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Matinee Melee: 'Benjamin Button' offers fascinating concept of reverse aging

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

This adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story is anything but, spanning nearly three hours as it traces the bizarre life span of a boy born an infirm geriatric sliding toward death by young age.

Pitch-perfect addition: 26-year-old timpani player CSO's newest musician

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera’s new principal timpanist is a 26-year-old man from Ellicott City, Md. Rob Hudson moved to Chattanooga in October to play with the CSO.

Taking Sides: Niko’s continues tradition of the Southside Grill

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009

ANNE BRALY: Southside Grill opened in 1993 to rave reviews and built up quite a reputation.

Launching discussion

New lunch series to focus on local topics

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009

The Jewish Cultural Center is blasting off 2009 with a new monthly discussion series. For several years, the JCC has hosted Great Decisions, a foreign-policy series. According to development director Ann Treadwell, more people want to talk about topics closer to home.

Hats add personality to a wardrobe

Friday, Jan. 2, 2009

“Cock your hat,” said Frank Sinatra. “Angles are attitudes.”

Matinee Melee: Hoffman, Streep leave a shadow of a 'Doubt'

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

CASEY PHILLIPS: In our recent review of 2008’s crop of movies, we added the caveat to our list of our 10 favorite movies that they were only current before the slew of movies that arrived Christmas Day. “Doubt” is the reason why.

Reel picks & pans

Times Free Press film critics look back on the best and worst movies of 2008

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008

Between the two of us, we’ve seen 88 movies this year, 46 in common. At n average of two hours per movie, that’s approximately one full week spent watching the year’s cinematic releases.

On the silver screen

A moviegoer’s guide to Christmas Day at the cinema

Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008

Once the presents have been opened, Christmas dinner eaten and new baby pictures oohed and ahhed over, what else is there to do on Dec. 25?

Matinee Melee: ‘Milk’ full of year’s best

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Casey Phillips: As I walked out of the theater after viewing “Milk,” the first words out of my mouth were “Best Picture, Best Actor, or both?”

Love lines

Text messaging is the new medium for love letters

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008

Shelby Gilbert, 18, says she texts about “Oh my god, everything.” “We would text from as soon as we woke up in the morning until we went to bed,” she said of her relationship with an ex-boyfriend, who lived at a distance.