freshens up comic book genre Friday, May 09, 2008 At its core, Jon Favreau’s "Iron Man" is about one man’s massive mid-life crisis, and all the drama that springs from it. |
Mother's Day DVD Gifts Monday, May 05, 2008 Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11, but this year, instead of — or in addition to — the usual gifts of flowers, perfume or a night out on the town, a worthwhile gift for Mom might be one of several recommended movies and-or television series new to the market. |
Spring chores different 100 years ago Monday, May 05, 2008 Spring came to eastern Maine a century ago in a burst of glory just as it does today. |
 DVD CornerSaturday, May 03, 2008 Piercing, but in a good way. Mariah Carey might have a new CD out in 'E=MC2,' but it pales in comparison to her previous album, 2005's Grammy Award-winning 'The Emancipation of Mimi,' which was the focus of her successful 2006 worldwide tour. |
 Black chokeberries provide beauty and nutritionSaturday, May 03, 2008 I recall lecturing to a woody plants class about chokeberries, native shrubs with fruits supposedly so astringent that they are shunned by the birds, hence the common name. |
 Poehler and Fey's chemistry help deliver laughs in 'Baby Mama'Monday, April 28, 2008 The new Michael McCullers movie, 'Baby Mama,' goes down like a tall bottle of warm Similac. And that's a good thing. |
 Appreciative audiences helped establish Bangor as 'musical city'Monday, April 28, 2008 IS BANGOR A MUSICAL CITY? asked a headline in the Bangor Daily News on March 14, 1908. 'Everyone Thinks So, But Grand Opera Season Will Be the True Test.' |
Spring bounty can put sensory deprivation in the past Saturday, April 26, 2008 You can't complain about this month of April. Not when you've survived the winter we had, where a mere month ago all was an unending canvas of stark, cold white with nary a sign of greenery in sight. |
Local gardens, woodlands lush with spring-flowering cherries Saturday, April 26, 2008 After the red of early maple flowers and the soft grey-green of aspen tassels, a chronological blooming of white-flowered native trees and shrubs begins. |
DVD Corner: 'America at War' Saturday, April 26, 2008 From A&E and the History Channel, a well-done, 14-disc collection that explores our nation’s war efforts, beginning with the American Revolution and the Alamo and following straight through to our conflicts in the Persian Gulf and our current war in Iraq. |
 Powerhouses team up on ‘Kingdom’Friday, April 25, 2008 The new Rob Minkoff movie, 'Forbidden Kingdom,' would be little without its superb martial arts sequences, so it's good to report that the movie isn’t just filled with them, but that each fight was choreographed by Yuen Wo-Ping. |
 Wayne Reilly: Remembering Bangor fireMonday, April 21, 2008 Early on the morning of April 16, 1908, a century ago last week, a fire was discovered in J. Frank Green's hay shed at 156 Broad St. on Bangor's waterfront. |
'Sarah Marshall' has the laughs, it just takes a bit to get to them Monday, April 21, 2008 Nicholas Stoller's new movie, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," is a romantic comedy about getting dumped. It's also about the ramifications of finding out you were being cheated on before you got dumped. Oh, and it's ultimately about trying to get your life back on track in spite of the crushing depression that follows. |
DVD Corner: 'American Dad' Saturday, April 19, 2008 The CIA under direct fire. The third season of "American Dad"follows CIA agent Stan Smith, whose life continues to be unconventional in ways perhaps only animation can best underscore —the medium finds truth in the abstract, and this show is all about the abstract. |
It's like watching the grass grow on greens on TV Saturday, April 19, 2008 It finally happened. I never thought it would, I am so ashamed. I hope no one saw me. |
 Blooming of these small trees evocative of Maine's pastSaturday, April 19, 2008 It was just this past week, on Tuesday, when the shadblow serviceberries around Eastport signaled the true arrival of spring, the loosening of winter’s grip on their pointed buds. |
Why not let lawn imperfections grow on you Saturday, March 29, 2008 I blame this column on 1) winter, 2) snow, 3) cabin fever and 4) the snow-sleet-rain that fell on the first day of spring. |
 Janine Pineo: Plants that go bloom make winter a little more bearableSaturday, February 23, 2008 There's something to be said for a plant that blooms all winter. |
 Spineless beauties, devils ears defy piles of snowSaturday, January 26, 2008 It's not hard to dream of greener days whilst shoveling unending mountains of snow. |
 Shopping for the gardener on your listSaturday, November 24, 2007 Hard to believe that a month from this weekend is Christmas. Perhaps it was the 80-degree temperatures at the end of October that threw me off. |