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A Be er Jam
It’s only logical that Pearl Jam frontman
Eddie Vedder would go from the
vanguard of grunge music to recording
a solo album accompanied chiefl y by
ukulele. Okay, so maybe it isn’t. But
Ukulele Songs is nonetheless compelling
stuff , featuring the talents of Cat
Power and Glen Hansard of Once fame,
who contributes to a cover of the Everly
Brothers’ “Sleepless Nights.” OUT NOW
FILM
Family Ties es
A er his mother dies, Oliver (Ewan
McGregor) gets the he double whammy of
fi nding out that his father (Christopher
Plummer) is gay and gravely ill.
Based in part on indie director
Mike Mills’ own family,
Beginners is a tender, nder, sad
and sometimes funny
look at the confusion usion
of love and family. y.
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FILM
REVVED UP
Lightning McQueen
(Owen Wilson)
and his tow truck
friend Mater (Larry
the Cable Guy) join
forces once again for
Cars 2, featuring
an all-star cast
and Pixar’s 3-D
pyrotechnics. This
time the pair heads
overseas to the
fi rst-ever World
Grand Prix, which
will determine the
world’s fastest car,
and to a secret spy
mission that sends
Mater tearing up the
streets of Europe
and Japan. JUNE 24
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CHILLING TALE
Just when
it looks like the
Scandinavian thriller
craze has fi nally
reached its cold, bleak
conclusion (the late
Stieg Larsson’s The
Gir Girl With the Dragon
Ta Ta oo series ends;
He Henning Mankell
ret retires Detective
Wa Wallander), there’s a
tw twist! Norwegian Jo
Ne Nesbø’s newest, The
Sn Snowman, may have
ou outbleaked, outgored
an and outwi ed them
all
with a crackling
tal tale that’s chilly
enough e to read on
eeven
the ho est
be
beach. OUT NOW
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF DANNY CLINCH (VEDDER), COURTESY OF PIXAR (CARS 2), COURTESY OF 2010 FOCUS FEATURES (BEGINNERS)