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Movies Takeout: With award season quickly approaching, film critic Rafer Guzman tell us what movies to watch out for. Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, on the eve of his wedding...

As we usher in the New Year, the big screen seems te be traveling backwards in time, bringing back remakes and sequels of classics from the 1980s. We talk with Rafer Guzman, the film ...

First Family Takeout: Politico's Carol Lee is traveling with the Obamas as they go on vacation to President Obama's boyhood home, Oahu. Film Takeout: Newsday film critic Rafer Guzm...

Washington Takeout: From Washington, our own Todd Zwillich on why Senators were up at 1 a.m. to vote on extending unemployment insurance and COBRA subsidies. Sports Takeout: Ibrahi...

"Avatar," James Cameron's highly anticipated 3-D, computer animated, sci-fi film with a $237 million price tag, goes out to wide release this weekend.We're joined by T...

Sports Takeout: Pablo Torre, reporter with Sports Illustrated, joins us to look at the candidates for this year's Heisman Trophy. Movie Takeout: Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman jo...

Director Clint Eastwood's latest, "Invictus," opens this weekend. The film shows Nelson Mandela shortly after his release from prison, as a new president working to unite a polarized ...

For this week's movie roundup, contributor Rafer Guzman reviews "Brothers," with Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey McGuire; "Everybody's Fine," with Robert DeNiro and Drew B...

While the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has captured the nation's attention today, the military has long been an interest for Hollywood. We look at two upcoming releases that a...

It's our Halloween horror flick round-up. We asked Takeaway listeners and our contributors, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Spout editor Karina Longworth, to compile a list of th...

Washington Takeout: The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, has found some interesting predictors of future war planning buried in a military policy bill.  Sports T...

"Amelia," the biopic of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, opens across the country today. Will this be Hilary Swank's third Oscar-winning role? The Takeaway's contrib...

Business Takeout: Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, has a look at ad-based businesses. Since Google's revenues are up, does that mean other advertising-based bu...

It's Friday morning and we're talking about what everyone is talking about: "Where the Wild Things Are." The highly anticipated adaptation of a long-beloved children's...

[The trailer for the new Cohen Brothers' movie, "A Serious Man"] It's a good weekend to go to the movies, according to The New York Time's film critic (and co-host of...

Even though "Surrogates" and "Fame" debut this weekend, it's the art house films that have stolen the hearts of The Takeaway's movie reviewers: Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, ...

On Fridays we talk movies; today we're joined by Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Spoutblog editor Karina Longworth. Anna Faris, Mr. T and others bring a classic children's book t...

It's Friday, which means new movies are opening nationwide. Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, joins us with a few of the films in theaters this weekend. His picks...

Our Friday movie round-up looks at some upcoming films that defy being pigeonholed neatly into a single genre, from still-appealing-to-adults "kid's movie" Where the Wild Things Are,...

Labor Day is the last big holiday weekend of the summer – a great time to get out there and see the last of the summer movies. We talk about what's coming out this weekend with Rafer ...