http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:31:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193057.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193057.html Unlike most hunting shows, the focus of “Lodge Life TV” is more about the lives of the visiting hunters and the day-to-day operations that come with running a hunting lodge. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193512.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193512.html Your answers could win you a copy of “Batman Begins” on DVD. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199194805.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199194805.html This week, they preview “The Dark Knight” (POW!); debate the idea of posthumous Oscars (BLAM!); and find humor in a singer’s “One Week” of misfortune (SPLAT!). Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:38:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193741.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193741.html Seven drum and bugle corps from around the country will be in competition during the fifth annual “Brass Spectacular!” at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Pittsburg State University. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:43:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199194239.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199194239.html If the summer is the time of mindless popcorn movies between the release of the more serious fare of the fall and spring, then summer television is the thinking man’s respite for an overly taxed mind. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193933.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_199193933.html With “The Dark Knight” in theaters this weekend, I’ve been pondering the modern movie villain in light of what appears to be the defining on-screen depiction of the Joker by Heath Ledger. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:08:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192190708.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192190708.html “Modern Guilt” is better than Beck’s last two albums, and it’s his first album with a producer who isn’t the Dust Brothers or Nigel Godrich since “Mellow Gold.” Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192190150.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192190150.html Will Smith reclaims his July 4th weekend after an absence of several years, playing Hancock, a surly, drunken and reluctant superhero who is unappreciated by the general public, yet doesn’t seem to care. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:56:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192185223.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192185223.html This week, they discuss a zombie-battle scenario and the role Hugh Grant would play in it; offer career advice for Eddie Murphy (no more fat-suit movies, please); do not repeatedly plug Joe’s personal blog; and try again to give away movie gift certificates. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192184535.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192184535.html Terry Fator will perform two nights of shows in Branson today and Saturday at the RFD-TV Theater, as part of a tour that runs until December. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192183931.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_192183931.html A duck race, children’s fishing clinic and river cleanup are among the activities that will be part of the Shoal Creek Water Festival on Saturday at the Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185184033.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185184033.html This week, they discuss the most patriotic moments in cinema history, the holiday’s long-standing connection to country music, talk "Hancock" with columnist Benji Tunnell, and offer up movie gift certificates to one lucky listener. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185153447.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185153447.html It’s a long way from working vacation resorts in the Catskill Mountains of New York to entertaining crowds on Table Rock Lake’s Showboat Branson Belle, but it’s a journey Christopher James said he’s glad he made. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:23:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185182231.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185182231.html Whenever I want to flash my Taylor Swift credentials, I play this song. It’s the kind of deep-album cut that only a true fan would know about. Because no one wants to be seen as some Taylor Swift poseur. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185181117.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/local_story_185181117.html It takes a lot of guts to turn a bleak story about the pollution and abandonment of Earth into a kid-friendly family film. It takes a lot of skill to do it right.