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'Halo 3' meets expectations of loyal fans
By Benji Pierson and Mark Riechers | Oct. 24, 2011Within the world of Halo 3
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'Call of Duty 4' an authentic experience of modern warfare
By Mark Riechers | Oct. 24, 20112007-11-19
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Mark lets go of lingering Leno hatred, concentrates on Conan's own comedy
By Mark Riechers | May. 4, 2010My mother shares a birthday with Jay Leno. When the bartender announced this during her birthday celebration at the Nitty Gritty last week, I flew into an instant rage, forgetting the occasion and proclaiming, ""I wish he were dead!"" to the entire restaurant. Mom was a tad unsettled by how quickly I could jump to murder, but frankly, I'm on Team Coco 'til the end.
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'The Lion King' roars its way into Madison
By Mark Riechers | Apr. 26, 2010Moving around on crutches with a small futon mattress strapped to your chest might be a tad awkward. But Ben Roseberry transforms what sounds like some kind of moving day disaster into a theatric performance as Ed, one of the three hyenas that play lackey to the villainous Scar in the production of ""The Lion King,"" which debuts on the Overture Hall stage Tuesday.
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All good TV must come to end
By Ryan Reszel and Mark Riechers | Apr. 21, 2010Back in ninth grade English class, my teacher Mrs. Stocks-Glover drew a triangular plot diagram on the chalkboard. The linguistic geometry lesson had one fundamental point—all great stories have a beginning, a climax and an end. That last bit—the end—is something that TV series seem to screw up on a regular basis.
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Bong hits home with latest movie
By Mark Riechers | Apr. 19, 2010What typically drives the plot in a police procedural? Generally, we're presented with chases and gunfights leading up to the lead detective's wife getting kidnapped, where shit proceeds to get personal. In ""Mother,"" the emotion of homicide investigation comes from a protective mother who refuses to back down on her appeal to the detectives that her son ""couldn't hurt a waterbug!""
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'Fish'ing for creepers
By Mark Riechers | Apr. 14, 2010The world of ""Fish Tank"" teems with images that should shock audiences — children wander the road side looking for booze, money and general mischief while the few adults that are around scream obscenities at them, pushing them out of view to make way for their own drunken revelry and denials of responsibility.
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'Star Wars' comedy ideas 'Strike Back'
By Crystal Crowns and Mark Riechers | Apr. 7, 2010Monday marked the announcement of yet another Star Wars TV series, which was met with much groaning from the world of entertainment journalism. I think that's a shame, because it seems like many of them had sharpened their barbed headlines before really reading the good news in between the lines of the announcement.
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Selfishness stays dissatisfying
By Mark Riechers and Andrea Snow | Apr. 6, 2010The main characters of ""Greenberg"" seem to be desperately repeating the same brief moment of their lives that they're afraid to let go of—those glorious post-college years when you have your whole life ahead of you. But instead of getting a nosebleed or disappearing Marty McFly-style as they keep traveling backwards to relive and try to fix the past, they just seem hollow and empty.
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