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Days after heart surgery, man attends son's wedding (Quad-City Times) - Three days after emergency open heart surgery for a quadruple bypass, Richard Brodersen of Sherrard, Ill., was out of the hospital Saturday and attending his son’s wedding in Rock Island.

A long-delayed "Wedding" invitation (Seattle Times) - Siff cinema's fall season kicks off tonight with the Seattle premiere of Charles Burnett's charming "lost" film, "My Brother's Wedding. " It's a worthy addition...

Movie Review | Good Luck Chuck: Comedy kicks in at closing credits (The Columbus Dispatch) - The bad-comedy season continues with Good Luck Chuck. This one wants to be a sex farce with heart, such as Knocked Up or Wedding Crashers .

Movie Review: Game Plan, The (Smart-Popcorn) - Combined Rating: 54% (S:48%; P:61%) - Ok, despite my conspiracy theories, there is nothing even modestly dangerous about The Game Plan. In fact, if you are desperate for a family movie, you could do much worse than this. Though I won't remember this movie in about an hour, I wasn't entirely bored while watching it because Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is such a charmer. Though I think The Game Plan ...

O.J. Vegas caper quickly unraveled (The Charlotte Observer) - Standing in a casino hotel room, a fallen football hero played out the final scene of a sting operation to seize prized possessions from his glory days. But his plan, plotted against the backdrop of a quickie Las Vegas wedding, was suddenly going bad. There was a gunman impersonating a police officer. Men were screaming at each other. And the prized possessions were being stuffed into pillow ...

South Central L.A., unglossed but richly drawn (The Villager) - In 1983, Charles Burnett’s rough cut of his second film, “My Brother’s Wedding” was rushed by his producers to the New York Film Festival before he had completed a final edit. It received a mixed review from the New York Times, scaring off distributors, and was subsequently never released.

Standing in a casino hotel room, a fallen football hero played out the final scene of a sting operation to seize ... (WIBW-TV Topeka) - But his plan, plotted against the backdrop of a quickie Las Vegas wedding, was suddenly going bad. There was a gunman impersonating a police officer. Men were screaming at each other. And the prized possessions were being stuffed into pillow cases and cardboard boxes.

Review: Struggling ‘Chuck’ has no luck with humor (The State) - The bad comedy season continues with “Good Luck Chuck.” This one wants to be a sex farce with heart, like “Knocked Up” or “Wedding Crashers.” Lacking anything near those films’ comic richness or humanlike behavior, “Chuck” mainly relies on a handful of dirty scenes for its entertainment value. But the sex is better with good comedies, too. There also are penguins. It’s that desperate. The film’s ...

Reports shed light on O.J.'s actions (Long Beach Press-Telegram) - Review: Failed plan left Simpson with 3 ties, major problems. LAS VEGAS - Standing in a casino hotel room, a fallen football hero played out the final scene of a sting operation to seize prized possessions from his glory days.

Review: Cinderella meets Prince Charming but no happily-ever-after (San Francisco Chronicle) - Caspian Rain By Gina B. Nahai MACADAM/CAGE; 300 PAGES; $25 A ragged ghost rides a rusty bicycle around a murky fountain, dodging puddles of long-stagnant water. An unfaithful wife swathes her limbs in shimmering fabrics as she "sneaks" off to her lover under...