From left to right, Carla Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig and Dwayne Johnson in "Race to Witch Mountain."
This week’s notable DVDs include two science fiction films for families and an intimate drama starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx.
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“With great power comes great responsibility.”
— Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man
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“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?”
— Frank Scully
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The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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“The end of labor is to gain leisure.”
— Aristotle
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Smash Mouth is playing a free concert Saturday in Sparks, Nevada.
Smash Mouth bassist Paul De Lisle says it doesn’t matter if the band is playing a festival, a club or even a free show at an outdoor mall, as it will Saturday night at Legends at Sparks Marina.
“We’ve played in the weirdest places and the weirdest situations,” De Lisle said. “It honestly doesn’t matter to us, man. If we’re gigging, we’re happy. “We approach every show the same way.”
Click here for full story: http://rgj.com/article/20090731/ENT02/907310313/1056/ENT/A-sunny-outlook-for-Smash-Mouth
When the Reno Philharmonic played its first concert on Aug. 3, 1969, then-music-director Gregory Stone rolled out a lush program populated solely by George Gershwin tunes.
This weekend, in celebration of the philharmonic’s 40th anniversary, new music director and conductor Laura Jackson is taking the orchestra back to its roots. Her first program as artistic leader of the orchestra is an all-Gershwin affair featuring guest vocalist Anita Johnson and Reno pianist Jim Winn.
Click here for full story: http://rgj.com/article/20090731/ENT02/907310314/1056/ENT/Philharmonic-marks-40-years-as-new-conductor-makes-debut
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“Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.”
— author unknown
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“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”
— G.K. Chesterton
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“Life’s like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher
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