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06th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
Serendipity - 2 Stars (Average)
"Serendipity" begs the question: "Can you trust pure fate or destiny to bring two people together when the odds of doing so are impossible?"
A common definition of fate is "the developme...
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Ed Bagley
06th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
It is not often when the coaches and the media agree on their opinion of who should be in the preseason Top 25 college football polls, but this year at least their Top 5 picks are mirror imagesâ€"Florida (1), Texas (2), Okla...
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Ed Bagley
06th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
Steel Magnolias - 4 Stars (Excellent)
It isn't often that a guy could get pulled into a movie about a bunch of women sharing their lives, loves, hopes, dreams, struggles and tragedies in a beauty shop, but Steel Magnolias...
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Ed Bagley
06th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
It's a funny thing about winnersâ€"you never have to announce them, they announce themselves. That is exactly what happened when the University of Washington coaches and players stepped into the sunlight for the first time i...
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Ed Bagley
06th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
Paris - When It Sizzles - 1 Star (Terrible)
We may never know how Audrey Hepburn ended up playing opposite William Holden in the romantic comedy "Paris - When It Sizzles". What we can say without doubt is that it was the ...
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Ed Bagley
06th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
Chocolat - 4 Stars (Excellent)
It is rare when you can say that a movie is so warm and wonderful that it can even overcome a manipulative, vindictive authority figure and a husband guilty of spousal abuse, but "Chocolat" ...
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Ed Bagley
06th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
Mamma Mia! - 3 Stars (Good)
Every now and then a movie comes along that makes no pretense of featuring great acting, singing, directing and writing, but seeks to be only what it isâ€"just plain fun! The most recent of the...
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Ed Bagley
05th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
Something to Talk About - 3 Stars (Good)
"Something to Talk About" stars Julia Roberts, which immediately makes me think romantic comedy, but trust me when I said that this 1995 film has more drama than comedy as it tackl...
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Ed Bagley
05th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
A month of Saturdays hit the calendar when the Southern California Trojans traveled north to Seattle recently to face last year's 0-12 Washington Huskies.
Yes, Southern Cal was currently ranked No. 3 in the nation in the ...
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Ed Bagley
05th October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
(Editor's Note: The rankings in this article are from the AP Top 25 Poll of sportswriters and sportscasters, and any ratings are from Jeff Sagarin.)
No win in College Football's 4th week of action was any bigger than unra...
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Ed Bagley
02nd October 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
(Editor's Note: All of the team rankings are based on the Top 25 Coaches' Poll, and the Sagarin Ratings, Jeff Sagarin's factual, mathematical ratings among competition between all 245 Division 1 teams.)
Only 7 teams remai...
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Ed Bagley
26th August 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
When Mark Dantonio became the new Michigan State University football coach two years ago, he came to the East Lansing Campus with a pedigree that shouted success is on the way. He has not disappointed the Spartan faithful.
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Ed Bagley
26th August 2009
Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley
Just as thinking heads argue about whether leaders are born or made, so do college football fanatics argue about whether the coach or the players make the team.
Let's settle the latter argument once and for allâ€"coaches ...
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Ed Bagley
26th August 2009
Copyright ' 2009 Ed Bagley
Miss Congeniality - 2 Stars (Average)
"Miss Congeniality" had a real identity problem as a movie. Unfortunately for Sandra Bullock, the star of the film as FBI agent Gracie Hart, Miss Congeniality could not take her as far...
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Ed Bagley
25th August 2009
Copyright ' 2009 Ed Bagley
Radio - 4 Stars (Excellent)
"Radio"'the true story of high school football coach Harold Jones and a mentally-challenged young man named James Robert "Radio" Kennedy'might well be one of the most under-rated and under-appre...
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Ed Bagley
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