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+Box Office Report | September 26, 2011

Box Office Moneybrawl: The Lion King Edges Brad Pitt's A's and the Dolphins Too

By Richard Corliss

According to early studio estimates, Disney's 3-D re-release of The Lion King will win the weekend box-office race at North American theaters with $22.1 million, a slim 27% drop from last weekend.

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Tuned In+September 28, 2010

TV Tonight (And Tomorrow): The Tenth Inning

By James Poniewozik

Tonight and Wednesday, PBS debuts Ken Burns’ The Tenth Inning, his four-hour sequel to Baseball. TIME’s Sean Gregory, who unlike me actually knows something about the sport, interviewed Burns and partner Lynn Novick about the doc: TIME: The film deals with controversial figures like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire, yet we don’t hear from many [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | October 29, 2009

The Morning After: Post-Game

By James Poniewozik

It was not a great night for sports in New York City, so it’s a good thing Friday Night Lights came back. At least if you have DirecTV, or access to the DirecTV press website. My unscientific poll of Tuned Inland yesterday showed more people in favor of my waiting to write about FNL until [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | October 20, 2009

The Morning After: Just a Flesh Wound

By James Poniewozik

IFC last night aired the second episode of Almost the Truth: The Lawyer’s Cut, its six-hour documentary on Monty Python. As a longtime Python fan—and one who usually has little patience for showbiz documentaries—I found the doc’s personal stories and cultural context fascinating, but I wonder if the whole haul is a little much for [...]