âWimbledonâ serves up old-fashioned romance
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Itâs not much of a stretch to say that &quot;Wimbledon&quot; is the best tennis film ever made. With the exception of the forgettable &quot;Players&quot; (1979), filmmakers have not used the world of professional tennis as a backdrop.
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âThe Rules of Engagementâ is not a groundbreaking new series by any means, but it has some redeeming virtues.
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This  is not your great-grandmother's "The Jew of Malta," but it  certainly is fun.
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If the summer bar scene in Manhattan seems too much of the same old, same old, an antidote might be this diverting musical confection by Jim Wann and Patricia Miller.
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Cuckoldry is rarely as tedious or as raucous as it is in the East River Commediaâs revival of Fernand Crommelynckâs 1920 play.
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A former heart patient, a courageous lady bidding to make history and a 3-year-old who can go from spoiler to champion provide some of the appealing elements
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Michael Cox's book has the ornate, curlicued linguistic niceties of a Dickensian period piece.
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If you love the olden goldies, this one is for you!
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Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, a pioneer of the modern historical romance novel marked by strong heroines, detailed period settings and steamy sex scenes, has died, her family and publisher said Tuesday. She was 68.
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Beach reads don't have to be vapid to be enjoyable.
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Tod Wodicka's protagonist is a medieval re-enactor trying to escape the modern world. But this tender, oddball debut is much more than an extended cheap shot.
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Kenneth MacMillanâs âRomeo and Julietâ has proved itself a fluent mixture of dance and acting, absorbing in its response to both Shakespeareâs story and Prokofievâs score.
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Luridly earnest and laughably immoral, âIllegal Tenderâ is an old genre movie with a new look. Call it Hispanixploitation.
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âComanche Moon,â like âLonesome Doveâ before it, upends the classical code of the film western, one that prizes the heroâs commitment to chastely maintaining the social order as the ennobling alternative to intimacy.
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Among other things, âHouse of Happy Endingsâ evokes the sunny simplicity of small-town postwar America, and a bright young girlâs exploration of her small world.
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I>Bride and Prejudice has some interesting marriage festivities in store for its audience.
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The Pearl Theater Companyâs âHamletâ makes a virtue of simplicity.