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William Shakespeare's most pointed battle of the sexes happens in The Taming of the Shrew , the comedy that kicks off the season at Coral Gables' New Theatre this weekend.

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has been the home to such starry actors as Christopher Plummer, Brian Bedford and, more recently, Colm Feore - each a superb performer able to negotiate major classical roles with astonishing dexterity.

Christopher Plummer already has tackled such indelible _ and diverse _ roles as King Lear, Julius Caesar and John Barrymore at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

All of a sudden, there are movies about teenagers who are ordinary kids. They come as such a relief after all the movies about teenagers who are killers, victims, lust-crazed sex fiends, hookers, punks, sluts and goons.

All of a sudden, there are movies about teenagers who are ordinary kids. They come as such a relief after all the movies about teenagers who are killers, victims, lust-crazed sex fiends, hookers, punks, sluts and goons.

JOHN BARRYMORE lives on in the popular imagination as the consummate stage performer, a thespian of the old school armed with an impossibly cultured voice, a gift for grand gestures and majestic poses, and a mysterious ability to look good in tights.

JOHN Barrymore and John Gilbert, legendary womanizers and pals who drank themselves to death, were two of the biggest stars of the silent era.

Dalton Trumbo's favorite of all his screenplays was this stirring adaptation of Edward Abbey's Brave Cowboy -- a moving and exciting modern chase western, with Kirk Douglas as Jack Burns, an individualist modern cowboy on the run from a posse that includes helicopters, high-powered rifles and police radio.

The details: John Barrymore could be a glorious capering ham a ' see Twentieth Century a ' but he also could be a focused under-actor, a key transitional figure in 20th-century drama and a lot more than Drew Barrymorea TMs grandfather.

Here are the DVDs releasing this week, Tuesday July 7, 2009. I guess everyone is recovering from the 4th as it is a slow week.

An odd science fiction mystery, a paranormal action thriller and a look at a legendary star are among DVD releases for Tuesday, July 7. 'Knowing.' Summit Entertainment The lowdown: Nicolas Cage stars in this science fiction-like oddity that features an interesting premise that is nearly negated by some flawed execution.

Gilbert's 'Monte Cristo' and 'Bardelys the Magnificent' and Barrymore's 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

This month, we screen a box set containing four silents starring John Barrymore, plus the 1959 film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize play The Diary of Anne Frank.

In 1986, Molly Ringwald was on top of the world. Aside from starring roles in John Hughes' "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club" and a Golden Globes nod for her role in "The Tempest," the 18-year-old had a cool boyfriend and a fashion sense that was the envy of - and inspiration for - every girl in America.