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41. Film

    Teen comedy Charlie Bartlett could use a dose of mean

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: February 20, 2008

    Like most wannabe heroes of the eager-to-please teen comedy, poor little rich boy Charlie Bartlett is charming and quirky. Too charming by half and not nearly quirky enough, as...

42. Stage

    Vieux Carre's a thrill for Williams buffs only

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: February 20, 2008

    When Tom Williams finally graduated from college at age 27, he escaped conservative St. Louis and set out to see the world. By the time he took up temporary residence in New...

43. Stage

    Avenue Q is a naughty Sesame Street parody. So that makes Dennis Oscar the Grouch!

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: February 20, 2008

    Everybody likes Avenue Q, the saucy puppet show that has been titillating Broadway theatergoers ever since it opened in 2003. Judging from the waves of laughter that greeted...

44. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

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

    By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold

    Published: February 20, 2008

    Avenue Q Reviewed in this issue. Barefoot in the Park Much of the humor in Neil Simon's work is derived from the snappy yet exasperated delivery of his characters, who are...

45. Art

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis art scene.

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: February 20, 2008

    Annual Faculty Exhibition Webster University's May Gallery kicks off 2008 with its annual faculty show. Featuring the landscape photography of fifteen photographers, the...

46. Game On

    Dante's inferno rages on in Devil May Cry 4

    By Chris Ward

    Published: February 20, 2008

    Let's just get it out right now: "Devil May Cry" is a weak-ass name for a wicked action game. But what's in a name? In three previous outings, the brutal, hella-challenging...

47. DVDish

    Laughing Pains

    By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

    Published: February 20, 2008

    Margot at the Wedding (Paramount) Margot (Nicole Kidman, or someone who looks just like her) is a fiction writer whose tales are based, uncomfortably and unkindly, on the...

48. What Else Is New?

    The Riverfront Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

    Published: February 20, 2008

    Black Water (Sony) Catacombs (Lionsgate) Chaos (Lionsgate) Cops: 20th Anniversary Edition (Fox) The Death of Adolf Hitler (Koch Vision) The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town...