By Peter Covino

Entertainment Editor

It had only been a few days since I saw Taking Woodstock and still was feeling a bit wistful that I couldn't be a part of what has been deemed the greatest musical gathering ever to grace the planet when a friend confided he was in upstate New York that very weekend, 40 years ago, and though the huge hippy gathering was probably less than a mile way, he couldn't be bothered to go.

Janis Joplin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Santana and Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young) and he didn't go.

By Peter Covino

Entertainment Editor

Back to the Future without the Delorean.
Ghost without The Righteous Brothers and a lesson in pottery making.
Benjamin Button without Brad Pitt.
The Time Traveler’s Wife isn’t so much about what it is, but what it isn’t.

 By Peter Covino
Entertainment Editor

By the time August rolls around in the summer movie season, there are usually  few surprises left.

Most of the films that come out late in the schedule are released by the studios without too much expectation by the studios or film critics.

So The Perfect Getaway comes along this month as somewhat of a surprise.