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Top 10 for Portland store Dec. 12-18: 1. The Black Keys, “El Camino” 2. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (DVD) 3. Adele, “21” 4. Coldplay, “Mylo Xyloto” 5. Tom Waits, “Bad as Me” 6. She and Him, “A Very She and Him Christmas” 7. Michael Buble, “Christmas” 8. Mumford and Sons, “Sigh No […]

NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “COLOMBIANA,” starring Zoe Saldana and Michael Vartan. Love him or hate him, Luc Besson knows how to entertain, and his name in the production credits of this slam-bang, none-too-intelligent actioner benefits from a brisk pace, a fair share of oddball setpieces, and an engaging and even, dare we say, sensitive […]

Christmas movies are all about presents, togetherness and, maybe, comically knocking the tree over onto grandma. And, of course, class warfare … “It’s a Wonderful Life” – Beloved holiday classic it may be, but this 1946 Frank Capra film is basically a microcosm of the current financial crisis and the way the 99 percent can […]

Nancy and I had no idea what to expect when we opened the Shipyard Applehead Ale, which the brewery gave me so I could sample it before it reaches the shelves in Maine stores later this month. Bruce Forsley, director of sales and marketing at Shipyard, said in a press release that the company asked […]