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Holy trilogy, Batman!

Posted by: Colin Covert Updated: June 11, 2012 - 3:23 PM

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The long-anticipated conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy “The Dark Knight Rises” arrives in theaters July 20. And what better way to see it than as the final leg of an epic nine-hour Dark Knight marathon?

AMC theaters are now selling advance tickets for a three-movie event beginning July 19 at 6 p.m. with “Batman Begins,” followed by “The Dark Knight,” and “The Dark Knight Rises” at 12:01 a.m.
While the particulars on IMAX showings in select markets have not been finalized, the details are in for theaters screening the movies in traditional format.

The Twin Cities venues are the AMC Rosedale 14, AMC Southdale 16, AMC Arbor Lakes 16, AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18, AMC Showplace Coon Rapids 16, and AMC Showplace Inver Grove 16.

Tickets are $25, on sale here, and include a commemorative poster, lanyard, and a $5 bonus for AMC Stubs members. The IMAX screenings will be priced at $40. Just remember, these films run long, so pace yourself with the supersized sodas.

Laura Osnes' Tony wake-up

Posted by: Rohan Preston Updated: May 3, 2012 - 11:03 AM

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It was the best type of wake-up call.

Eagan High School grad Laura Osnes was asleep Tuesday morning when her cell woke her up. It was her agent, and she was sleepy. She ignored the call.

Then the phone of her husband, singer-songwriter Nate Johnson, started chiming. “I answered it to the voice of my agent saying, ‘Laura Osnes, you’ve just been nominated for a Tony Award!’ ” she recalled from her New York home. “I instantly started bawling. My heart was pounding and I couldn’t help but hug Nate and just cry! It’s that moment you dream of your whole life.”
 
Osnes, who is vying for best actress in a musical, said that the Tony nomination — her first — is especially meaningful because it comes five months after “Bonnie and Clyde” closed on Broadway after an abbreviated run. “We were not forgotten,” she said.

Hartnett's the star attraction at Saturday Obama Student Summit

Posted by: Colin Covert Updated: April 12, 2012 - 10:19 AM

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The cat in the hat is back. Photo: AP

The cat in the hat is back. Photo: AP

St. Paul native Josh Hartnett returns to the Twin Cities to host a student summit supporting President Obama’s reelection campaign. He joins Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak at 11:30 a.m. Saturday to host students from the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, St. Olaf College, Augsburg College, Carleton College, and Hamline University.

The event, at the University of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center, is a forum to discuss issues including college affordability, access to health care and jobs creation. Hartnett's a college dropout (he had some attractive work-experience offers from Hollywood), but he loves a good policy debate.

If you don't have anything nice to say, here's an award

Posted by: Colin Covert Updated: March 16, 2012 - 5:44 PM

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Associated Press/Atlantic Wire

Associated Press/Atlantic Wire

 "The Atlantic" magazine today decared the Star Tribune's Colin Covert America's 6th Most Cantankerous Film Critic. When informed of the honor (?) he said "I must be slipping!" and vowed to try harder in future.

 

 

Kathleen Turner returns to the Twin Cities this spring

Posted by: Rohan Preston Updated: February 28, 2012 - 3:01 PM

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Kathleen Turner and Evan Jonigkeit. Photo by Joan Marcus.

 
Kathleen Turner, the celebrated stage and screen star best known for her powerful portrayals of sirens, is returning to the Twin Cities this spring to star in a drama. Turner will depict Sister Jamison Connelly in Matthew Lombardo's "High," a play about addiction and redemption. It opens April 18 at the Pantages Theatre for a one-week run. Rob Ruggiero, who staged “Ella” at the Guthrie in 2009, directs a cast that includes Evan Jonigkeit (pictured) as the young addict and Timothy Altmeyer as Father Michael Delpapp.
 
Perhaps best known for her starring turn in "Body Heat," Turner won Golden Globes for "Romancing the Stone" and "Prizzi's Honor." She was nominated for both the Academy Award ("Peggy Sue Got Married") and the Tony ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?").
 
Turner was last onstage in the Twin Cities in 2000 for pre-Broadway run of the one-woman show, “Tallulah,” about free-spirited screen star Tallulah Bankhead. In a review of the two-hour show, I found that “Turner imbued Tallulah with the hurt of a has-been and the doubts of one who has never been true to herself.”
 
Turner has been doing short engagements of “High” for a year, including in the Broadway district. The play comes with a warning about "mature themes, strong language and full male nudity."
 
The Pantages Theatre is at 710 Hennepin Av. S., Minneapolis. Tickets, $39-$65, go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Call 1-800-982-2787 or go online. 

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