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21. Fat Mouth

    Flap Yack

    A shocking revelation: This picky pancake eater wasn't thrilled at Chris Cakes Kitchen.

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: November 15, 2007

    I love pancakes, but I've grown a lot fussier about them over the years. As a kid, I'd happily eat any doughy disc set in front of me, as long as I could douse it with Mrs....

22. Film

    All in the Family

    Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. Sidney Lumet crafts one hell of a melodrama.

    By J. HOBERMAN

    Published: November 15, 2007

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is less Sidney Lumet's comeback than his resurrection. Three years after being presented a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, the 83-year-old...

23. Art

    Let There Be Light

    If you're confused by what's in the Ovitz Family Collection and why, just stare into Dan Flavin's glowing fluorescent sculptures.

    By Dana Self

    Published: November 15, 2007

    It's interesting to see what powerful and moneyed art enthusiasts collect. Michael Ovitz co-founded the world-renowned talent shop known as CAA, or Creative Artists Agency,...

24. Stage

    Creepy Uncle

    Craig Benton transcends likability to earn respect in the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre's A View From the Bridge.

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: November 15, 2007

    Craig Benton isn't a lug, but he's got some lug in him. With his wry, masculine face and his bearing of beer-and-football averageness, he's the ideal lead for American...

25. Art Capsules

    art exhibitions

    By Chris Packham and DANA SELF

    Published: November 15, 2007

    Bountiful Nora Othic's archetypal figures and her dynamic, posed compositions evoke regionalists such as Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood but also such mid-20th-century...

26. Stage Capsules

    Theater

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: November 15, 2007

    Another Night Before Christmas This home-invasion Christmas story posits a dude who claims to be Santa caught in the home of a skeptical, sensible woman. You can bet that, by...

27. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    Published: November 15, 2007

    The Addams Family: The Complete Series (MGM) Amazing Grace (Fox) Annie Duke's Texas Hold'em Supercourse (Big Vision) Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Criterion Collection...

28. DVDish

    Once Upon a Time

    By Robert Wilonsky, Jim Ridley and Jordan Harper

    Published: November 15, 2007

    The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition (MGM) As far as anniversary-edition DVDs go, The Princess Bride is crushingly disappointing: no Rob Reiner commentary track, no...

29. Game On

    Shred Cred

    You wanted the best — you got the best: Guitar Hero III.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: November 15, 2007

    Show of hands: Has anyone not heard of Guitar Hero at this point? You sir, in the back row clutching the Ratt cassette — you're the only one? All right, pal, here's your...