http://nwherald.comThe latest news from nwherald.comen-usCINCINNATI – Each day, Doug Gallant focuses on keeping a nearly two-acre grassy field looking lush and green for potential critics, who range from star athletes who trod on it to tens of thousands of people who sit near it, to many more around the nation who see it on television.http://nwherald.com/2010/07/07/baseball-field-groundskeeper-shares-lawn-tips/anqo6y2/http://nwherald.com/2010/07/07/baseball-field-groundskeeper-shares-lawn-tips/anqo6y2/Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:30:00 GMTYou know there is some kind of lunacy in Martin Scorsese taking on a horror movie.http://nwherald.com/2010/06/07/new-on-dvd-scorceses-shutter-island-haunting-on-many-levels/apldj22/http://nwherald.com/2010/06/07/new-on-dvd-scorceses-shutter-island-haunting-on-many-levels/apldj22/Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:30:00 GMTGo ahead and cry. You know you want to.http://nwherald.com/2010/05/24/new-on-dvd-sparks-john-one-of-his-better-stories/ayffobw/http://nwherald.com/2010/05/24/new-on-dvd-sparks-john-one-of-his-better-stories/ayffobw/Tue, 25 May 2010 10:30:00 GMTClint Eastwood’s “Invictus” may look like a sports movie, but the veteran director-actor is again exploring the theme of community, which has shown up in films as widely varied as “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and “Gran Torino.”http://nwherald.com/2010/05/17/new-on-dvd-eastwoods-invictus-more-than-a-sports-film/a10h4aj/http://nwherald.com/2010/05/17/new-on-dvd-eastwoods-invictus-more-than-a-sports-film/a10h4aj/Tue, 18 May 2010 10:30:00 GMTIt’s a grim week for releases – and we’re not simply talking about the quality of the new films.http://nwherald.com/2010/05/10/new-on-dvd-legion-puts-apocalypse-in-mojave-desert/a7xr40u/http://nwherald.com/2010/05/10/new-on-dvd-legion-puts-apocalypse-in-mojave-desert/a7xr40u/Tue, 11 May 2010 06:15:00 GMTAny film that has Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and Fergie parading around and shaking their booties isn’t unwatchable.http://nwherald.com/2010/05/03/new-on-dvd-nine-on-dvd-rather-flashy-flash-in-the-pan/amrtwcp/http://nwherald.com/2010/05/03/new-on-dvd-nine-on-dvd-rather-flashy-flash-in-the-pan/amrtwcp/Tue, 04 May 2010 06:15:00 GMT“Pirate Radio,” from writer-director Richard Curtis, is a whimsical telling of the story of rebel broadcasters who reign supreme off the coast of England in the mid-1960s.http://nwherald.com/2010/04/12/new-on-dvd-pirate-makes-airwaves-in-60s-england/aqjrfv2/http://nwherald.com/2010/04/12/new-on-dvd-pirate-makes-airwaves-in-60s-england/aqjrfv2/Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:15:00 GMTMeinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in “The Wizard of Oz” and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was “really most sincerely dead,” has died. He was 94.http://nwherald.com/2010/04/10/munchkin-from-oz-dies-at-94/agt1074/http://nwherald.com/2010/04/10/munchkin-from-oz-dies-at-94/agt1074/Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:15:00 GMTLOS ANGELES – Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” is like falling in and out of a hallucinogenic dream.http://nwherald.com/2010/04/05/new-on-dvd-herzog-cage-take-lieutenant-down-to-new-orleans/ac2f05d/http://nwherald.com/2010/04/05/new-on-dvd-herzog-cage-take-lieutenant-down-to-new-orleans/ac2f05d/Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:15:00 GMTIn Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes,” the famous detective still has brains but adds brawn, catlike reflexes and a bit of a penchant for violence.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/29/new-on-dvd-downey-plays-swashbuckling-sherlock/agcc46q/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/29/new-on-dvd-downey-plays-swashbuckling-sherlock/agcc46q/Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:15:00 GMT“The Blind Side,” from a book by Michael Lewis, is a feel-good movie that not everybody feels good about.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/22/new-on-dvd-does-blind-side-have-a-blind-spot/apspexq/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/22/new-on-dvd-does-blind-side-have-a-blind-spot/apspexq/Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:15:00 GMTLOS ANGELES –Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/22/alice-still-reigns-at-box-office/aj96wra/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/22/alice-still-reigns-at-box-office/aj96wra/Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:15:00 GMTWhen Oscar decided to open the best picture category to 10 from five, it was obvious that some films would be afterthoughts. “Up in the Air” and “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” though, are two that would have made the list.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/08/new-on-dvd-sweet-emotions-mark-precious-up-in-the-air/a89fk5o/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/08/new-on-dvd-sweet-emotions-mark-precious-up-in-the-air/a89fk5o/Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:15:00 GMTTAIJI, Japan – The Japanese fishing village featured in “The Cove,” which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended its practice of hunting dolphins Monday as a part of a long tradition.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/08/japan-defends-dolphin-hunt-in-cove/acbxivh/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/08/japan-defends-dolphin-hunt-in-cove/acbxivh/Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:15:00 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) – Too predictable. That’s the persistent complaint about the Academy Awards, whose drama generally is sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that spell out what films will win at the Oscars before the show starts.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/06/drama-in-best-picture-race/almg16r/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/06/drama-in-best-picture-race/almg16r/Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:15:00 GMTAudiences are mad as hatters about Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” helping it earn a whopping $41 million in its first day.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/06/audiences-are-mad-as-hatters-about-johnny/a5t4vk7/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/06/audiences-are-mad-as-hatters-about-johnny/a5t4vk7/Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:15:00 GMTSpike Jonze’s surreal comedies “Being John Malkovich” (1999) and “Adaptation” (2002) might be described as sophisticated and quirky.http://nwherald.com/2010/03/01/new-on-dvd-spike-jonze-takes-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/aakuv7y/http://nwherald.com/2010/03/01/new-on-dvd-spike-jonze-takes-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/aakuv7y/Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:15:00 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering action against a producer of “The Hurt Locker” who sent multiple e-mails urging academy members to vote for his movie in the Oscar best-picture race and “not a $500 million film” – an obvious reference to close-competitor “Avatar.”http://nwherald.com/2010/02/27/locker-producer-sorry/a74xqqx/http://nwherald.com/2010/02/27/locker-producer-sorry/a74xqqx/Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:15:00 GMT• One of the overlooked performances of last year was by Matt Damon in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!”http://nwherald.com/2010/02/22/new-on-dvd-damons-informant-role-underappreciated/aqknmdf/http://nwherald.com/2010/02/22/new-on-dvd-damons-informant-role-underappreciated/aqknmdf/Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:15:00 GMTRichard Schickel laughs that he has “no objectivity about Clint.”http://nwherald.com/2010/02/15/dvd-set-chronicles-eastwoods-directing-acting/a2mvz5b/http://nwherald.com/2010/02/15/dvd-set-chronicles-eastwoods-directing-acting/a2mvz5b/Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:15:00 GMT