Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 8/4/07

Here’s what Daniel recommended on his show today
The Bridge on the River Kwai – Airing tonight on Turner Classic Movies at 8pm ET. Director David Lean’s sweeping epic is set in a Japanese World War II prison camp where British POWs are forced to construct a railway bridge as a morale-building exercise. Yet the real [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 7/14/07

Here’s what Daniel recommended on his show today.
The High and the Mighty – John Wayne heads the stellar cast as co-pilot Dan Roman in this granddaddy of airplane disaster movies. On a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco, a plane develops engine trouble, and it falls to Roman to land the craft safely when [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 7/7/07

Here’s what Daniel recommended on his show Saturday.
Topper – A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband.

The Dirty Dozen – In this Academy Award-winning World War II action flick from director Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard), a U.S. Army major (Lee Marvin) is handed a near-impossible assignment: Turn [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 6/30/07

Here’s what Daniel recommended on his show today.
Dodsworth – On Turner Classic Movies tonight.
To escape an empty nest, an automobile tycoon (Walter Huston) and his forty-something wife (Ruth Chatterton) plan a luxurious vacation in Europe. But as Mrs. Dodsworth embarks on a series of indiscretions — including a romance with a gigolo — it [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 6/23/07

Here’s what Daniel recommended on his show Saturday.
Breach – Daniel said Chris Cooper delivered a terrific performance and called the film a riveting, tense thriller. I watched this film last weekend and I really liked it. It was well made and it kept you on the edge of your seat from beginning until end.
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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 6/16/07

Here’s what Daniel recommended on his show today.
Harvey -  On Turner Classic Movies tonight at 8pm. Daniel said it was James Stewart at his best.
Affable tippler Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) lives with his sister, Veta (Josephine Hull), and her bashful daughter. They hate his drinking, but what rankles them more is his faithful companion: [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 6/9/07

Here are the films Daniel recommended on his show today.
Shut Up & Sing – Daniel called it a really good documentary.
Directed by Barbara Kopple (of Harlan County, U.S.A. fame), this documentary centers on country music’s The Dixie Chicks and their nationwide vilification over critical statements they made about President Bush in 2003. Over a [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 4/14/07

Here are the films Daniel recommended on his show last Saturday.
All the President’s Men – Daniel said it has a tremendous cast. I’ve seen it, it’s an excellent film.

The film that launched a thousand journalism school students, All the President’s Men chronicles how reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) brought down [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 4/7/07

Here are the films Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Ironically, Daniel recommended Blood Diamond today. I watched that film last weekend and wrote a short review of it on my blog the other day. Daniel said he’s a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprio and thinks he’s one of the top budding actors today. I said [...]

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Daniel Ruth’s – Dining and Dancing Guide 3/31/07

Here are the films Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Borat – Daniel called it a very funny and strange movie. He said if you haven’t seen it, check it out.

Fans of the HBO comedy series “Da Ali G Show” will be delighted to join one of their favorite characters — the Kazakhstani reporter Borat [...]

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