By WALTER ADDIEGO, San Francisco Chronicle

Graphic novel explores intellectual quest

Bertrand Russell is an unexpected comic book hero, but then, "Logicomix" is full of surprises.

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PROFILE: Damon plays odd duck in 'Informant!'

Matt Damon's new film character is a kind of undercover agent, but he's a far cry from Jason Bourne. In "The Informant!," the actor plays Mark Whitacre, a real-life corporate whistle-blower who worked with the FBI in the 1990s to uncover a price-fixing scandal involving his employer, agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland.

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'Mrs. Goldberg' profiles pioneering Jewish sitcom star

Aviva Kempner, 62, makes documentaries about unsung Jewish heroes. The New York filmmaker had a critical hit in 1998 with "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," about the player often described as baseball's first Jewish superstar.

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Film: Talking with 'Humpday' director-writer Lynn Shelton

Director-writer Lynn Shelton's "Humpday" makes thoughtful comedy from a high-concept premise that could easily have produced a crude farce.

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DVD: Hugh Hudson recuts maligned 'Revolution'

After "Chariots of Fire" won four Oscars in 1982 -- including Best Picture -- British director Hugh Hudson was king of the movie world. He followed with "Greystoke," a Tarzan movie that earned respectful reviews and three Oscar nominations (but no wins).

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Harry Connick Jr. talks about his new movie

Harry Connick Jr. is a singer, composer, pianist, actor and humanitarian, and quite a popular guy, musically -- he's scored 1,271,818 plays on Last.fm, the British Internet radio site. That number puts him ahead of the venerable Tony Bennett, though he has a long way to go to catch Frank Sinatra, his musical forebear.

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New DVD releases: Care Bears, Animal House

SAN FRANCISCO -- CARE BEARS FLURRIES OF FUN

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Five great movies with ghosts

In the romantic comedy "Ghost Town," Ricky Gervais plays a misanthropic dentist who acquires the power to see spirits. Things get sticky when a ghost (Greg Kinnear) asks the Gervais character to break up the impending marriage of the ghost's widow (Tea Leoni).

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