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Lynn Crosbie Last updated on Monday, Jun. 22, 2009 01:58PM EDT A ngelina Jolie, that inscrutable idol, may soon be fastening her seat belt for a "bumpy night," if ravenous copycat Megan Fox has her way.

SUNDAY DINNER FOR A SOLDIER is a heartwarming piece of WWII Americana about a poor Florida houseboat family who are determined to scrape together their meager resources and provide a soldier with a festive Sunday meal.

QUESTION: Sometime in the late 1960s or early '70s, I watched a movie starring Patty Duke that was set during World War II.

Q: I haven't seen one of my favorite television shows lately. Will "Crusoe" be returning soon, or has it been canceled -- Deb Noble, Owosso, Mich.

A: The good news for you is that it will be back, but the less-good news is that you have a bit of a wait.

Dear David Inman: Why did they write Dr. Kutner off of House ? And what is the name of the song they played at the end of his last episode? - Eve, Rochester, N.Y. Dear Eve: The song is "Lose You" by Pete Yorn.

PG Rating 3 There are two kinds of religious epics at Christmas: the old-fashioned, overblown, cast-of-thousands camp classics and the modern, grittier recreation that comes with the kind of political and racial subtext that made The Passion of the Christ such a controversial hit.

In the March 18 " Architecture ," Witold Rybczynski misspelled the name of Detroit's Fisher Building.

The Movie: If I may be permitted a paraphrase of Anne Baxter's inimitable line as Nefertiri in The Ten Commandments : Oh, Barbra, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool! . Streisand is loved, she is loathed.

The most faithful screen adaptation of the acclaimed bestseller, John Steinbeck 's East of Eden, debuts on DVD from Acorn Media on March 3, 2009.