Kansas City Star: Robert W. Butler http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Robert W. Butler 60 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:46:30 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com <![CDATA[ KC native's documentary explores ‘The Vanishing of the Bees' ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/910812.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/910812.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:40 CST 690822 <![CDATA[ ‘The Godfather' trilogy returns to the big screen, where it belongs ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/908854.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/908854.html Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:39 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Movie stuff ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/908996.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/908996.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:18 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Butler's Top Five ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/908995.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/908995.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:18 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Will ‘Twilight' It Boy Robert Pattinson survive? ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905290.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905290.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:53 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Animated ‘Nutty Professor' fails to find formula for laughs ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905501.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905501.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:02 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Economics professor defies his own teachings to pour money into his indie film, ‘Works in Progress' ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/901881.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/901881.html Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:40 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Familiar Strangers' producer chucked his unfulfilling career to make movies ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905304.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905304.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:02 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Now showing ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905293.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/905293.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:57 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Transporter 3' review: Statham should have stopped at ‘2' | 2 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/906924.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/906924.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:59 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Australia' review: Big continent, big mess | 2 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/906932.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/906932.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:15 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Dark Innocence: 'Pajamas' director provides insight ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/895665.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/895665.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:49 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Bolt' | 3 ½ stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900617.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900617.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:47 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Synecdoche, New York' | 3 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900620.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900620.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:32 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Movie stuff ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900708.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900708.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:57 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Butler's Top Five ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900709.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900709.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:57 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' | 3 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900614.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/900614.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:32 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Rachel Getting Married' cinematography has some viewers stumbling out of theaters ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/897596.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/897596.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:26 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Now showing ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/897622.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/897622.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:27 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Kid filmmakers leave fantasy for reality ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/889876.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/889876.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:40 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Hometown f/x studio MK12 goes international with ‘Quantum of Solace' ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888687.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888687.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:30 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Roll the credits: Our favorite opening sequences ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888675.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888675.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:40 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Butler's Top Five ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888688.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888688.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:30 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Movie stuff ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888697.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888697.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:30 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Fling' | 3 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888777.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888777.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:05 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Quantum of Solace' | 2 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888785.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/888785.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:27 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ KC director Darren Lynn Bousman wants another chance for ‘Repo! The Genetic Opera' ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885834.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885834.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:14 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Sunset Boulevard' is still great, but its DVD documentary disappoints ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885945.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885945.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:33 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Free films ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885841.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885841.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:55 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Now showing ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885842.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/885842.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:14 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Dickinson Theatres plans to go all digital ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/880580.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/880580.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:17 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' | 2 ½ stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878023.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878023.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:36 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Creators of ‘Fling' have a dream-job debut ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878596.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878596.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:35 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Role Models' | 2 1/2 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878021.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878021.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:35 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Movie stuff ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878071.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878071.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:35 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Butler's Top Five ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878077.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878077.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:35 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ ‘Rachel Getting Married' | 4 stars ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878095.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/878095.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:34 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ David Gerber will introduce, discuss World War I film ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874888.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874888.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:20 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Movies: What's showing ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874846.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874846.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:03 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Top films play a waiting game ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874817.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874817.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:10 CST 690823 <![CDATA[ Holiday movie guide | A crystal ball for Oscar ]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874737.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_w_butler/story/874737.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:01 CST 690823