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41. Film

    Iron Man

    By SCOTT FOUNDAS

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Chalk it up to personal preference, but I've always been fonder of comic-book heroes who emerge by intent rather than by happenstance. I mean the ones whose transformation from...

42. Film

    Made of Honor

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 1, 2008

    In Made of Honor, Patrick Dempsey plays a conveniently rich and willfully single serial fornicator slowly but surely domesticated by his unspoken love for longtime BFF Hannah...

43. Film

    My Blueberry Nights

    By Michelle Orange

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Wong Kar Wai called Chungking Express, his fourth film but first international calling card, "a road movie of the heart." My Blueberry Nights, his first film in English, has...

44. Film

    The Visitor

    By SCOTT FOUNDAS

    Published: May 1, 2008

    The Station Agent's writer-director, Tom McCarthy, follows up that surprise success with another precious, whimsical tale of an unlikely threesome. This time, though, he gets...

45. Stage

    The Unicorn's Faith Healer causes more pain than it cures

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Is it fair to complain about the absence of a miracle? For some 150 minutes, this question simmers beneath the Unicorn Theatre's production of Brian Friel's 1979 drama, The...

46. Art

    At the Belger Arts Center, Creighton Michael squiggles into knots

    By Dana Self

    Published: May 1, 2008

    For some artists, the grand gesture is most important. For others, the tiniest pencil line blazes a shiny path. New York artist Creighton Michael belongs in the latter...

47. Game On

    When Less Is Less

    Prologue is a tantalizing — and overpriced — glimpse at the next Gran Turismo.

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: May 1, 2008

    When the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I first hit theaters, some fans bought tickets for the movie it was presented with, watched the trailer, and then walked out —...