The Short List of Things to Do

Week of April 11
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Juno

Rated PG-13; Available on DVD April 15
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The surprise hit in last year's flood of comedies about young single women who didn't mean to get pregnant but decide to have the baby anyway, this Oscar-laureled movie reduces most of its characters to stock figures, all in need of getting one-upped by the sassy teen. By the film's end, it's clear it really should have declared a smug alert.

Grade: C

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November 28

The new Elvis Costello television series, Stephen Colbert's Christmas Special and Chungking Express on DVD

November 21

The Monty Python Holy Grail on DVD, Gears of War 2 for the gamers, Bolt in movie theaters, and more

October 10

The good cheer of Happy-Go-Lucky, reliving the amazing life of John Lennon, cathing up with The Starter Wife on TV, and more

October 3

Greg Kinnear, in Flash of Genius, Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, and more

September 26

Jenny Lewis in the record stores, Dennis Lehane's The Given Day in bookstores, The Lucky Ones in movie theaters, and more

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