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41. Film

    Small Wonder

    Mr. Magorium is far less fantastical than its title.

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Midway through the amiable children's movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium comes a speech that writer-director Zach Helm probably has been saving for use ever since he...

42. Film

    Short Takes

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Love in the Time of Cholera: This is easily — easily — the worst adaptation of a major novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author. Director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and...

43. Night & Day

    Circus Harmony: Espressivo

    Published: November 14, 2007

    The young acrobats of Circus Harmony shocase more tumbling, more juggling, more balancing and even more aerial artistry in this new show. Fri., Nov. 16, 7 p.m.; Sat.,...

44. Stage

    Ice Queen

    SLU's slick Hedda Gabler has real staying power.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Much thought, care and expertise has been expended on the current Saint Louis University staging of Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking 1890 drama Hedda Gabler. In telling the story...

45. Stage

    Seldom Scene

    Washington U. adeptly takes Shakespeare's Measure.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: November 14, 2007

    For a play that is so rarely seen, William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure carries a lot of baggage. No one quite knows what to make of it. English poet Samuel Taylor...

46. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: November 14, 2007

    And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little Time has not been kind to Paul Zindel's thin 1971 play about three alienated sisters, which is receiving an understandably rare revival. Set in...

47. DVDish

    Once Upon a Time

    By Robert Wilonsky, Jim Ridley and Jordan Harper

    Published: November 14, 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...

48. Game On

    Shred Cred

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

    By Chris Ward

    Published: November 14, 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...

49. What Else Is New?

    Top DVD Picks

    Here's what's scheduled for release this week.

    Published: November 14, 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...